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…
Auto Trader is showing that alternative fuel cars are showing a strong gain in the UK including the highest year-to-year growth compared with standard fuel models. Auto Trader tracks the market value of automobiles based on manufacturer, model, fuel types and segments. According to the last statistics, alternative fuel cars increased 62 percent in November…
Every year, in the U.S. we are bombarded with Christmas sales as soon as Halloween is over, and sometimes even before. We have been told that the biggest shopping day is Black Friday, followed by Cyber Monday. While that may be true in the U.S., the largest shopping day in the world is China’s Singles…
China’s cooling economy has caused many investors to worry, but among those concerns India has remained strong. At the end of august, GDP for the country rose by 7 percent for the quarter, putting its growth on the same level as China. It is also fairing better than many troubled areas in the country, giving…
As manufacturers across the globe look for ways to provide the right product and service in a global economy, some trends have risen to the forefront. In the 2015 Product & Service Innovation Survey, IDC Manufacturing Insights found several Business Priorities for Manufacturers. Increased Focus on Technology Technology is also rising to the…
The July Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, which took place in Maui, have ended without a deal. This has caused many U.S. supply managers to look at ways to adjust their global sourcing strategies, as they were placing a lot of hope on the talks and the agreement they hoped would come from them. The goal of…
When Cecil the Lion was killed illegally by an American dentist in Zimbabwe with the help of local tour guides, the effect reached into many different industries. The cargo industry has seen some repercussions, as carriers are starting to institute bans on Hunting Trophy Transportation, making it harder for hunters like the dentist to bring…
Whenever a product is invented, produced, or shipped there are two things that are vulnerable to theft; the actual product and the intellectual property that goes with it. Intellectual property comes from the idea that created the product in the first place, and it is protected by patenting, trade marking, or copyrighting the product or…
For companies in the air freight business, confidence is increasing. May reports showed an increase in air freight tracking numbers of 2.5 points in the air freight index, which put it at 59.5 points. This was 3.8 points higher than the same point last year, and an astounding 10.6 points higher than two years ago. The…
Additive manufacturing, also known as 3d Printing, is one of the biggest technological breakthroughs in recent years. This technology is changing the way manufacturing is done and is breaking barriers in all areas of business. Unbelievably, additive manufacturing is having a huge effect on shipping and logistics too. Here are just a few of the…