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Beyond the headache: Smarter returns management with the 5Ps

Returns management is a strategic supply chain lever not just a cost center. Nearly 17% of e-commerce purchases are returned, but companies that manage returns holistically can turn reverse logistics into a competitive advantage. The 5Ps framework...

Critical Actions to Improve Operating Performance: Scott DeGroot

Scott DeGroot discusses the tariff strategies and specifically in product assortment in this excerpt from a conversation with Competitive Insights.

Hunters, fishers have funded the TWRA for decades; A new bill could change that

According to the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research, hunting, fishing and other wildlife-related recreation generate more than $13 billion in total annual spending and nearly $6 million in annual income for Tennesseans. That research also...

Who pays for rising diesel costs? – Supply Chain Management Review

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has roiled global energy markets. Diesel fuel is among the most affected, with prices increasing 46% from the first week in February. Though there has been much alarm over the likely economic effect, the impact of ...

Tennessee HOPE Scholarship funding threatened by rise of prediction markets

Gentile told 6 News that about 170,000 Tennessee high school graduates receive a lottery-funded scholarship. “The degree is worth anywhere from a half million to a million and a half in terms of present value of their lifetime earnings,” said Boyd...

Tennessee businesses optimistic despite economic uncertainty, survey finds

The winter 2026 Tennessee Business Leaders Survey, conducted in January and February by the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research, found that about 63% of employers said they are using AI in a way that does not affect their employment levels...

University of Tennessee students divided on artificial intelligence in the workforce

The Boyd Center for Business and Economic Development finds about two thirds of businesses surveyed in Tennessee are using AI alongside their employees. Don Bruce at the Boyd Center said students should be diving into AI to stay ahead of the game....

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Gun fatalities in Tennessee cost state more than $3 billion in 2023, data shows

“Firearm deaths have risen 60 percent from 2014 to 2023; that’s a lot. People tend to experience firearm violence through personal touch and personal anecdote. The way people feel about it tends to be how close it is to them. East Tennesseans may not...

New Data Puts Cost of Gun Violence in Tennessee at $3.6 Billion for One Year Alone

A new interactive dashboard from Voices for a Safer Tennessee and the University of Tennessee’s Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research puts a price on that toll. Drawing on state data on firearm-related deaths and injuries, researchers estima...

Sports gambling was supposed to create new revenue. Instead it’s damaging college scholarships

When Tennessee lawmakers legalized sports gambling in 2019, they hoped it would create a new revenue source. But nearly seven years later, while Tennessee’s sports gambling tax revenue exceeds $100 million, the state’s Lottery-funded scholarship p...

Tennessee lawmakers want to eliminate the grocery tax. What’s standing in the way

The likelihood of passing such a massive tax break in a tight budget year is unlikely. “I think we’re not really at risk of not being able to pay our bills, but we’re certainly not in a position to start large-scale investments above and beyond what ...

Building the new manufacturing workforce

As strategic forces push manufacturing back to America, one obstacle threatens progress: finding the right people with the right skills. Before new factories can produce anything, they must be built—requiring a new generation of skilled tradespeople ...

How tariff early movers can continue to cement their advantage

“Early movers are now structurally advantaged. Companies that relocated production during the first Trump term didn’t just ‘avoid tariffs.’ When trade policy shifts again, they don’t have to react; they just execute their plan. Companies that moved c...

Lottery revenue drop threatens Tennessee college scholarships

“Enrollment and eligibility have been expanded, and we’ve expanded the amounts of scholarships and the coverage. At the same time, the proceeds from the lottery have been what we might call volatile, and I might use a more direct word there: down,” D...

Where innovation meets impact: Why the world’s brightest minds are choosing EMBA’s

What sets UT’s Executive MBA apart is its applied curriculum, built around the practical needs of experienced leaders. Ranked #2 among US public universities for alumni satisfaction by the Financial Times in 2025, the programme places emphasis on lea...