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Kimberly-Clark Pursues Sustainable Wood Fiber Alternative

Kimberly-Clark, maker of well-known brands like Kleenex, Scott, and Huggies, has committed $100 million to build a plant in Yuma, Arizona to scale up production and testing of hesperaloe as an alternative fiber for wood pulp in its hygiene products.

This plant is part of a groundbreaking, long-term sustainability effort for its products such as toilet paper and paper towels.

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Kimberly-Clark to build new U.S. facility in Yuma (Aug 24, 2026, News 11 Yuma)

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By Lisa M. Spencer|2026-09-29T06:52:36+00:00September 30, 2026|Tags: manufacturing, product design, quality, reshoring, sourcing, strategy, sustainability|

Shrinking Wine Industry

California grape growers and wine producers are fighting hard to find ways to adapt as the wine industry shrinks.

The United States boasts the fourth largest wine industry in the world, but California wineries continue to struggle after being hit with a 1.2 billion dollar drop in revenue in 2025, compared to the year before.

Both volume and revenue are expected to drop again this year.

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Grapes left to rot in […]

By Lisa M. Spencer|2026-09-16T01:38:36+00:00September 20, 2026|Tags: AI activity, artificial intelligence, capacity planning, productivity, strategy|

Robot-Run Convenience Store

Made by Galbot, a robot named Xiao Gai staffs around 200 small capsule-like convenience store outlets in 50 cities across mainland China.

Now, several have opened in Hong Kong as well.

Video Spotlight:

Hong Kong’s first robot-run convenience stores (Sep 3, 2026, South China Morning Post)
Hong Kong’s first robot-run convenience stores draw curious shoppers (Sep 7, 2026, CNA)

This post is based on the SABC News article,

By Lisa M. Spencer|2026-09-16T01:35:24+00:00September 18, 2026|Tags: AI activity, artificial intelligence, efficiency, productivity, robotics, service organizations, strategy|

Nestle Tailors Food for GLP-1 Users

Nestle is pioneering new food designs with more robust flavors, targeting GLP-1 users whose taste buds are dulled by their medication.

Video Spotlight:

Nestle marketing chief: Tweaking some food recipes to appeal to “duller” GLP-1 palates (Jul 7, 2026, CNBCtelevision)
Why Nestlé is changing its flavours because of weight-loss drugs (Jul 10, 2026, Business Standard)

This post is based on the Quartz article,

By Lisa M. Spencer|2026-08-19T06:55:03+00:00August 19, 2026|Tags: external environment, product design, strategy|

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