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As retailers increasingly embrace artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and autonomous vehicles, a new retail model is beginning to emerge: mobile stores that drive directly to customers instead of waiting for customers to come to them.

New research published in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management finds that retailers operating fleets of mobile “stores on wheels” can outperform traditional fixed-location stores by continuously relocating to areas of highest demand while simultaneously learning where future demand is likely to occur.

A cyberattack by hacking group World Leaks on Apple's Bengaluru partner Tata Electronics in June 2026 exposed over 200,000 files — the largest leak in Apple's history — raising urgent questions about whether India's supplier ecosystem can match its manufacturing scale with cybersecurity maturity.

Julie Swann, head of the department of industrial and systems engineering at North Carolina State University, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss the tracking and tracing underway as the U.S.' cyclosporiasis outbreak surpasses 4,000 cases.

As federal regulators struggle to pinpoint the source and scope of the Cyclospora outbreak, Professor Julie Swann explains the complicated food supply chain.

Every retailer in every industry is looking to increase profits, perhaps none more so than the grocery channel where margins are razor thin. For grocers, there may be a big opportunity in the produce (and other perishables) aisle.

According to new research in the INFORMS journal Management Science, grocery retailers may not need new technology or behavior change from shoppers to do so. Small operational decisions already under a retailer’s control — including how perishable items are displayed and when (and how much) they’re discounted — can increase profits while also reducing spoilage.