BloombergMore from BloombergAll LogisticsLong Beach Port Chief: ‘Shop Early’ as Snarls to Last All YearAmericans should buy their holiday gifts early this year, as the container glut plaguing ports and the supply chain will persist through at least year-end, the head of California’s Port of Long Beach said.October 21, 2021All LogisticsU.S. Online Holiday Sales Seen Growing at Slower Pace This YearThis holiday season, e-commerce growth is expected to be the lowest in at least six years as comparisons get tougher amid widespread adoption of online shopping and consumers’ eagerness to return to stores.October 21, 2021Air CargoAlphabet to Test Drone Delivery for Walgreens in TexasAlphabet Inc.’s drone-delivery operation is expanding to a Walgreens in suburban Dallas where it will make airborne deliveries of toothpaste and other goods to residents of nearby towns.October 21, 2021All LogisticsCalifornia Governor Eyes Expansion, Automation to Ease Port CongestionAn executive order signed Wednesday asks state agencies to identify “priority freight routes,” and find sites that can be used for short-term storage of container cargo.October 20, 2021All Logistics‘People Are Hoarding’: Food Shortages Are The Next Supply Chain CrunchThere’s plenty of food. There just isn’t enough processing and transportation capacity to meet rising demand as the economy revs up.October 20, 2021Global Supply Chain ManagementInfrastructure Battle Puts China Chip Bill on Back-BurnerA bipartisan push to make the U.S. more competitive with China and bolster domestic chip production risks falling by the wayside as Congress grapples with a packed year-end agenda in an ever-more-divided Capitol.October 20, 2021All LogisticsMusic, Barbecues, Wi-Fi: Managing Morale for Those Idled at SeaWith many of the world’s 400,000 merchant mariners still struggling to take time off and go home, seafarer fatigue remains a problem heading into the second holiday season of the pandemic.October 19, 2021Global Supply Chain ManagementSupply-Crunch Inflation Gives Central Banks an Unfixable ProblemThe global economy’s supply crunch is propelling inflation at such a fast pace that central bankers may be forced to respond, even though fixing that imbalance is beyond their power.October 19, 2021High-Tech/ElectronicsApple Drops Intel Chips in Biggest MacBook Overhaul in YearsApple Inc. took the most aggressive step yet to strip Intel Corp. chips from its computers, announcing more powerful homegrown Mac processors alongside a total revamp of its MacBook Pro laptop computers.October 18, 2021All LogisticsGlobal Port Gridlock Threatens Economies EverywhereGlobal ports are growing more gridlocked as the pandemic era’s supply shocks intensify, threatening to spoil the holiday shopping season, erode corporate profits and drive up consumer prices.October 18, 2021Previous PagePage 200 of 357Next Page
