Tag Archives: weather

Climate change and its impact on olives, coffee and grapes

Posted on June 10, 2024 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (June 10, 2024) titled “Climate Change is Coming for the Finer Things in Life” describes heavy rains causing mildew that has destroyed grapes in Italy, hot weather and drought impacting olive groves and … Continue reading →

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Including weather forecasts to improve fashion product profitability

Posted on November 27, 2016 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (November 27,2016) titled “The Next Fashion Trend:Weather Forecasting” describes the impact of weather on fashion sales and thus the need for the fashion industry to learn about weather forecasting. It claims that the … Continue reading →

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Planning the impact of fog, snow and rain at UPS to prevent delivery delays

Posted on December 23, 2011 by aviyer2010

A Wall Street Journal article (Dec 23, 2011) describes the 120 million packages delivered by UPS in the week of Dec 25, with late shipments creating costs between $5 and $ 30. UPS claims that its monitoring of the weather … Continue reading →

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