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Target’s Supply Chain Investment Is Paying Off

Target is investing in its supply chain to reach more customers.

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U.S. Factory Activity Hit a 14-Year High in August

U.S. manufacturing activity accelerated to more than a 14-year high in August, boosted by a surge in new orders, but growing concerns over rising raw material costs as a result of import tariffs could restrain further growth.

Pfizer's Costly Divorce: Pharma Giant Says Brexit Will Cost It $100M

European companies aren’t alone in their Brexit pain. Pfizer, the U.S.-based drug behemoth, says its costs for dealing with the upcoming split will reach $100m.

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Walmart Shoppers Are Finding More Items ‘Out of Stock’ — and That’s Deliberate

Walmart Inc. has begun telling online shoppers that some products in its warehouses are “out of stock” after the retailer changed its e-commerce systems to avoid orders deemed too expensive to ship.

Artificial Intelligence in Retail? Nope — Start With Automation, Analysts Say

Stories of thrilling, new AI use cases in retail have been popping up in our tech news feeds, whether computer vision, facial recognition, or elimination of human workers. But these sensational accounts miss an important piece of the AI learning curve.

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Podcast | Widescale Reshoring of U.S. Manufacturing Isn’t Happening. Here’s Why.

By now, American manufacturers were supposed to be stampeding back to the U.S., making products at home for the local market. So why isn’t that happening to any great degree?

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What, Exactly, Is Meat? Plant-Based Food Producers Sue Missouri Over Labeling

Call that veggie burger what you like, but if you’re in Missouri, don’t call it meat.

Bernie Vs. Bezos: Amazon and Sanders Are Duking It Out Over Warehouse Working Conditions

Amazon.com and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are sparring over working conditions at Amazon warehouses, after the senator called for legislation that would require large employers to reimburse the government for food stamps, Medicaid and other federal assistance received by their employees.

U.K. Food Shop Prices Rise Amid Unusual Weather

Britain’s shop prices have risen for the first time in more than five years as the heatwave pushed up the cost of fruit and vegetables.

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JD Turns to Google, Walmart to Build Global E-Commerce Empire

Richard Liu built an e-commerce giant in China by tapping into the nation’s appetite for technology. As his JD.com Inc. sets its sights on global expansion, he’s turning to others for help: Google and Walmart Inc.

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Report: Supply Chain Efficiency Could Cut Food Waste by $700Bn

The scale of the problem is staggering. Each year, 1.6 billion tons of food worth about $1.2tr are lost or go to waste — one-third of the total amount of food produced globally. To put the figure in perspective, that is 10 times the mass of the island of Manhattan.

In Chilean Desert, Global Thirst for Lithium Is Fueling a 'Water War'

On Chilean water regulator Oscar Cristi’s desk in Santiago, a small white espresso cup teeters atop piles of documents and loose folders that appear on the point of collapse, perhaps an apt metaphor for the growing water crisis in parts of the Andean country.

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