ONLINE retailer Asos has warned over sales and profits after experiencing a “significant deterioration” in trading in the run-up to Christmas. The warning will cause alarm among retailers as, up until now, it has been high street firms bearing the brunt of a brutal Christmas trading period. Asos has issued Continue Reading
The 8 Major Forces Shaping the Future of the Global Economy
The world is changing faster than ever before. With billions of people hyper-connected to each other in an unprecedented global network, it allows for an almost instantaneous and frictionless spread of new ideas and innovations. Combine this connectedness with rapidly changing demographics, shifting values and attitudes, growing political uncertainty, and Continue Reading
Commercial Arkansas River traffic shows slight gain through May
Tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River during the first five months of 2021 is up 0.54% compared with the same period of 2020, with inbound and outbound traffic boosting activity on the more than 400-mile navigable waterway. River traffic was beginning to improve from record historic flooding in early Continue Reading