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December at-a-glance … supply chain

U.S. retailers Target and Walmart report higher inventories than last year, with Walmart reporting U.S. inventories up 11.5%. Additionally, FedEx […]


12.16.2021

December at-a-glance … taxes, tariffs & trade

NAFEM provided comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) about its concerns with the tariff rate quota (TRQ) that […]


12.16.2021

State of American Business – U.S. Chamber of Commerce event

Register to join  the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s State of American Business signature event Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 10 a.m. […]


12.16.2021

Expect significant changes in air travel by 2030

In the next installment of McKinsey’s The Next Normal series, the consultancy discusses advanced air mobility (AAM). It estimates that […]


12.16.2021

Despite supply chain challenges, Santa set to depart Dec. 24

Continuing the holiday tradition, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will again track Santa’s progress online, by phone at […]


12.16.2021

Follett & Campion receive NAFEM’s highest honors

Thomas R. Campion, CFSP Steven R. Follett, CFSP Thomas R. Campion, CFSP, executive chairman, Franke Foodservice Systems Americas, Smyrna, Tenn., […]


12.07.2021

November at-a-glance … supply chain

In response to President Biden’s call to encourage every link in the goods movement supply chain to move to a […]


11.18.2021

How manufacturers can encourage employees to get vaccinated

Given the pending requirement that companies with more than 100 employees mandate vaccinations by Jan. 4, 2022, the National Association […]


11.18.2021

November at-a-glance … taxes, tariffs & trade

During a roundtable summit at the G-20 meeting in Rome, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged that tariffs “tend to […]


11.18.2021

November at-a-glance … regulations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is doubling down on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs), expanding regulations through a “whole-agency approach” […]


11.18.2021