Conference Notes

• Athletic footwear more dominant than ever with trend-conscious attendees focused on adding new brands, limited-edition offerings to their closets
• Denim exploding as a trend as fashion-forward customer begins to back off sport jogger trend
• Women’s category seeing newness

Key network operators and device OEMs are expected to meet in the next two weeks to pass specifications for embedded SIM (eSIM) cards in response to growing frustration among OEMs over ongoing delays by the GSM Association (GSMA), the global regulato

Import Cross-Border Ecommerce

Despite a few upbeat presentations by select shippers, the NARS (North American Rail Shippers) 2016 Annual Meeting was fairly muted as railroad executives set a more somber tone on the state of the industry, which is experiencing hundreds of parked l

Food Safety

Wearable Technologies: Wearable device vendors were out in force at CES trying to leverage China’s fitness craze showing off their newest smartwatches and wristbands designed primarily for sports activities.

Bauma Activity Beats Expectations

Walking the floor at the China Franchise Expo (held in Chengdu, China, March 12-13), OTR Global found large crowds gathered for presentations by Yum Brands Inc.’s KFC and high interest in KFC franchising opportunities among Exp

In four days of discussions with natural products suppliers at the Natural Products Expo West 2016 trade show in Anaheim, OTR Global learned details about a range of natural and mainstream retailers and distributors:

Security Momentum Remains Strong