Category Archives: Sourcing

Panjiva Tracks Shifts in Manufacturing from China to Latin America

To support this shift in global trade, Panjiva have added Latin America to Panjiva’s comprehensive customs data package. Panjiva have been rather outspoken recently that manufacturing is gradually transitioning away from China.  In addition to moving to other Asian countries, … Continue reading

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Alibaba Reshuffles and Jack Ma Steps Down

Alibaba Group announced it will undergo another major restructuring to adapt to China’s changing e-commerce environment and reaching the company’s goal of becoming an e-commerce “ecosystem”. The latest Alibaba restructuring sees the company divided into 25 business units, which will … Continue reading

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Panjiva Partners with ThomasNet: Provides Access to 500,000 US-based Suppliers

For several years, Panjiva has been working to connect buyers and suppliers across borders, but had been unable to connect buyers with one very important group of suppliers — American suppliers.  Today, this changes, thanks to Panjiva’s newest partner, ThomasNet. … Continue reading

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Global5000 Database of the World’s Largest Companies

Global5000 Database announced that it has now 4,193 active records on file representing $42 trillion (USD) of revenue and 116 million employees. The revenue per employee for these top companies in the world is over $357,000.  Over 10% of the … Continue reading

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Waterborne Shipments Into the US Dropped in October

Trade activity experienced a significant drop in October according to BIIA member Panjiva. Specifically, the numbers of waterborne shipments coming into the U.S. experienced a -10% month-over-month decrease from September to October.  Previous years’ September to October changes: -.2% in … Continue reading

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Panjiva Co-Founder Psota Discusses Big Data Revolution at MIT Conference

Underscoring the company’s ongoing commitment to advancing innovation in the sourcing industry and beyond, Panjiva, the B2B platform powering the business of global trade, co-founder and CTO James Psota has led a discussion on Big Data technology at the Big … Continue reading

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Global Sourcing: 7 Tips to Find a Great Overseas Supplier

You’ve developed a product. So how do you find a cost-effective and reliable supplier? Globalization means the world is your supply oyster–but how do you actually find the best supplier for your product? Here are some tips from Josh Green, … Continue reading

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Cortera Opens Boston Office

Cortera, a provider of comprehensive business-to-business payment and purchase data and insights for U.S. companies, announced it is opening a new office in Boston to support the company’s recent growth due to the strong demand for the company’s B2B purchase … Continue reading

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D&B Introduces New Trade Portal for Importers and Exporters

D&B announced a groundbreaking e-marketplace solution blending trusted D&B data with US-sourced import/export information enabling superior levels of transparency and insight between buyers in the U.S. and suppliers in China. The US/China launch of Tradeportal.dnb, enables B2B buyers and sellers to gain … Continue reading

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Panjiva Unveils Global Search

Search Engine’s Algorithm Intelligently Presents Information on More Than 35 Million Unique Products and 6 Million Companies Worldwide Panjiva, the B2B platform powering the business of global trade, today announced the availability of Global Search, a new search engine that … Continue reading

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