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Peril of EV Start-Ups: Fisker’s Investor Warning

Supply Chain Matters

According to a published report by The Wall Street Journal ( Paid subscription ), this asset light company has recently elected to transition its business model to an auto dealership based vehicle distribution model. Shipping new vehicles from Austria to the U.S. based dealer network.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27-31, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Robinson Opens Austria Office. Ratings for President Obama’s “State of the Union” address were the lowest since 2000 , but if you tuned in, he raised a couple of points related to supply chain and logistics. Robinson and UltraShipTMS are Talking Logistics sponsors. Trucking Leaders React to the State of the Union.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- May 12 2023

Supply Chain Matters

On May 4, we featured for readers the industry breaking news that Flexport will acquire the logistics the logistics fulfillment operations of online retail platform provider Shopify. In this edition, we include six added news capsule events that has occurred across the supply chain technology spectrum: Livent Corp. based Livent Corp.

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September and Q3 Global PMI Levels Remain in Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

Reportedly, with the exception of Greece , all other EU countries registered PMI declines, with Germany and Austria having the fastest rates of production declines. The Wall Street Journal reported in late September ( Paid subscription ) that China has become a much tougher place to make money for U.S. China Business Council.