Category: Purchasing

[ad_1] A closely watched index on China’s economic activity hit an eight-month low for July as new export orders fell at the steepest pace in more than two years. The Caixin/Markit Purchasing Manager’s Index came in at 50.8, down from 51.0 in June, the two organizations said in a press release on Wednesday. The manufacturing…

[ad_1] Brief Dive Brief: Bulk purchasing and co-op agreements are on the rise among school districts, with 73% of superintendents still reporting “inadequately funded” districts amid lingering recovery in the wake of the 2008 recession, District Administration reports. According to a research report on the topic by Noelle Ellerson Ng, AASA’s associate executive director of policy and advocacy, 64%…

[ad_1] CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In case you haven’t heard (yeah…right), “Hamilton,” the hottest show on Broadway and winner of 11 Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for drama, is coming to Charlotte in October. And tickets officially went on sale at 8 a.m. Wednesday. Most people — there’s at least 65,000 of us — woke…