The Washington PostMore from The Washington PostGlobal Trade ManagementTrump Imposes Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum, but Offers Relief to AlliesPresident Trump on Thursday imposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum but offered relief to some U.S. allies, a move that marks his administration’s most protectionist step yet but stops short of the global tariffs his GOP allies begged him to avoid.March 9, 2018Inventory Planning/OptimizationKohl’s Has a New Plan to Get You Into Its Stores: GroceriesLess is more, Kohl’s executives are finding, as the department-store chain continues to shrink its locations and whittle down the items in its stores.March 5, 2018Business Strategy AlignmentMattress Start-Up Casper Is Opening Its First Store — With Complimentary NapsOnline mattress start-up Casper is opening its first permanent store, a 3,000-square-foot location in New York, where shoppers are invited to not only look at the company’s mattresses, pillows and bedding, but also to use them. Dozing off is encouraged, executives say.March 1, 2018Global Supply Chain ManagementStates Reach a $650M Settlement Over Exploding Takata Air BagsVirginia, Maryland and the District last week were among dozens of states to to reach a $650m settlement with the U.S subsidiary of a Japanese company that manufactured faulty air bags installed in millions of automobiles worldwide, bags that sprayed deadly shrapnel that killed at least 22 people and injured hundreds more.February 27, 2018Facility Location PlanningAs Amazon Competition Heats Up, D.C. Mayor Heads West to Talk TechStretched for talent, big tech firms are looking outside of Silicon Valley to expand, and increasingly one of the beneficiaries has been the D.C. area.February 21, 2018Global Supply Chain ManagementRoses Are Cheap on Valentine’s Day — Because of Where They Come FromThe majority of roses Americans give one another on Valentine’s Day, roughly 200 million in all, grow here, the savanna outside Bogota, Colombia, summoned from the soil by 12 hours of natural sunlight, the 8,400-foot altitude and an abundance of cheap labor.February 14, 2018All Logistics'Is It Shoplifting If It’s Not the Customer’s Fault?': Amazon Go Raises Questions for the Retail Industry“Just walk out,” say the signs at the entrance and store windows at Amazon’s newest concept store. “No lines. No checkout. (No, seriously.)”January 31, 2018Global Trade ManagementChina Is Investing Seriously in Latin America. Should You Worry?This past week, China held its second ministerial meeting with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Santiago, Chile. There China announced plans to have the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), its flagship economic and development program, invest in Latin America.January 29, 2018All LogisticsMore and More Truckers Say They’re Running Out of CapacityShould we be concerned? Truckers seem to be running out of room.January 25, 2018Consumer Packaged GoodsWill Millennials Kill Costco?There’s a Costco to one side of Gwendolyn Hammer’s house and a Sam’s Club to the other. But when the 28-year-old needs 12-packs of paper towels, or 36 rolls of toilet paper, she heads online instead.January 23, 2018Previous PagePage 7 of 16Next Page
