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Why you can't find eggs at your grocery store anymore

by Janet Nguyen
Jan 10, 2025
The avian flu keeps coming back, leading to millions of lost hens.
A Sprouts Farmer's Market grocery store in Lawndale, California, faces a partial egg shortage amid another round of the avian flu.
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A dockworkers strike is days away. What would it mean for the economy?

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Alex Schroeder
Sep 26, 2024
The deadline for negotiations between the union representing dockworkers and the ports is next week.
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What wholesale inventories tell us about the upcoming holiday shopping season

by Justin Ho
Sep 17, 2024
Things seem to be reverting to a pre-pandemic normal, say analysts.
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New vessels expected to lead to lower ocean shipping rates

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Aug 12, 2024
Rates have come down slightly in the last few weeks,
Cargo ships often take two and a half years to build.
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Small businesses could see big gains by boosting productivity

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Apr 25, 2024
And they can achieve that through better collaboration with companies big and small in their industries.
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How crews on cargo ships stranded in Baltimore are working to maintain good "seafarer culture"

by Stephanie Hughes
Apr 5, 2024
Ship crews are used to a life in motion. Now the mostly international workers could be stuck in port for weeks.
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From toys to custom bikes, these small businesses are still seeing shipment delays

by Sean McHenry
Aug 22, 2022
Supply chain problems remain an obstacle as demand picks up.
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How Shanghai's DIY supply chains helped us live through the long COVID lockdown

by Jennifer Pak
Jun 6, 2022
What happens when supply chains collapse and it's up to district governments, neighbors and friends to fill the gap?
A volunteer clad in safety gear delivers food during the lockdown while Shanghai residents were not allowed to leave their apartments.
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Shifting supply chains settle on Mexico

by Sabri Ben-Achour
May 2, 2022
After a pandemic, trade war and rising wages, many manufacturers have been looking for other options outside of China.
With rising labor costs in China and the delay in receiving goods, some U.S. manufacturers are moving operations to Mexico. Above, workers at a truck parts factory in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, in May 2020.
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How supply chain issues and inflation have started to reshape advertising

by David Brancaccio and Jarrett Dang
Apr 15, 2022
What's the message for brands when the stuff they're selling is either not available or more expensive?
Some brands are shifting away from product-focused advertising as supply chain issues make it harder to get goods.
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