As the digital and physical worlds of commerce continue to intertwine, Amazon and Walmart are reinventing themselves at a blistering pace. What was once a head-to-head contest for online supremacy has now evolved into a complex chess game, with both giants doubling down on logistics,...
Across boardrooms and tech hubs alike, digital innovation, shifting global trade policies, and the relentless drive of small businesses are colliding, creating new imperatives for CFOs and treasurers alike. It wasn’t long ago that corporate finance and treasury departments operated in parallel universes. Today, those...
UPS plans to strengthen its global offerings in complex healthcare logistics by acquiring Andlauer Healthcare Group (AHG), a Canada-based supply chain management company focused on solutions for the healthcare sector. UPS agreed to acquire the firm for $1.6 billion and expects the transaction to close...
Trade uncertainty, canal closures and shipping rate volatility or not, shipments still need to get delivered. On Wednesday (April 23) global freight booking and payment platform Freightos introduced Freightos Enterprise. A press release described the new tech product as a unified digital suite for large-volume...
April 25, 2025
As the digital and physical worlds of commerce continue to intertwine, Amazon and Walmart are reinventing themselves at a blistering pace. What was once a head-to-head contest for online supremacy has now evolved into a complex chess game, with both giants doubling down on logistics, artificial intelligence (AI), physical store innovation and customer experience. Retail […]
April 22, 2025
Many United States businesses involved in global trade are experiencing a sea of change and a sea change. The President Donald Trump administration doubled down on tariffs with its reinstated...
April 18, 2025
In environments like today’s, reactive operations might as well be useless ones. By the time they take effect, it is often already too late. As the news this week from both...
March 21, 2025
Tariff pressures are squeezing the retail and eCommerce sectors. What are the two behemoths dominating the space, Walmart and Amazon, doing in response? The answer, according to the news this...
April 24, 2025
UPS plans to strengthen its global offerings in complex healthcare logistics by acquiring Andlauer Healthcare Group (AHG), a Canada-based supply chain management company focused on solutions for the healthcare sector. UPS agreed to acquire the firm for $1.6 billion and expects the transaction to close in the second half of the year, subject to customary […]
April 23, 2025
Trade uncertainty, canal closures and shipping rate volatility or not, shipments still need to get delivered. On Wednesday (April 23) global freight booking and payment platform Freightos introduced Freightos Enterprise....
April 20, 2025
DHL is suspending shipments valued at more than $800 to U.S. consumers. The new policy, flagged in a report by the Financial Times (FT) Sunday (April 20), is set to...
April 14, 2025
Kodiak Robotics, an autonomous freight truck startup, is planning to become a public company. The move comes through a merger between Kodiak and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Ares Acquisition...
