The road to recovery for US shippers will likely look more like a mountain switchback than a sharp incline in the second half of 2020. After a miserable March and…
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The imminent introduction of Walmart Inc.’s new subscription program took investors by surprise last week, sending the retailer’s shares up the most in almost four months. While details of…
Toyota to Restart All Factories Globally (July 12, 6:00 p.m. ET) Toyota Motor Corp. will reopen its Venezuelan plant on Monday, meaning all factories in South America will be operational, Bloomberg reported….
The coronavirus pandemic and an ongoing trade war with the United States have accelerated the threat China faces of businesses moving manufacturing operations elsewhere, but the effects those potential shifts…
Amazon may have a 15-year head start, but Walmart is close to finally unveiling its own membership program that it hopes will eventually become an alternative to Amazon Prime. …
U.S. Crude Glut Rises (July 8, 4:00 p.m. ET) U.S. crude stockpiles rose by 5.65 million barrels last week to near record-high inventories, Bloomberg reported. While gasoline demand is improving — particularly…
The Outbound Tender Rejection Index (OTRI) pushed above 16% for the second time in 2020 last week, after being as low as 2.5% in early May, which was the lowest…
Fifty-one percent of shippers consider the lack of clarity on consumer demand to be the biggest supply chain bottleneck they are seeing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according…
Suddenly every consumer wants copious amounts of toilet paper, hand sanitizer and shelf-stable food. At the same time, the healthcare system needs ventilators and masks. The spike in demand is…
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement entered into force Wednesday morning after three years of trilateral negotiations, trade disputes and amendments by the U.S. Congress. While the agreement has been hailed for raising standards for and increasing…