Low consumer confidence in supply chains promts early holiday shopping

Bright Data recently released new research that reveals consumer sentiments around the 2021 holiday shopping season, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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Relief from China tariffs unlikely as phase 1 deadline looms 

For supply chains reliant on imports from China, tariffs are at least a medium-term reality, if not a long-term one.

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Vancouver port trucker strike averted as union reaches deal with 2nd carrier

A strike by container truckers at a carrier serving the Port of Vancouver has been averted after their union reached a last-minute agreement with their company on Thursday. 

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NFTs are coming to a supply chain near you

… NFTs are finding a new home: the supply chain. No, supply chain operators have not suddenly become art collectors –– blockchain is nothing new to the supply chain, with companies like Maersk (OCTUS: AMKBY) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) having used it to track the movement of their products for years. But NFTs are opening up the technology to an entirely new set of uses.

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