The prospects for China had brightened since the abandonment of the zero-COVID strategy, while strong labor markets had boosted consumer spending.

The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company is also offering Walmart Business+, a corporate counterpart to its Walmart+ membership program for individual consumers.

Bindiya Vakil, chief executive officer of Resilinc, lays out five trends and challenges to supply chains to watch for in the coming year.

Tech firms laid off more than 150,000 workers globally in 2022, with a further 38,800 layoffs already announced in 2023.

Wayfair, Amazon, Peloton Interactive and other companies saw business surge but are now slashing jobs.

Smaller retailers also see Robinson-Patman as a salve for another irritant: seeing empty shelves at their stores while larger rivals have plenty of merchandise.

Although Macron lost his outright majority in June’s parliamentary election, the conservative Republicains party has said it could back the pension bill under certain conditions.

How can we tell that the logistics industry holds so much promise for investors? It’s where the money is.

Sector reacts to post-pandemic shift in digital spending and gloomy economic outlook for 2023.

Broader industry measures show leasing has slipped and vacancy rates rose at the end of 2022, but the declines are coming from record levels.