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Why Hoarding Toilet Paper Ain’t A Charmin’ Sign of Things to Come
Why Hoarding Toilet Paper Ain’t A Charmin’ Sign of Things to Come
March 16, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Hoarding is never pretty, and rationing goods in response to hoarding is never pretty either. The eventual impact to manufacturers and retailers’ bottom lines? Well,...

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eCommerce Drives Logistics Job Boom
eCommerce Drives Logistics Job Boom
February 10, 2020  |  eCommerce

The rise of eCommerce is an inexorable one, with real-world ripple effects that extend all the way to feet and wheels on the street —...

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Strange Bedfellows? Trade Unions And Gig Marketplaces
Strange Bedfellows? Trade Unions And Gig Marketplaces
March 08, 2019  |  Matchmakers

In the U.K., says Labour Xchange Co-Founder Jonathan Key in the latest Matchmakers podcast, millions of people are underemployed. Matching ad hoc employees to work they...

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Amazon Tracker: Cities Clamor To Become Amazon’s Home Away From Home
Amazon Tracker: Cities Clamor To Become Amazon’s Home Away From Home
September 08, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon has come under fire for price gouging in the week leading up to Hurricane Irma. As the Category 5 storm drew near to the...

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Why OnTruck Isn’t The “Uber For Trucks”
Why OnTruck Isn’t The “Uber For Trucks”
July 19, 2017  |  Matchmakers

Iñigo Juantegui, co-founder of OnTruck, tends to hear the word “Uber” a lot. As the head of a platform that connects short haul truckers to...

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Looking Beyond Machine Learning To Balance Out Trade Finance Supply And Demand
Looking Beyond Machine Learning To Balance Out Trade Finance Supply And Demand
July 11, 2017  |  B2B Payments

The International Chamber of Commerce Banking Commission recently released a report that found an imbalance between supply and demand of trade finance services. Its Global...

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