supply chains

Countries in Africa are looking toward energy resilience as the war in Iran exposed their dependence on oil imports.

Allbirds is now an AI company. Everlane got bought out by fast-fashion house Shein. The optimism that defined retail in the 2010s has been sold away.

Wholesale inventories ticked up just 0.2% in December compared to the month before. It’s a sign inventories have stabilized since widespread tariffs were enacted last year.

The U.S. imported more goods and services than it exported — around $70 billion worth — in December, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The avian flu keeps coming back, leading to millions of lost hens.

And all of those supply chain issues during the pandemic taught some businesses valuable lessons.

The deadline for negotiations between the union representing dockworkers and the ports is next week.

Things seem to be reverting to a pre-pandemic normal, say analysts.

Rates have come down slightly in the last few weeks,

And they can achieve that through better collaboration with companies big and small in their industries.