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Nearly 80% of food and beverage companies have passed on higher costs to customers, survey finds

Dive Brief:

  • A survey of up to 60 mostly C-suite executives by Mazars found 78% of companies have passed at least some of their inflation costs on to customers, but only 2% have been able to pass on 100% or more. Most of the companies surveyed were small, with two-thirds reporting fewer than 100 employees,
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China-Laos railway to reduce transport costs, boost e-commerce

Vientiane Railway Station in Vientiane, Laos, October 16, 2021. /CFP

Vientiane Railway Station in Vientiane, Laos, October 16, 2021. /CFP

The launch of the over-1,000-kilometer China-Laos railway will facilitate land-based transit trade, help reduce transport costs and boost cross-border e-commerce.

The railway starts from southwest China’s Kunming in the north, passes southward through Yuxi and

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Shopping online surged during Covid. Now the environmental costs are becoming clearer.

Months before, Santa Monica launched the country’s first zero-emissions delivery zone spanning one-square mile of its downtown, where electric delivery vehicles get priority at certain loading zones. They also are testing last-mile deliveries on e-cargo bikes and scooters.

The initiative, in partnership with the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, is in the early stages of measuring

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