BloombergMore from BloombergAll LogisticsBrexit Is a New World Businesses Still Need to Figure OutBritish businesses probably didn’t expect to start 2021 worrying about wooden pallets after a year of grappling with the coronavirus and a meltdown in the economy.January 3, 2021All TechnologyTen Ways COVID-19 Has Changed the World Economy ForeverEconomic shocks like the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 only arrive once every few generations, and they bring about permanent and far-reaching change.December 30, 2020Global Supply Chain ManagementBrexit Deal May Be Too Little, Too Late for U.K.’s Car IndustryThe auto industry dodged disaster when the U.K. and European Union sealed a post-Brexit trade accord, but not before carmakers announced factory closures and called off plans to make several new vehicles in the country.December 29, 2020Air CargoBrexit Deal Hands Business a Mix of Relief, Unwanted ChangeThe U.K. and European Union may have signed a trade deal, but British businesses still face a raft of difficult changes.December 27, 2020All LogisticsBottlenecks Wear Down World Economy’s Fleet of Container ShipsContainer shipping, the backbone of the global trading system, is showing signs of fatigue as the pandemic descends into its darkest days.December 23, 2020E-Commerce/Omni-Channel‘Covid Guilt’ Ignites U.S. Toy BoomCOVID-19 is setting up the U.S. toy industry for its best Christmas in years — and maybe ever.December 23, 2020All LogisticsU.K. Faces Food Crisis Threat as Virus Surge Blocks TradeThe U.K. is confronting threats of food insecurity and panicked shopping days before Christmas as European nations restricted trade and travel to guard against a resurgent coronavirus.December 21, 2020Sustainability & Corporate Social ResponsibilityChina’s Online Shopping Addiction Is Killing Its Green Packaging DriveIf you worry about all the waste generated by the annual rush of holiday shopping and gift giving, it’s nothing compared to the mountains of discarded packaging that comes from a single event in China.December 21, 2020All LogisticsWhat Happens When Tycoons Abandon Their Giant Cargo ShipsCOVID-19 has wrought havoc everywhere, but in the nominally regulated shipping industry it’s fueling a worrying practice: the abandonment of ships, cargo and seafarers with no way to get home.December 18, 2020All TechnologyU.S. Agencies Failed to Heed Cybersecurity Warnings, GAO SaysAs details of the most audacious hack on the U.S. government in recent memory continued to stun lawmakers and the public, a government watchdog released a blistering report saying that federal agencies have failed to implement key safeguards for their information technology supply chains.December 17, 2020Previous PagePage 238 of 357Next Page
