Walmart recently opened its first beef processing plant in Kansas, which will allow the retailer to package its own cuts and distribute them directly to its stores. Walmart doesn’t specifically use ...

When startups launch, growth goals often center on customer acquisition. The logic is that once you’ve made your product or service indispensable to people’s lives, you’ll have breathing room to ...

For decades, vertical integration meant ownership. According to Michael E. Porter's seminal work Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, companies sought to reduce costs, ...