Supply chains have typically been quiet enablers, optimized for cost, consistency, and scale. But in today’s volatile world, supply chains must no longer be designed solely for efficiency; they must ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. Retailers, having pre-stocked inventory due to tariff fears ...

Jack in the Box is doing its best to stay in the game. As previously reported back in April, the American fast-food chain planned to close 10% of its “underperforming” locations during a larger ...

In an energetic classroom on Northwestern's Evanston campus, students huddle around a whiteboard, debating the merits of vertical integration versus outsourcing. Less than a half-hour later, they are ...

Italian restaurant chain Bertucci’s is closing more locations after filing for bankruptcy again to mitigate losses. The Massachusetts-based business, which has locations along the East Coast and is ...