by Jazmin Goodwin | Jan 27, 2020 | Etsy
Etsy’s new chief executive, Josh Silverman, is betting its success on free shipping to compete with Amazon, but not without much opposition from the Etsy community. In July, Etsy announced its Amazon-like strategy of free shipping. Sellers were encouraged to provide...
by Nikitha Sattiraju Rao | Jan 15, 2020 | Archer Daniels Midland
Food processing giant Archer Daniels Midland bet on the nutrition industry five years ago. And it’s starting to pay off. In a year of trade war and extreme weather—both of which battered ADM’s traditional source of revenue from agricultural processing—the company’s...
by Cristina Corujo-Oruña | Dec 24, 2019 | Beyond Meat, Companies
Beyond Meat went public this year with this promise to expose the future of protein, but the reality is more difficult. The young company went public on May 2 and only recently managed to eke out a small quarterly profit. As a new business in the public market,...
by Gabriel Sandoval | Dec 23, 2019 | Companies
For Jeoff Burris, who lives near Detroit, the heart of the American auto industry, there’s nothing better than his 2018 Ford F-150 pickup truck. “You got idiots like me who love ‘em,” said Burris, founder of the Metro Detroit Supply Chain, a consulting firm whose...
by Noah Lewis | Dec 23, 2019 | Companies, News
Illustration Noah Lewis Over the past few weeks, grocery giant Kroger has made flashy investments in delivery technology and in-store renovations in an attempt to boost online sales, which could be its next big source of growth. The company is trying to its bolster...
by Spencer Lee | Dec 22, 2019 | Companies, News
Gap Inc. celebrated its 50th birthday this year, but the golden anniversary is so far looking more like a goose egg. Once a trendsetter in retail apparel, Gap Inc. has seen its position as a fashion frontrunner fall to the back of the pack under the recent leadership...
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