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The New Kings of Retail Are Focused on Customer Service

The last two years presented a whirlwind of new challenges for retail, requiring businesses to explore sometimes experimental ways to cope with rapid change.

A shopper carries Target Corp. shopping bags. Photo: Bloomberg.

How Ocean Shippers Are Coping With High Rates and Unreliable Service Contracts

With no immediate relief in sight from sky-high ocean container freight rates, shippers are faced with the question of how to negotiate with carriers for adequate capacity at a manageable price.

A container ship is berthed at Port of Baltimore. Photo: Pexels.

Ukraine Farmers Urged to Sow But Fear for Workers’ Lives

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is urging farmers to sow as many fields as possible to protect the food supply. But several of the nation’s largest agribusinesses say some plantings just won’t happen if Russia continues its war in Europe’s breadbasket.

Deere & Co. combine harvesters create clouds of dust as they harvest a field of wheat in Varva, Ukraine. Photo: Bloomberg.

Europe Burns More Coal to Wean Off Russian Gas

European utilities are getting increasingly reliant on coal for power as the region tries to reduce its dependence on Russian natural gas.

Europes Coal Use

Protesting Truckers Clog Up Washington’s Interstates

Washington police closed streets as a convoy of truckers protesting the government’s response to COVID-19 and other grievances clogged a major interstate artery leading through the nation’s capital.

Trucks before departing to circle the Washington Beltway during 'The People's Convoy' event in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Monday, March 7, 2022. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: Three Priorities for Freight Companies Coping With Crisis

The pandemic has many logistics providers on the ropes. John Garden, vice president of freight and logistics with Mastercard, discusses three key areas on which they must focus in order to survive the current crisis.

Three Priorities for Freight Companies Coping With Crisis

To Fight Modern Slavery, Start With Tier 2 Suppliers

Companies that lack supply chain visibility beyond first-tier suppliers can’t confirm if or where labor exploitation is occurring.

The Slavery Footprint app, created by Made in a Free World, generates estimates of an individual's reliance on slave labor from data on trafficked humans and labor-abuse rates at manufacturers and suppliers. Photo: Bloomberg.

Podcast | Is Mexico Violating the USMCA on Biotech Imports?

Trade in agricultural products between the U.S. and Mexico is massive: the U.S. ships nearly $20 billion in farm exports to Mexico each year. But that relationship could be in jeopardy.

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Photo: Milton Martínez/ Ministry of Culture of Mexico City.

Corporations Are Hiring Experts to Help Workers Escape Ukraine War Zone

U.S. companies are enlisting former military and law enforcement professionals to help employees in Ukraine navigate congested roads and train stations to slip across the border to safety.

Police officers assist displaced Ukrainians waiting outside a temporary immigration office in Brussels, Belgium. Photo: Bloomberg.

Fuel-Price Hikes Hit Shippers, Truckers Across U.S. Economy

Soaring U.S. energy prices are hitting all modes of transport, squeezing smaller shipping lines amid already-volatile ocean rates, as well as truckers who have to contend with delays in clawing back higher costs.

Freight trucks drive on a highway. Photo: Stefan Doncean/ Pexels.

Russia Bans Export of 200 Products After Suffering Sanctions Hit

Russia announced an export ban for more than 200 products after the economy was hit by sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine. It stopped short of curbing sales of energy and raw materials, the country’s biggest contribution to global trade.

Russian Exports

Russia’s War Puts Shipping’s Tentative Recovery in Jeopardy

Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine has the shipping industry bracing for new shocks to its labor force, which relies on experienced crew from both countries.

A gantry crane loads a shipping container filled with corn onto a cargo ship at Yuzhny Port in Yuzhny, Ukraine. Photo: Bloomberg.

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