Walmart is the world’s largest retailer and private employer. It is also the biggest company if you order by sales. In 2015, Walmart’s sales amounted to $482 billion which is approximately 2X Apple’s revenues. However, now Walmart finds itself in a new landscape in the retail industry due to the influx of online shopping. E-commerce…
Renewable Power Sources wind and solar power are growing exponentially. While the economy has seen crashing oil prices and downsizing in other fossil fuels, the green energy sources are booming. In 2015, clean energy investments broke previous records and continue to gain globally. Renewable energy prices have been going down making it more affordable to…
Renewable Energy Sources wind and solar power are growing exponentially. While the economy has seen crashing oil prices and downsizing in other fossil fuels, the green energy sources are booming. In 2015, clean energy investments broke previous records and continue to gain globally. Renewable energy prices have been going down making it more affordable to…
Technology has completely altered the way that companies do business in 2016, and the cargo shipping industry is no exception. These days, your business will fall behind the competition quickly if you’re not investing in the latest and greatest technologies available. One of the most beneficial changes to the cargo shipping industry in the past…
When it comes to international freight shipping, everything is big. Global companies prepared 9,548 million tons of freight for shipping in 2013, and the U.S. goods and services exports supported an estimated 9.7 million jobs in 2011. You probably have already used several items that got to you from aboard one of these huge traders…
There’s no doubt about it — international trading makes the world go round. Take a look at an international trade directory, and consider that all of companies you see are part of a massive industry that is responsible for bringing us almost everything we use and eat on a daily basis. The U.S. goods and…
Unsurprisingly, the U.S. leads as the world’s largest trading nation. In 2011, the export of goods and services out of the country amounted to over $2.1 trillion. However, a quick look into the market reveals that the rest of the world is catching up at a steadily increasing pace and contributing to the cargo shipping…
In positive news for the American crude oil market, the U.S. Congress lifted a 1975 ban on crude oil exports. The deal showed a rare spirit of compromise for the 18th Congress. Republicans supported lifting the ban and Democrats were able to get tax credits for wind and solar power in exchange for supporting it.…
In 2011, the world’s cargo shipping fleet consisted of over 55,000 ships. That same year, U.S. goods and services exports supported about 9.7 million jobs, and had a value of about $2.1 trillion, making the United States one of the largest trading nations in the world. Now, given the sheer size and scope of the…
Americans can become very ethnocentric or focused on our own culture, and it is important to realize that many of our assumptions and suppositions will not work in other countries. Even countries such as Australia and England that speak English just like in the U.S., have completely different cultural biases and expressions. While some marketing…