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Helping Consumers Change the World When They Shop | SCM | Supply Chain Resource Cooperative (SCRC) | North Carolina State UniversitySupply Chain Resource Cooperative
Researchers at North Carolina State University are launching an initiative aimed at improving working conditions in clothing factories on a global scale. The project hopes to help workers by developing and marketing a tool that lets apparel shoppers know how items of clothing were made. This is far from the first such project that aims
Why Don’t More Consumers Care About Human Trafficking in the Supply Chain?
It’s been 20 years since passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. Yet public awareness of human trafficking in global supply chains remains shockingly deficient. According to a national survey by SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass, 60% of consumers would stop using a product if they knew that human trafficking
U.S. Companies and Consumers Are Paying Bulk of Tariff Costs | 2020-01-08
American companies and consumers are paying almost the full cost of U.S. tariffs, and the impact of those duties on import volume magnifies over time, according to a paper circulated Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Traditional trade theory would suggest tariffs levied by the U.S. should cause foreign firms to lower prices
Q&A | What Do Food Consumers Care About? | 2019-10-23
In the food industry today, it’s the “age of transparency.” But what does that mean, when it comes to what consumers really want from producers and sellers? Katy Jones, chief marketing and strategy officer with FoodLogiQ, has answers. SCB: What are the top issues that are driving the food industry market in 2019? Jones: It’s
American Consumers Might Save Paper Recycling | 2019-10-15
The epiphany came when a certain coffee chain started replacing plastic straws with paper ones. Despite increasingly dire warnings about Texas-size islands of plastic in the world’s oceans, the sudden public debate over straws was arguably a turning point in how American consumers think about sustainability. On one hand, the rise of paper straws is