The Washington PostMore from The Washington PostSustainability & Corporate Social ResponsibilityU.S. Farmers Prepare As Crickets Make Leap In DemandAt Tomorrow's Harvest farm, you won't find acres of land on which animals graze, or rows of corn, or bales of hay. Just stacks of boxes in a basement and the summery song of thousands of chirping crickets.January 19, 2017All LogisticsU.S. Postal Service Halting Retail Sales At Staples StoresWhen the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and Staples birthed a retail partnership in 2013, USPS said "it's time to celebrate." But now, that program has been sentenced to death and it is postal labor leaders who are rejoicing. They cheer the demise of a program that had been the target of a vigorous campaign by postal unions that don't want the post office privatized.January 17, 2017All LogisticsAdministration Rolls Out New Fuel-Economy Standards for TrucksThe Obama administration has finalized new fuel-economy standards for large trucks, buses and other heavy-duty vehicles, the latest in a series of efforts aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions and weaning the nation from its dependence on fossil fuels.August 19, 2016All TechnologySpotlight Placed on How RFID Technology Benefits Retail IndustryNext time you're at the mall, take a closer look at the paper price tag dangling from the clothes you take into the dressing room. If you hold the tag up to a light, you might see a dark, salt-grain-sized speck in it. Or, if you run your thumb over the tag, you might feel an almost imperceptible bump.January 21, 2016Business Strategy AlignmentRetailers Wary of Change in Consumers: Number of Last-Minute Shoppers on RiseNow that retailers have put their Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales behind them, many are gearing up for another potential holiday season gauntlet: A possible crush of procrastinators hitting their stores and websites at the last minute.December 10, 2015All TechnologyNASA Awards Private Industry Contracts to Build Rockets to Ferry Astronauts to Space StationNASA on Tuesday awarded a pair of much-anticipated contracts, worth up to $6.8bn combined, to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station to Boeing and SpaceX in a deal that would allow the U.S. to launch astronauts into space from U.S. soil for the first time in years.September 19, 2014Business Strategy AlignmentBest Buy's Disappointing Sales Emblematic of Difficulties Brick-and-Mortar Retailers FaceBig-box electronics giant Best Buy reported sagging second-quarter sales Tuesday amid increasingly intense competition from rival retailers. The company's comparable sales dipped 2 percent in the U.S., though it still managed to post $146m in profit, largely thanks to a long-term cost-cutting program. But with few new electronics products to capture consumers' attention, the rest of 2014 isn't looking any sunnier.August 29, 2014All LogisticsMexico's New President Wants to Boost Business with U.S.On the eve of his inauguration and his party's return to power, Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, vowed to reshape his country's education, business and energy sectors in ways that could have profound effects on the United States.December 11, 2012Business Strategy AlignmentAs Hiring Inches Up, Some CEOs See Stronger Economy AheadJanuary 17, 2012Global Supply Chain ManagementGood News for Starbucks, Ikea and Some Others: India Lets Them Operate Without a Local PartnerJanuary 13, 2012Previous PagePage 15 of 16Next Page