On Dec. 12, 2015, at the United Nations' 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris, negotiators from nearly 200 countries signed an ambitious agreement aimed at stemming global warming.

It makes sense that a running shoe would stand for an increase in the speed with which manufacturers can "print" products on demand.

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to be at some of its highest levels ever during the next few months despite a fall-off from last year's record-setting numbers, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.