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Built for Yesterday’s Consumer: The Demise of Malls and Traditional Distribution Networks

Talking Logistics

According to CoStar Group, a provider of commercial real estate information, the number of malls with vacancy rates greater than 40 percent — which generally means the mall is in “a death spiral” — has increased from less than 0.5 percent in 2006 to 3.4 percent in 2014.

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Paris 2021 – EN – Taid Qazi

ivalua

Taid (41) graduated in 2006 with a M.Sc. He has 13 years of sourcing/procurement experience within the financial industry. In addition to his CPO role, Taid was recently appointed to also head Danske Bank’s Group Real Estate and Facility Management. Taid Qazi CPO.

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Supply Chain Matters Editorial Commentary- Notions of Rethinking Global Supply Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters editorial commentary we address the dichotomy of revisiting supply chain strategic sourcing strategies in the wake of a rapidly changing l landscape of challenges. Strategic Sourcing Shifts Away from China. Basis of Materials Strategic Sourcing. Background. The rest, as they often say, is history.