On October 8, 2020, IRI, a global research and services firm for consumer, CPG, retail and media companies, announced it has acquired Retail Solutions, Inc. (RSi), a provider of supply…
IRI Acquires Supply Chain Analytics Provider RSi
Slack’s Future Forum Launches Remote Employee Experience Index
Slack is launching the Future Forum consortium, which will help companies make the transformations necessary to thrive in the new economy. “The Future Forum is dedicated to the concept that…
Refinitiv Expands Due Diligence Offerings with Acquisition of The Red Flag Group
Refinitiv has acquired The Red Flag Group and in doing so has expanded its suite of due diligence offerings. The Red Flag Group is a provider of due diligence and…
Workforce-Related Titles Not Immune From Banned/Challenged Books Lists
What do the books To Kill a Mockingbird, The Catcher in the Rye, and Beloved all have in common other than being incredible works of fiction? They have been placed…
Google and FAO Launch New Big Data Tool Called Earth Map
A new tool developed by Google and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) called Earth Map allows anyone access to multidimensional maps and statistics that show key climate and environmental…
New Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index Ranks Key Areas of Risk
The Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index (LRMI), developed by the Center for Supply Chain Research at Lehigh University and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, has recently…
These 3D-Rendered Maps Highlight Demographic Trends and Geographic Constraints of Countries
If you want to view world population clusters in a new way, check out these 3D-rendered maps that use EU’s population density data and the mapping tool Aerialod by Alasdair…
ProduceIQ: A Fresh Approach to Produce Industry Supply Market Data
ProduceIQ, a new fresh produce supply market data offering, had me intrigued with “Cherries: The Immortal One.” This is a title of one of the articles written by Flavia Garcia,…
Supply Chain Transparency in the News: Tiffany Shares Craftsmanship Journey and Innovative Deforestation Efforts from Walmart and Unilever
Tiffany & Co. Saying it is an industry first, Tiffany & Co. announced they will share, starting in October, the “full craftsmanship journey of its newly sourced, individually registered diamonds…
Index That Quantifies Economic Value of Under-Utilized LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs is Launched
The StartOut Pride Economic Impact Index (SPEII) has recently been launched by StartOut and Socos Labs. The Index, which quantifies the economic value of under-utilized LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs, is funded by…