U.K.'s M&S Deploys AI to Help Shoppers Choose Outfits September 5, 2024 SupplyChainBrain The automation of product descriptions using AI has risen to 80% from almost nothing in the past year. Read More
Global Trade Volume Recovery Extends Into Third Quarter, WTO Says September 5, 2024 Bloomberg The WTO’s goods barometer increased to 103 compared with a reading of 100.6 in March, the Geneva-based organization said in a new report.Read More
ILA Says Negotiating Parties are 'Very Far Apart' Ahead of Port Strike Deadline September 5, 2024 SupplyChainBrain The ILA is wrapping up a two-day "marathon" of meetings, where it's preparing its members for the possibility of an impending work stoppage. Read More
Amazon to Give U.K. Warehouse Workers 10% Raise September 4, 2024 SupplyChainBrain This comes more than a month after Amazon beat back an organized labor push from workers at the company's Coventry warehouse by a 28-ballot margin.Read More
EU Responders Say it's Unsafe to Tow Burning Oil Tanker in Red Sea September 4, 2024 SupplyChainBrain Oil has yet to leak out of the vessel, but U.S. military leaders estimate that the Sounion could spill four times as much oil as the Exxon Valdez. Read More
U.S.-Backed Angola Rail Plan Secures $200M From Key Bank September 4, 2024 Bloomberg The project is part of a U.S. plan to secure access to critical minerals such as copper and cobalt in a region where China has been dominant.Read More
Drivers at Kroger Warehouse in Georgia Vote to Join Local Teamsters September 4, 2024 SupplyChainBrain This is the second group of Kroger truck drivers to unionize with the Teamsters, after nearly 300 drivers in Michigan voted in favor of the move in May. Read More
Mediterranean Nations Push for United Approach to Water Conservation September 3, 2024 SupplyChainBrain Cyprus agriculture minister Maria Panayiotou said that Europe experienced its worst drought conditions in 500 years in 2023.Read More
Canada Rail Union Challenges Order That Ended Work Stoppage September 3, 2024 SupplyChainBrain Canada's labor board ended a day-long work stoppage after it imposed binding arbitration on the railways and union. Read More
Cathay Pacific Cancelled Flights After Component Failure on Airbus A350 Aircraft September 3, 2024 SupplyChainBrain Airline says 15 jets need new part after Rolls-Royce engine problem.Read More