Dive Brief: FedEx announced new surcharges Wednesday. The surcharges on U.S. domestic SmartPost, Express and Ground packages will go into effect Monday until further notice. Residential Ground and Express surcharges — 30 cents per package — w...
When demand drops at the consumer level, the blow dealt to the supply chain gains force the closer it gets to the source. It's a phenomenon called the "bullwhip effect" and with an 89% drop in U.S. apparel sales in April year over year, the in...
When Moody's released its Global Coronavirus Heat Map, apparel was red hot. The apparel industry, according to the ratings agency, is highly exposed to business shocks from the global coronavirus response along with the automotive industry, tr...
Dive Brief: In one to three years, cities will be "severely challenged" by e-commerce-driven delivery traffic, but existing technology and policy fixes can help quell the resulting carbon emissions and congestion if implemented quickly, accor...
