Los Angeles TimesMore from Los Angeles TimesAll LogisticsTarget Is Buying a Company That Facilitates Quick Local DeliveriesTarget Corp. - increasingly aware that shoppers want the things they buy online to arrive right away - is acquiring a San Francisco transportation technology company that facilitates same-day deliveries.August 18, 2017All LogisticsNew All-Electric Delivery Truck Is on the Way, and It's Not From TeslaChanje's vision sounds a lot like Tesla's: electric vehicles recharged via clean rooftop solar power.August 16, 2017All LogisticsChina Says It Built a Railway in Africa Out of Altruism, But It's More Strategic Than ThatAfrica's past is the mildewed train station in central Addis Ababa, where locomotives sit gutted and rusted tracks vanish in the grass. The line was once the greatest in Africa; built by France in the 1910s, it ran more than 450 miles northeast to neighboring Djibouti, where the desert meets the sea.August 14, 2017Regulation & ComplianceVolkswagen Executive Pleads Guilty in Emissions ScandalA German Volkswagen executive has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges in Detroit in a scheme to cheat on emission tests of nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles.August 10, 2017All TechnologyThere's Money to Be Made in Taking ComplaintsAmy Errett wanted to gauge employee happiness at her e-commerce start-up, but surveys weren't working. Responses were often vague, unhelpful or, worse, deceitful.August 8, 2017Consumer Packaged GoodsFor Mall Stores, Back-to-School Shopping Can't Come Soon EnoughThe $84bn back-to-school shopping season is back just in time as far as beleaguered mall merchants are concerned.August 4, 2017Aerospace & DefenseDefying Predictions, Wind Tunnels Find New Customers in Autos, Athletics - Even Fast FoodWind tunnels were supposed to be put out of work by now.August 2, 2017All TechnologyThis Company Is Implanting Microchips in Its WorkersYou'll never forget your work badge if it's implanted in your flesh.July 31, 2017HR & Labor ManagementAs Labor Shortage Grows, Farmers Race to Replace Workers With RobotsDriscoll's is so secretive about its robotic strawberry picker it won't let photographers within telephoto range of it.July 27, 2017E-Commerce/Omni-ChannelWhy the Grim Reaper of Retail Hasn't Come to Claim Best BuyFive years ago Best Buy Co. looked like a retail dinosaur, another victim of e-commerce juggernaut Amazon.com and other online sellers.July 25, 2017Previous PagePage 12 of 26Next Page
