Just about every week there’s a blockbuster round coming out of South America, but in certain countries such as Ecuador, things have been more hush-hush. However, Kushki, a Quito-based fintech, is bringing attention to the region with today’s announcement of an $86 million Series B and a $600 million valuation. “We never thought that we would […]

The cost to move goods in a shipping container to Europe from Asia shot above $10,000 for the first time on record, an index showed, underscoring the pain inflicted on exporters and importers struggling with stretched supply chains. The Drewry World Container Index released Thursday showed the rate for a 40-foot container from Shanghai to […]

The Profercy World Nitrogen Index has continued its rapid ascent, this week climbing by over 8 points, the largest weekly increase seen since early February, and nearing highs last seen in March this year. All products across the nitrogen-complex remain firm. Urea values in particular are racing ahead of other nitrogen products and showing no […]

Many experts argue that the coronavirus pandemic catapulted the traditional logistics industry into the fourth industrial revolution, accelerating the shift to paperless trade and contactless technologies. Now in the spotlight, due to the near-shoring trend and increasing competition with China for trade supremacy, Mexican logistics is at a crossroads: making the fast changes needed to […]

Con más de 4000 productos de 205 marcas calificadas a nivel mundial, Agrizon se ha destacado en el mercado ecuatoriano por ofrecer todo un portafolio de productos a los agricultores ecuatorianos, los cuales van desde fertilizantes hasta servicios de tecnología. La marca que inició operaciones en agosto de 2019, además de su plataforma de e-comerce, […]

What’s old can sometimes become new again. Aquaculture, which uses a lot of plastics, is making new moves to add value to materials that were once discarded or left to collect dust. A Certified B Corporation is Chile is starting to turn heads by turning disused materials on salmon farms into new, useful products for […]

La iniciativa “Smart Agro”, de Telefónica Movistar y la Organización de la ONU para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), busca impulsar el uso de tecnologías para el desarrollo de una “agricultura sostenible” en países como Colombia y El Salvador. La directora de Asuntos Públicos, Regulación y Mayoristas de Telefónica Colombia, Natalia Guerra, explicó a […]

When Ryan Cohen was launching online pet retailer Chewy, he spent a lot of time thinking about how to compete against Amazon. Now, a decade later, after selling Chewy for $3.35 billion and exiting the company, Cohen is still thinking about the best way to beat Amazon. It’s harder now, he says, but still possible. […]

El campo argentino es uno de los sectores más innovadores, con la adopción de nuevas herramientas campaña a campaña con el objetivo de conjugar la estrategia productiva y la estrategia ambiental. El uso de herramientas digitales en el campo crece año a año y viene revolucionando la forma de trabajar, impactando positivamente en la productividad y disminuyendo […]

Chewy, Inc. is one major pet industry player capitalizing on the accelerating shift toward e-commerce. The company reported its second quarter earnings for fiscal 2020, posting a net loss of $32.8 million and $1.7 billion in net sales, up 47% from year-ago revenue. “In recent months it has become clear that the retail industry in […]