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Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner has since called on the province to revoke its MZO for the project

Empty shelves are not a good indicator of how global supply chains are flowing, but those long lines of ships near California are.

New analysis into the empty container exports out of the Port of Los Angeles shows just how desperately the flow of trade is trying to right itself. According to customs data, the share of empty exports to total exports leaving the Port of Los Angeles is up over 10% and leaving at a faster rate ...

As the House of Commons prepares to rise for the summer, small business owners throughout Canada continue to navigate reopening plans amid the ongoing wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the generosity of support programs for those businesses beginning to wane, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is calling on the federal government for immediate action in resolving what they said are the “biggest issues still plaguing its small business support programs,” while ask...

May 27, 2021 Chicago, May 27, 2021 — Retailers still coming to terms with the mass exodus to online shopping triggered by COVID-19 and eager to “Go Global” to gain a share of the $4.2 trillion global ecommerce market can now access practical first-hand advice from SEKO Logistics, ecommerce solution provider, Shopify Plus, and integration platform, Patchworks. The three market leaders have joined forces in a new “Go Global” webinar which helps merchants learn from the success of other ...

Samantha Lee/Insider Furniture sellers still have historically long backlogs and face tight freight markets. Furniture manufacturers havent adjusted to the e-commerce boom. Winners will adjust supply chains on the fly to deliver on time and keep promises to customers.  Cathy Roberson sinks into her couch when she sits down. The coils are shot, and its time to replace it. But these days, getting a new couch takes more than choosing a new design and pulling out a credit c...

CFIB report highlights COVID-19 impact on Canada’s business landscape After one year of COVID-19 restrictions, the association representing Canadas small businesses is issuing recommendations for the 2021 federal budget Mar 16, 2021 8:00 AM By: Luke Schulz (stock photo) As the province approaches the anniversary of a full year of COVID-19 restrictions, our small and medium sized businesses continue to weather the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sharing the resu...

Is air cargo really a bargain right now? 0 525 6 minutes read (Image: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) This is an excerpt from Thursday’s (3/12) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest. Retailers are stuck between playing the ocean waiting game and ponying up for air cargo. The number of container ships in San Pedro Bay has hovered around 30 since the start of the year and levels remain stubbornly high. As of Wednesday, there were 31 at anchor. The CMA CGM Marco ...

Share: This is an excerpt from Thursdays (3/12) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest. Retailers are stuck between playing the ocean waiting game and ponying up for air cargo. The number of container ships in San Pedro Bay has hovered around 30 since the start of the year and levels remain stubbornly high. As of Wednesday, there were 31 at anchor. The CMA CGM Marco Polo — with a capacity of 16,022 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) — has been stuck at anchor ...

Updated / Monday, 15 Mar 2021 10:13 Marking Seachtain na Gaeilge, this weeks Lyric Feature is a collaboration between Irish poet Louis de Paor and New York-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Dana Lyn - listen to  Lá dá raibh/One Day above. Lá dá raibh/One Day combines poetry and music to tell the story of a day in the life of a small village in the west of Ireland, where the dead and the living meet historical and imagined characters. It was first performed live (in English) at the...