BloombergMore from BloombergRoboticsRobot Makers Fill Their War Chests in Fight Against AmazonA few years ago, Amazon.com Inc. triggered a robot arms race when it purchased a company called Kiva Systems, maker of automated warehouse robots. Now its would-be rivals are landing bigger and bigger cash injections to try to compete with the e-commerce giant.November 28, 2017SC Finance & Revenue ManagementAmazon's Cashierless Store Is Almost Ready for Prime TimeFor the past year, Amazon employees have been test driving Amazon Go, an experimental convenience store in downtown Seattle. The idea is to let consumers walk in, pick up items and then pay for them without ever standing in line at a cashier.November 22, 2017Global Supply Chain ManagementHow a Shirt Covered in Swastikas Ends Up in a Department StoreRetail supply chains are so complex that sometimes a Nazi symbol can slip through the cracks.November 20, 2017All TechnologySomeone Figured Out How to Put Tomatoes on a BlockchainIntrigued by how blockchain was changing finance, an ex-banker at Wells Fargo & Co. and a former executive at Nasdaq Inc. began looking for other opportunities. They looked at applying the technology to insurance, law, even music. Then they hit on farming.November 16, 2017Parcel & ExpressThis Is How Amazon Could Invade the Pharmacy BusinessThe pharmacy market is one of the biggest potential new targets for Amazon.com Inc.November 14, 2017RoboticsAlphabet's Autonomous Cars Ditch Backup Human Driver in Breakthrough TestFor almost a decade, self-driving cars have graced public roads - but always with a person behind the wheel. Now Waymo is yanking the driver.November 10, 2017Business Strategy AlignmentHere's What CEOs Are Saying About Amazon's Plans for DominationQuestions about the effects of Amazon.com Inc. on a company's earnings are now inevitable on quarterly earnings calls - regardless of the industry under discussion.November 8, 2017Business Strategy AlignmentChina Tells Global Companies to Start Taking Care of WorkersChinese President Xi Jinping emerged from last week's Communist Party Congress radiating more power than a supernova. He also may have shifted the corporate terrain by presenting a new economic vision in which rising living standards take primacy over high-speed growth.November 2, 2017Global Trade ManagementEven a Nafta Collapse Won't Keep Companies From Moving to MexicoIt wasn't supposed to be like this, but the folks who help U.S. companies set up production in Mexico say they're having a solid year.October 27, 2017Logistics OutsourcingEurope Aviation Agency Warns on Kobe Steel as Scandal DeepensEurope's air-safety regulator recommended that companies using material from Kobe Steel Ltd. review their supply chains and - if alternative suppliers are available - suspend purchases from the Japanese company that admitted to faking data about product strength.October 25, 2017Previous PagePage 342 of 357Next Page
