Browsing: Power Shift

Tariff volatility has pushed brands, retailers and suppliers into unusually frequent talks, with procurement teams renegotiating contracts at a pace…

Global supply chains have become both a competitive advantage and a source of fragility for multinational businesses. In the MIT-linked…

Retailers have spent years accumulating more data, yet many still struggle to turn it into profit. According to Grant Smith,…

Enterprise retailers are increasingly treating delivery as a competitive lever rather than a back-office function, as higher carrier charges, rising…

South Africa’s aquaculture sector is increasingly being cast as a strategic part of the country’s food system, but its long-term…

Ocean freight markets have swung sharply out of balance, with spot rates rising by more than 300% in five months…

Battery procurement is no longer a narrow purchasing function concerned mainly with price, lead times and availability. In a sector…

GE Aerospace has sharply reduced production lead times for key components, a move that helped lift aircraft engine deliveries in…

Techaisle’s latest global partner survey suggests the channel is increasingly splitting into two very different economies, with smaller firms facing…

Maine Pointe Management Completes Buyout from SGS, Relaunches as Independent AI-Native Performance Improvement Firm Independent. Faster. More agile. Focused on…

Hanwha is pushing a broader model of industrial cooperation that goes beyond price negotiations and financial backing, arguing that the…

EcoVadis has widened access to its Community platform, opening the sustainability-focused networking space beyond customers that already hold an EcoVadis…

For much of the food, drink and wider FMCG sector, energy and sustainability have long been treated as overheads to…

Ireland’s construction sector has long relied on the advantages of being plugged into international markets, but that same openness leaves…

Geopolitical tension in the Middle East is feeding through into UK retail in the form of emptier shelves, higher stockouts…