Los Angeles TimesMore from Los Angeles TimesBusiness Strategy AlignmentWhat a Treat for Retailers: Consumers to Spend $6.9Bn on Halloween This YearOnce mostly the purview of children, Halloween has grown into a major consumer holiday that now includes 18 to 34 year-old millennials and older adults who seize the opportunity for a night of escapism.October 28, 2015Global Supply Chain ManagementDid VW Puncture Credibility of Other Automakers' Diesel Technology?The Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal has tanked the company's stock price, ousted its top executive and could ultimately cost the world's top automaker tens of billions of dollars. It may also destroy the credibility of diesel technology from all automakers.September 29, 2015All LogisticsL.A., Long Beach Struggle Against Ports That Can Handle Bigger ShipsThe ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handled 39 percent of U.S. container imports in 2002, but that figure fell to 32 percent by 2013, according to U.S. census data. They have lost business to competitors at a time when, overall, global trade is booming and imports are rising at all ports, including L.A. and Long Beach. And the ports are losing out to others that can handle larger vessels.June 10, 2015Business Strategy AlignmentAs Politicians Craft Social-Issue Legislation, Corporate Pressure Can Pose HurdleCorporate America usually hasn't viewed hot-button social issues as any of its business. Then came Indiana. The controversy over the state's religious rights measure signed into law recently has been striking for the parade of well-known businesses that not only joined in the opposition to the law but took the lead in voicing their disapproval.April 7, 2015Global Supply Chain ManagementWhite House Proposal to Redesign Food Labels to Reflect Sugar Content Causes Sour TasteOf all the issues the Obama administration is grappling with, a modest redesign of what food labels say about sweeteners might not have seemed among the more controversial. But ever since First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled the plan last year, a lobbying frenzy has ensued.March 19, 2015All LogisticsLongshoreman Pay Dwarfs That of Most Employees in Transportation IndustryMore than 4,400 ships bring nearly $400bn worth of goods through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach every year, a crucial link in the global supply chain of factories, warehouses, docks, highways and rail lines. Most blue-collar workers along the chain have seen their wages slashed with the quick rise of global trade. But the longshoremen who move the goods the shortest distance, between ship and shore, have shrewdly protected pay that trumps that of many white-collar managers.March 17, 2015Logistics OutsourcingU.S. Food Importers Often Fall Short Enforcing Worker Protection Laws in MexicoThe tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers arrive year-round by the ton, with peel-off stickers proclaiming "Product of Mexico."January 7, 2015All LogisticsAmazon's Robots Picking, Shipping Your Holiday Gifts This YearThis holiday season, Amazon's little helper is an orange, 320-pound robot called Kiva.December 4, 2014Order Management & FulfillmentOnline Car Parts Supplier for Do-It-Yourselfers Has Needed Some Repairs ItselfA Carson, Calif.-based company is trying to position itself at the perfect intersection of online DIY and the nation's aging fleet of personal vehicles. U.S. Auto Parts Network Inc. caters to do-it-yourselfers. It sells to people whose idea of the perfect weekend morning is getting some grease under the fingernails while working on their cars, trucks and SUVs.November 13, 2014All TechnologyAir, Missile Strikes in Iraq, Syria Revive Flagging Fortunes of U.S. Defense ContractorsThree days after U.S. warships fired 47 cruise missiles at Sunni militant targets in northern Syria, the Pentagon signed a $251m deal to buy more Tomahawks from Raytheon Co., a windfall for the military giant and its many subcontractors.October 7, 2014Previous PagePage 21 of 26Next Page
