Amazon's Blow Out Q2 - Sort of; Walmart Share of US Retail Stays Steady; Impact of China Tariffs on Retail Buying and Inventories

Great insight for retailers and manufacturers

Long distance trucking costs advanced 9.4 precent in June, the largest increase in nearly a decade

Interesting Look from MAPI on Counties with High Manufacturing and Opioid Drug Deaths

People, Process and Platform

Tamper Proof RFID Label; Food Distributor Finds ROI from Tracking Reusable Totes with RFID; Smart Phone Scanning Software Maker Scandit Raises Big Money

Industry Looks to Minorities, Women, and Most Controversially Younger Drivers

Maersk, Other Groups, Looking to Make Changes, but Mis-declarations are a Factor and Very Hard to Detect

Company Says Requests Limited to 10 Capital Project Vendors, after Wall Street Journal Report, Looks to Get Paid for Car before Paying Suppliers

New Rules for Ocean Carrier Emissions Strangely could Lead to a Diesel Crisis