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Keeping shelves stocked has been anything but a straightforward task for retail businesses over the past two years. Ongoing supply chain snags and changing customer preference due to the pandemic have forced many businesses to completely rethink the way they stock their shelves to accommodate supply shortages, shifting demand, and ongoing inflation --here are the strategies that seem to be working. Think short term When the pandemic started, Austin-based cleaning products company Branch Basics saw demand skyrocket overnight. Quickly, CEO Tim Murphy made the decision to hire an experienced demand planner, who still works for the company. "Once a month, we do supply and demand chain analysis, and make our best estimates of what we need to order, given that lead times have gone berserk," he says. With a supply chain expert on board, Murphy says that the company has been able to better predict potential issues, which could stem from small details; if trigger sprayers … [Read more...] about Lingering Inflation and Tangled Supply Chains Mean You Need to Rethink Your Inventory Strategy

Donald Trump to Be Deposed Wednesday by New York Attorney General … WSJ Donald Trump is set to be deposed Wednesday by the New York attorney general’s office in its civil-fraud investigation into the financial dealings of the former president and his company. “In New York City tonight,” Mr. Trump wrote on his social-media platform, Truth Social, just after midnight. “Seeing racist N.Y.S. Attorney General tomorrow, for a continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt in U.S. history! My great company, and myself, are being attacked from all sides. Banana Republic!” A spokeswoman for New York Attorney General Letitia James declined to comment. A lawyer for Mr. Trump didn’t respond to a request for comment. Police exodus ‘crisis’: Officers are ditching the job at a rate ‘never seen before’ … FOX NEWS Law enforcement officers are leaving their jobs “at a rate we’ve never seen before,” with some departments seeing decreases by as many as hundreds of members compared to the … [Read more...] about Editor Daily Rundown: Donald Trump to Be Deposed Wednesday by New York Attorney General

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A few, short weeks ago, Apple AAPL released its next generation of CarPlay, which usurps the entirety of the cockpit’s user interfaces including the speedometer, fuel gauges and, of course, center stack infotainment. CNBC subsequently released an article entitled “ Apple’s New Car Software Could Be a Trojan Horse Into the Automotive Industry ,” and quotes Apple’s Car Experience Manager, Emily Clark Schubert, as saying, “It’s a must-have feature when shopping for a new vehicle.” This assertion is backed by statistics she provided during the press presentation: 79% of U.S. buyers would only buy a vehicle with CarPlay and, in fact, 98% of new cars and trucks do support it. The question incumbent automotive manufacturers need to ask themselves is, “Is CNBC’s analogy of a Trojan Horse the right one?” The Odyssey’s Trojan Horse was a shell for Greek soldiers to enter Troy unobserved and then discarded without value. Albeit … [Read more...] about Apple’s CarPlay Acts More Like Brainiac To Auto Industry Than Trojan Horse