Major U.S. retailers are looking at ways to make their supply chains stronger, sustainable, and more resilient.
Because of the supply-chain crisis unleashed by COVID-19, they are wanting to do so in a unified way not only for their businesses but for the 42 million workers employed in the retail sector.
Gathering at the National Retail Federation’s inaugural Supply Chain 360 conference at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 20-21, retailers also said they are seeking alternatives to expand their suppliers and exploring “near-shore” or “on-shore” suppliers.
Many of the retail executives were featured speakers and spoke to attendees in informal talk show-like settings about their experiences with supply chains and strategies of how they’ve diversified to meet the challenges of supply and demand….