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Navigating New Tariffs: How Retailers Can Mitigate Impacts

Supply Chain Brain

EU “Banana Wars” (1993–2009) provide another cautionary tale: The EU’s tariffs on Latin American bananas triggered U.S. The Administration’s tariffs on Chinese goods have increased prices on key retail categories, forcing companies to either adjust prices or absorb costs across the electronics, clothing and consumer product sectors.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

As some component lead times push into 2023, the shortage is expected to last 24 months before it recedes – similar to the chip shortage of 2008-2009. Retailers like Amazon are chartering private cargo ships, making their own containers, and leasing planes to bypass supply chain disruptions like long wait times for dock space and workers.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Air cargo firms feel the pressure from plunge in freight prices (Reuters). Honeywell To Acquire Intelligrated, A Leader In Supply Chain And Warehouse Automation Technologies. Global trade volumes fell for the first time since 2009 by 1.7 Heavy-Duty Truck Orders Fall to Lowest Since 2010 (WSJ – sub. percent from 3 percent.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 26-30, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Global Container Volume on Track for Worst Year Since 2009 (WSJ – sub. Starting next year, Otto-branded trucks and others equipped with Otto technology will begin hauling freight bound for warehouses and stores, he said. Trade in 2016 to grow at slowest pace since the financial crisis.

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Top 10 Logistics Companies in India!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The company was founded in 2009, and since then, has been providing integrated logistics solutions across its vast global network that connects more than a hundred countries. The company is the choice of businesses that want hassle-free EXIM Cargo services. million square feet of warehousing space. In total, TCI covers 10.5

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Five Ways to Drive a High-Performance, Cross-Border Automotive Supply Chain

TMC

Since 2009, U.S. Level cargo flows. Going the extra mile in this way also reduces the need to expedite cargo and affords more flexibility for changing shipment schedules. In addition, collaborate with border warehouses to manage red-flagged units by, for example, sequencing them to depart first. According to the U.S.

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Uberisation of Logistics – Are You Too Late?

Logistics Bureau

For example, before Uber started in 2009, Amazon’s Mechanical Turk system was already functioning in 2007. The company has launched Uber Cargo in Hong Kong using cargo vans and Uber Rush in New York City using bike messengers. For one reason, it’s been around albeit in different forms for some time. Finally – Are You Too Late?