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

Supply Chain Matters

Our perspective was that both of such niche market segment start-up players would be able to financially sustain themselves if industry demand for respective products were robust and that supporting supply chain and production strategies were well managed. Shipping new vehicles from Austria to the U.S. based dealer network.

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Global Wide Manufacturing Output Strengthens in March 2024

Supply Chain Matters

The Eurozone remains a drag on global manufacturing output with reportedly steep downturns again occurring in Germany and Austria. New order growth reportedly accelerated at the fastest in nearly three plus year, which is a likely indication that this region has become the new go-to for China Plus product sourcing strategies.

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

Austria was indicated as the worst performer, followed by Germany and France. Growth was reportedly fueled from demands in medicine, high tech, auto, railway, shipping and aerospace equipment markets. The reported November value posted a six-month high value of 44.2, reflecting a 1.1 percentage point gain over the value of 43.1

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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

Supply Chain Matters

India again led all other regions, while Germany and Austria remain at highest levels of PMI contractionary levels. United Kingdom manufacturers additionally pointed to the ongoing Red Sea shipping crisis leading to added supply disruptions. Also noted was that average supplier lead times were broadly unchanged in February.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. So three months after an executive meeting on June 23rd , an updated strategy was released, tracking a radical shift into a slimmer Maersk, focused on providing end-to-end logistics services.

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Sufficiently “Primed”? What We Can Learn from Amazon Prime Day

FLEXE

Happy Belly bottled water (Japan), and Soda Stream (Germany and Austria). A key strategy behind Prime Day is to boost its subscription numbers. households (85 million) having a Prime subscription, Amazon is perpetually incentivizing customers to buy through them to get free, two-day shipping. Boost its Q4 strategy.

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Sufficiently “Primed”? What We Can Learn from Amazon Prime Day

FLEXE

Happy Belly bottled water (Japan), and Soda Stream (Germany and Austria)</li></ul><h2>So what does this mean for Amazon?</h2> households (85 million) having a Prime subscription, Amazon is perpetually incentivizing customers to buy through them to get free, two-day shipping.