The latest technologies offer a vision of the future where sales associates are empowered to make consumers feel they are seen and known, not impersonal data caches.

While the exact scope of proposed new tariffs remains unclear, businesses can take proactive steps to prepare and reduce their risk of exposure.

China will continue to see multiple pathogens fueling its winter illness outbreak through spring, the country’s CDC said in December 2024.

Diversion of future shipments to West Coast ports would become more difficult and costly if a stoppage was prolonged as ships back-up and remain unloaded, reducing available capacity.

Uncertainty regarding whether Trump will actually impose the tariffs he has proposed is a matter of intense speculation.

The bill would mandate that at least 40% of a corporation’s board of directors be chosen directly by employees.

Trump has repeatedly said tariffs will create more factory jobs, shrink the federal deficit, lower food prices and allow the government to subsidize childcare. Economists disagree.

The two sides similarly reached a preliminary agreement in 2019, but never signed it.

The week-long talks, known as INC-5, ended in a deadlock over objections to the inclusion of cuts to plastic production in so-called ambition countries.

One of the ways companies can meet the new FDA requirement for cold-chain traceability is through smart labels that trace packages throughout the supply chain journey,