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Virgin Atlantic Cargo Resuming Daily Flights From Cape Town, South Africa

November 27, 2012

Virgin Atlantic Cargo

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has resumed its winter season flights from Cape Town, South Africa.

U.S. Celebrates Re-shoring, But Mexico Crashes the Party

November 26, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

On its way back to the U.S. from China, might manufacturing take a detour into Mexico? Does our neighbor south of the border stand ready to quash the Great American Industrial Revival?

Food, Private Equity, Cross-Border Transactions Drive U.S. Retail, Consumer Deals

November 26, 2012

PwC US

Corporations spinning off businesses, private equity investment in retail, continued cross-border activity and expansion into e-commerce drove retail and consumer merger and acquisition activity in the third quarter of 2012, according to PwC's US retail and consumer M+A insights report.

Brazil's Corn Farmers Set Down Roots in U.S. Marketplace

November 21, 2012

Washington Post

As U.S. cornfields withered under drought conditions last summer, Brazil's once-empty Cerrado region produced a bumper crop of the grain, helping feed livestock on U.S. farms and ease a drought-related spike in prices.

Tucked Between China's Super Rich and Middle Class, the 'Affluent' Are Hugely Attractive Market

November 21, 2012

BCG Perspectives

As China's economy has grown, much attention has been paid to its middle class and its high-net-worth individuals. Less noticed has been its affluent population.

U.S. Xpress Expands U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Services

November 21, 2012

U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc.

U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. plans to expand its offering of U.S.-Mexico cross-border services through two new deals with Mexican providers.

Growing Beyond Mexico, Wal-Mart's Internal Probe Into Foreign Corruption Goes Global

November 20, 2012

The New York Times

Wal-Mart Stores reported that its investigation into violations of a federal anti-bribery law had extended beyond Mexico to China, India and Brazil, some of the retailer's most important international markets.

Is This the Unlikeliest Place to Put a Manufacturing Plant?

November 19, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

What does it take to convince a manufacturer to locate a plant in the U.S.? How about in California, one of the most highly regulated and difficult states in which to operate? (It ranked 40th in CNBC's latest survey "America's Top States for Business." What about the San Francisco Bay Area, with its prohibitive cost of living, high population density and even more onerous regulatory environment?

Could Africa's Growing GDP Be Magnet It Needs for Attracting Manufacturing?

November 19, 2012

Industry Week

The strongest case Africa presents for its attractiveness to manufacturing is its GDP growth. The continent is home to six out of the top 10 countries that are experiencing economic growth, according to an analysis by the Economist. Over the past decade, it has been the second-fasting growing region in the world, averaging growth of 5.1 percent during that period.

U.S., Chinese Consumers Said to Be Willing to Pay More for 'Made in USA' Products

November 16, 2012

Boston Consulting Group

More than 80 percent of U.S. consumers and, perhaps more surprising, over 60 percent of Chinese consumers say that they are willing to pay more for products labeled "Made in USA" than for those labeled "Made in China," according to research by The Boston Consulting Group.