U.S. consumer-price inflation showed signs of moderating in August for the second straight month.
Exercise equipment maker Peloton’s founder and other senior leaders are leaving the company in a management shakeup. (WSJ)
The U.S. Postal Service plans to hire 28,000 seasonal workers for the holidays, down from the 40,000 it had said it would hire last year. (DC Velocity
Tata Group is in talks with a Taiwanese supplier to Apple to establish an electronics manufacturing joint venture in India. (Bloomberg)
Walmart plans to build an addition to a store in upstate New York to use as a fulfillment center. (Business Journals)
3M opened a freight hub near South Carolina’s Port of Charleston to consolidate goods for export to Asia. (Supply Chain Dive)
Personal-care products maker Kimberly-Clark named former 3M executive Tamera Fenske as its chief supply chain officer. (European Supermarket News)
Troubled retailer Tuesday Morning gained $35 million in new funding under a licensing agreement to sell Pier 1 Imports products in its stores. (Dallas Morning News)
Dockworkers at the U.K.’s Port of Felixstowe overwhelmingly rejected a new contract offer, setting the stage for another walkout as soon as Sept. 27. (East Anglia Daily Times)
The global ship finance market expanded last year for the first time since 2010. (Seatrade Maritime)
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding won orders for 21 liquefied natural gas carriers in August. (Dow Jones Newswires)
Spot rates for outbound trucks at U.S. ports dropped at a rapid pace in August. (Journal of Commerce)
Israel is barring Boeing 747 freighters from serving the country because of environmental concerns. (The Loadstar)
The Teleport logistics arm of the owners of discount passenger carrier AirAsia is adding three Airbus A321 freighters to its fleet. (FlightGlobal)
Air India will refurbish its fleet with five Boeing 777 jets and 25 Airbus narrow-body aircraft. (Mint)
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