How quickly do your eyes roll when you hear the word “branding” in conversation? Instantly, is what I’m guessing. That’s because the term is so overused in the workplace, it’s transcended corporate world and entered the zeitgeist of popular culture. Just take a look at people’s LinkedIn or Instagram headlines: “Web Copywriter/Scrabble Champ,” “Talent Acquisition […]
With NAFTA renegotiations, Brexit and other international trade impacts at the forefront of everyone’s minds, retailers are faced with a challenge to manage the flow of goods, information and money across borders. The industry can no longer rely on manual processes to manage their trade operations; the complicated nature of international logistics and the supply […]
Global trade is significantly more complex and presents more risk than domestic trade, given changing regulations and standards across different countries and the varied levels of transparency throughout a global supply chain. Combined with the sheer number of suppliers (not to mention the suppliers’ suppliers) that come with global trade, and the often manual process […]
There are many ‘what if’s’ for retailers – what if my shipment doesn’t make it on time? What if new regulations increase my costs? With a new administration taking office in the U.S. and rhetoric around raising tariffs on imported goods (though no specific policy proposed), many retailers are asking, “What if it happens? What […]