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Tarik Toprak: “Growth brings its own challenges.”

Supply Chain Movement

We are reaching 80,000 point of sales but 150 of these are retailers who sell 60% of our turnover. Because Turkey is not part of the European Union, importing products is very difficult because the government wants to support local production. Step by step we are trying to have direct contact with our retailers.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. study , 40% of consumers have purchased from retailers based outside the U.S.,

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Middle East eCommerce Reimagined

Vinculum

Countries like Iraq, Egypt, Oman, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia have the fastest growing young generation, with a median age of 22 years old. The other reason to start selling in the Middle East is low competition, with very few leading retailers ruling the marketplace. Established Mall culture.

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How the Coronavirus is underscoring the relevance of Global Supply Chain throughput: From the Frontlines of Yokohama, Milan, and Southern Florida

ThroughPut

Without consumer spending, which are all enabled by logistics, manufacturing, and retail operations, America’s macroeconomic model would go belly-up. At scale, it is why people retaliate against leaders and governments to gain certain freedoms. Of course not. It’s not human nature to be comfortable “locked up in a cage”.

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

This was felt most drastically in the last few years, when such events as 9/11, the war in Iraq, the West Coast port workers’ strike, and increased regulatory and customs delays brought supply chain operations to a standstill. A major disruption in the offshore supply chain can shut down a company and have dire consequences for profitability.