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Troubling Signs for Retail Supply Chains- Walmart Badly Misses on Profitability

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As our Supply Chain Matters retail and consumer goods industry readers are well aware, this retailer garners a lot of supply influence with consumer goods suppliers, and these latest results reflecting a slowdown in discretionary retail goods spending will reverberate. West Coast ports.

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Initial Estimates of U.S. Holiday Spending- A Mixed Bag

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An initial estimate of this year’s retail holiday spending indicates a mixed bag, depending on either retail industry, consumer goods producer or logistics and transportation industry perspectives. Mastercard SpendingPulse Data Payments processing firm Mastercard Spending Pulse indicated this week that U.S. percent.

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Clorox Warns of Revenue Impact from Cyberattack

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In this Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-up posting, we highlight new information regarding our previous posting highlighting a disclosed cyberattack directed at consumer goods producer Clorox. million to resolve.

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The Tremor Across China’s Online Retail Landscape

Supply Chain Matters

The continuous monitoring of the market segment and broader consumer buying tendencies is very much essential. For retail and consumer goods focused supply chain management customer fulfillment teams, there is a similar takeaway. Market or segment dominance is often fleeting in the current dynamic business environment.

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Cyberattack Impacting Clorox Operations

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The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights that consumer goods producer Clorox has disclosed that a cyberattack directed at the company’s IT systems and infrastructure is having a material impact on operations. Regrettably, yet another incident has impacted a high visibility branded manufacturing company.

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The Messages of 2022 Cyber Monday and Black Friday Are Far Different

Supply Chain Matters

Specifically for retail and consumer goods focused supply chain management teams, a short-term tactical concern is the ongoing management of excess product inventories, which in many cases, need to be trimmed before the end of the year.

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Logility to Acquire ChatGPT Technology Provider Garvis

Supply Chain Matters

Garvis reportedly has over 70 implementations of the provider’s technology, with a focus on demand forecasting and management needs in consumer goods, food and beverage, industrial manufacturing and life sciences industry settings.