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Uniqlo’s Automates Store Checkout with RFID Chips

The company is applying a new generation of RFID readers in its checkout machines, allowing shoppers to simply drop their goods in bins at automated checkout stations that read the RFID tags

A Uniqlo store in Tokyo. Photo: iStock.com/winhorse

Boeing to Boost Output of 737 Jets in Push for More Cash

The plane maker is expected to report a surge in first quarter deliveries when it discloses March handovers, a sign of the progress Boeing is making toward stabilizing work in its factories.

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Walmart Revises its Supply-Chain Strategy

Walmart want to improve fulfillment capabilities at its stores, and it is trying to automate operations, both in stores and at dedicated fulfillment centers.

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China Urges Japan to Refrain From Joining U.S. Chip Curbs

Ties between Beijing and Tokyo have frayed in recent years as Japan joined U.S.-led moves to counter China’s regional influence through institutions such as the Quad group, which includes Australia and India.

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Hydrogen Is Here; This is How We Get It There

With the capability to produce and store liquified hydrogen where and when it is needed, the tipping point has been reached and the hydrogen economy is here.

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China Strikes Back at U.S. Chip Maker

China’s decision to put Micron under review followed sweeping restrictions placed by the United States on China’s semiconductor industry

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Uniqlo Parent to Audit Working Conditions at Third-Tier Suppliers

Fast Retailing had originally performed compliance checks only on plants operated by primary and secondary suppliers. Now, Uniqlo will handle compliance checks for third-tier cotton spinning mills.

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Mercedes G-Wagon Shows 20% Range Jump Coming for EV Batteries

The trick to making batteries with more silicon content is figuring out how to prevent expansion by encapsulating the silicon particles in some kind of binding structure.

An electric prototype of Mercedes EQG on display during the 2021 Seoul Mobility Show in Goyang, South Korea. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg

How to be Successful in Omni-Channel Commerce

The grace period is gone; consumers will find what they want elsewhere if a retailer can’t deliver the product(s) and experience they’re looking for.

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Retailers Plan to Change to Made-to-Fit Boxes for Home Delivery

The made-to-fit packaging addresses a major environmental issue in online shopping, and a cumbersome expense in shipping out orders.

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Airbus Targets A350 Wide-Body Sale on Macron’s China Trip

Adding wide-bodies would bolster China’s global tourism capacity as it emerges from a three-year freeze on international travel because of its COVID-19 border shutdown.

An Airbus A350 passenger jet. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg

Shock OPEC+ Output Cuts to Hit Demand, Rates for Oil Tankers

The production cuts will probably lead to a real loss in supply and tighten global oil markets because those doing the cutting are largely pumping at their quotas.

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