Consumer Packaged Goods

Americans Are Feeling Richer These Days, But They Won't Necessarily Be Spending More on Gifts

November 29, 2017

Los Angeles Times

Will shoppers really spend more this holiday season than they did last year? It depends on whom you ask.

Apple Is Under Fire Over Reported Illegal Labor to Build iPhone X

November 29, 2017

The Guardian

Apple has been accused of relying on students working illegal overtime to build the iPhone X, through its contractor Foxconn, which manufactures the devices in Zhengzhou, China.

Supply Chain Fraud High Despite Analytics Use, Survey Shows

November 28, 2017

Supply Management

Levels of supply chain fraud remain high despite an increase in organizations using analytics to mitigate fraud, waste and abuse, according to a Deloitte survey.

Shopify, UPS Cut Deal to Lower Rates for Online Retailers

November 28, 2017

Air Cargo World

Christmas is coming early for smaller retailers looking to boost online sales.

The New American Apparel: Claims of 'Ethically Made' Abroad Clash With Reality

November 27, 2017

The Guardian

Under a page headlined "Sweatshop Free Stories" on American Apparel's website is a video profile of a young Honduran man, Heber Lopez, a garment worker at one of the factories in San Antonio, Honduras responsible for producing the retailer's clothing.

Q&A: How Retailers Are Facing an Evolving Secondary Sales Market

November 27, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

An awful lot of ink is spilled in the business press about the pressure brick-and-mortar retailers feel from Amazon and e-commerce in general, but not nearly as much attention is paid to the challenge they feel from the secondary market.

Retailers Experiment With a New Philosophy: Smaller Is Better

November 27, 2017

The New York Times

Brick-and-mortar retail chains, known for sprawling stores that stock a bit of everything, are trying to lift sagging sales using a different strategy: cozier spaces that sell very little of anything.

Bridge the Digital Gap in Your Supply Chain: How-To Tips for Digital Collaboration with Non-Digital Trading Partners

November 22, 2017

OpenText

VDM - Solving Complex Metal Supply Chain Problems with OMP Plus

November 22, 2017

OM Partners

Q&A: Supply Chain Strategies and Challenges at True Value

November 22, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

Every retail company has to cope with the changes mandated by operating in an omnichannel world, and seasonality confronts every one of them with pressures they don't see the rest of the year. But for companies in the retail hardware space, e-commerce and seasonal business peaks carry their own special challenges.

Consumer Packaged Goods

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the consumer packaged goods industry. Learn how consumer packaged goods companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.