Supply Chain Research

The growth in U.S. retail sales growth may be slowing, raising risks of rapidly rising inventories given continued strong growth in imports in November. Deliveries of a SARS-COV-2 vaccine to emerging markets need plenty of airfreight and no medical protectionism. Also: Jaguar Land Rover defends SUV import lead from Porsche, Lamborghini; Hapag-Lloyd moves from market share to margins with Asia-to-Brazil rate hike; trade war, pandemic and wildfires beset global wine supplies; the 12 day Vietnam tariff window; twist ties bind currency practices into U.S. pressure on China; soybean shipping...