In the Numbers pt. 2 | NOVEMBER
Six big numbers of 2021… - Robinhood Snacks A few interesting trends from the boys at Market Snacks to wrap up some of the highest impact data sets from 2021. The big list of six looks at billionaires in space, CEO vernacular, rising NFT prices (and also, what is an...
In the Numbers | November
One chart shows the dramatic drop-off in ship tracking data from China. This could be a sign of a worsening global supply chain crisis - BUSINESS INSIDER Ships in Chinese waters have vanished from tracking systems the maritime industry uses, a development that could...
Just for Fun | NOVEMBER
The supply chain crisis, explained by Adele Blame Adele for vinyl record delays — but also Fleetwood Mac and Michael Jackson and Taylor Swift. The supply chain comes for everyone, including Adele. Or maybe it’s Adele who’s coming for the supply chain — specifically,...
Innovation | November
Rawlings Goes for a Home Run with New 3D-printed Baseball Gloves - Thomas Net 3D printing has evolved tremendously since the 1980s, and its applications have too. From manufacturing to hobbyist builds, 3D printing is now used in various ways to create, repair,...
What Else We’re Consuming | NOVEMBER
What Else We're Consuming 1. CURIOUS ELIXIRS: Lose the booze, keep the spirit: Why Blake Lively and more are making nonalcoholic drinks - TODAY FROM THE ARTICLE: Curious Elixirs founder John Wiseman, 41, shares..."The first priority of our drinks is to make something...
The Virginia Chassis Sharing Model is the Best Kept Secret in Trade
We are all aware of port congestion in the ports of LA and Long Beach - the ones that accept the vast majority of Asian trade and roughly 36% of all other US imports. We have also all read and re-read how much carrier traffic on the West Coast has impacted what has...
The Retail Marketing Formula for 2021: 4 Big Trends
The Lasting Impact of Ephemeral Marketing In June, Balenciaga, a luxury fashion house founded in 1919 by the Spanish designer Cristóbal Balenciaga in San Sebastián, Spain, and currently based in Paris, scrubbed its Instagram feed clean in preparation for the launch of...
Who’s making what and where (in the USA)? | November Manufacturing Report
Last month we talked about all that manufacturing supposedly coming to the U.S. Well, here it is...or at least a few examples of companies who announced plans for stateside production and implicit job creation in November. New $4.5 Billion Hydrogen Energy Complex...
What Else We’re Consuming | October
What Else We're Consuming 1. BECAUSE MARKET: Adult Incontinence Products Industry Continues to Grow New players, new product formats increase competition in the market - NON WOVENS INDUSTRY FROM THE ARTICLE: One of these new players is Because Market, which...has a...
So, why did PayPal ghost Pinterest? Is retail just not ready for social shopping at scale?
Midway through October digital payment platform, PayPal entered into talks with online photo-sharing platform, Pinterest, regarding an acquisition. But why? At first glance, there’s no doubt the two companies seem unlikely partners, and it is difficult to imagine how...
GoPuff makes trendy change to brick-and-mortar, on-site fulfillment retailer
In a trend that sees the online shopping takeover continue to lose its footing, consumer products procurement and delivery company, GoPuff has launched an undefined number of retail outlets. Precipitating another fashionable move from retailers big and small in the...
In the Numbers | October
This tweet from @eComm Guy went a little bit viral in the niche social media ecosystem frequented by supply chain and logistics professionals. Certainly, we were hoping for a nice, easy-to-read data set to adequately demonstrate the wild ride of eCommerce over the...
All Things Amazon
Today at Amazon Accelerate: Amazon Announces Product Opportunity Explorer to Help Third-Party Sellers Identify New Products to Sell in Amazon’s Store - BUSINESS WIRE Product Opportunity Explorer provides third-party sellers with detailed insights into what customers...
All Things Carriers
Delivery Hero, Coupang Eats face possible curbs on quick commerce - KOREA TIMES Ministry of Trade and Industry and Energy has hired a private research organization to study the impact on small businesses of quick commerce. A coalition of small retailers urged...
All Things Ecommerce
Tokopedia reclaims top spot from Shopee as most visited e-commerce site in Indonesia - TECH WIRE For the second quarter of 2019, Tokopedia reclaims the title of Indonesia's most frequented e-commerce site. Tokopedia's monthly online traffic hit 147 million...
All About Supply Chain
Supply-Crunch Inflation Gives Central Banks an Unfixable Problem - SUPPLY CHAIN BRAIN Raising interest rates now would dampen the demand that propelled the globe out of recession last year. However, if central banks remain cautious and the supply constraint...
Just For Fun | August & September
A Search Engine Designed to Suprise You - MEDIUM “Marginalia” up-ranks sites that are text-heavy — with truly offbeat results. Call it “serendipity engineering”…and downranking ones that are highly visual, loaded with modern web cruft, and SEO-optimized. The upshot,...
What Else We’re Consuming | August & September
Outdoor brands’ apparel sizes don’t match customer demand, study shows - OUTSIDE BUSINESS JOURNAL A new study published by the subscription-box service Cairn shows that outdoor brands are producing apparel that’s too small, on average, for consumer demand. Cairn,...