Currently, less than 1% of the world’s textile waste is recycled into new clothes, with the bulk ending up in trash heaps. The EU wants to change this. But the relatively short time frame promises to challenge the big players in … Continue reading Fashion Firms Look to Single-Fiber Clothes as EU Recycling Regulations Loom
Changing tastes and frazzled workers prompt CEO Howard Schultz to press for a reset; ‘we will design new stores from scratch’ U.S. stores designed a decade ago struggle to meet today’s consumer demand. Cafes that once averaged 1,200 orders a … Continue reading Starbucks Is Rethinking Almost Everything, Including How to Make Frappuccinos
this complex movement of goods underpinning the global economy is far more vulnerable than many imagined Continue reading Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same
Auto maker says it is straining to fill a backlog and will resume taking orders for a 2023 model in the summer Continue reading Ford Shuts Off Orders for New $20,000 Maverick Pickup
Shortages of key ingredients and labor are troubling suppliers as refrigerated transportation costs also surge
Continue reading Food Supply Chains Are Stretched as Americans Head Back to Restaurants
Companies don’t want to sell last season’s clothing at a loss, and are holding over inventory or selling some through outlet stores Continue reading Clothing Companies Want to Hold On to Unsold Inventory
While the hoarding and panic buying of toilet paper may have initially caused a stock shortage in stores and online, Jim Luke, professor of economics at Lansing Community College, explains why the scarcity has a lot to do with the supply chain. Continue reading Toilet Paper Scarcity Links Back To Supply Chain
Facing a consumer backlash and stricter regulation, companies are trying to do what’s eluded them for years: make a better bottle Continue reading Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now Threaten a Crisis
In recent weeks, Apple slashed production orders for all three iPhone models that it unveiled in September Continue reading Apple Suppliers Suffer With Uncertainty Around iPhone Demand
Companies like Airstream, the maker of retro-cool, high-end trailers, find it more efficient to use a workforce of people, rather than make sizable investments in automation that risks being wasted if the economy slows. Continue reading Humans Are Winning the Battle With Robots
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