Vietnam is quietly positioning itself as a safe haven for manufacturers wary of getting caught in the crossfire of the tariff war between the U.S. and China.
A year ago, Amazon's cashierless convenience store became the e-commerce giant's biggest effort yet to change the way people shop in the physical world. Today, a fleet of companies are working to replicate elements — or invent other ways of streamlining store operations.
As the Trump administration rolls back rules meant to curb global warming, new disclosures show that the country’s largest companies are already bracing for its effects: disrupted supply chains, disabled operations — and new ways to make money.
The organizers of this year’s World Economic Forum have done their traditional best to introduce another buzz phrase as the theme for the annual gathering in the Swiss Alps.
That could mean another gold mine for foreign producers as the battle for infant milk shifts to the hundreds of smaller cities beyond the metropolises of Shanghai and Beijing.
Reliance Industries will roll out its online shopping platform to 1.2 million retailers and store-owners in western India, starting on an ambitious plan to take on Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart on its home turf.
In a new report researchers argue that even before President Trump launched his trade wars, the era of offshoring and disruption that left many factory towns reeling was over.
