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'It's a No-Brainer': Are Hydrogen Cars the Future?

January 23, 2018

The Guardian

Inventor Hugo Spowers has a dream: to replace today’s cars with his own hydrogen prototype. Is the world ready?

Amazon Has Narrowed Its List of HQ2 Candidates to These 20 Sites

January 22, 2018

Fortune

Amazon has whittled its list of potential sites for its second headquarters from 238 bids across North America to just 20, the company announced last week.

The U.K. Has Banned Microbeads. Why?

January 19, 2018

The New York Times

They’re tiny, colorful and harmless-looking, but these little pellets are being blamed for causing big problems for the world’s oceans and seas.

Q&A: Achieving Zero Waste-to-Landfill With 3M

January 19, 2018

Environmental Leader

Science-oriented 3M is a $30bn global company with a portfolio that includes around 55,000 products. On the consumer side, 3M makes products like Post-It Notes, Scotch Magic Tape and Filtrete Air Filters, but the company has four other business groups for energy and electronics, industrial, safety and graphics and healthcare solutions.

All Plastic Packaging in the EU Must Be Reusable or Recyclable by 2030

January 18, 2018

Fortune

One word: plastics.

Cyberattacks and War Are Now the Most Feared Risks For 2018

January 18, 2018

Bloomberg

The threat of large-scale cyberattacks and a “deteriorating geopolitical landscape” since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump have jumped to the top of the global elite’s list of concerns, the World Economic Forum said ahead of its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Opinion: The Closing of 63 Sam’s Club Stores Has Big Implications for Small Business

January 17, 2018

Gene Marks, the Marks Group, Washington Post contributor

Last week, Wal-Mart announced that it would be closing 63 of its under-performing Sam’s Club stores at various locations throughout the country. While most of the news centered around the thousands of employees that would be affected by the decision, there’s also another significant group of people that will also be negatively impacted: hundreds, even thousands of local small businesses.

The U.S. Retail Industry Is Hemorrhaging Jobs — and It's Hitting Women Hardest

January 17, 2018

The Guardian

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for U.S. retailers, but not if you’re a woman working for one. Company sales reports are coming in and so far they indicate the holiday season was a big success. At the same time evidence is emerging that the radical reordering of the retail landscape is hitting women hard, and there may be worse to come.

Opinion: New Material Handling Tech Must Embrace Human Ergonomics

January 16, 2018

Jess Gilland, Crown Equipment, Material Handling & Logistics contributor

In the quest to increase productivity in material handling and manufacturing environments and be more responsive to the changing interests and expectations of the consumer, companies are increasingly embracing new technology.

Found on Instagram, Sold on Alibaba: Even the Smallest Brands Are Now Victims of Counterfeiting

January 15, 2018

Los Angeles Times

Team Dream is a small business by most any measure. The quirky cycling apparel brand has just five employees. It produces only about 100 pieces of each garment and operates out of a converted gas station in San Marino, where a closet-sized nook doubles as both a fulfillment center and R&D lab.