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What Retailers are Saying About Tariffs - Part 5

Cathy Roberson

Although even with these mitigation efforts, we expect to absorb a portion of the tariff impact as we do not anticipate that these actions will fully offset incremental costs in fiscal year 2026. The other call out, I would say, is that we are going through a DC transition in Europe. A couple of reasons for that.

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Top Supply Chain Stories by Month 1H 2025

Supply Chain Digest

Truck maker Kenworth, a subsidiary of Paccar, announces that it is discontinuing its obviouslypopular, W900 model, launched 62 years prior in 1963, saying production of the iconic cab will end in 2026. I've worked in a DC with more than 400,000 line items and measured the Productivity of Pickers by how many "picks" per day.

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Exiger Announces Partnership with America250 Championing Historic Events Around the Country’s 250th Anniversary

Exiger Perspectives

Army’s 250th Birthday Parade in Washington, DC on June 14 WASHINGTON, DC. As we prepare for America’s 250th anniversary in 2026, Exiger is pleased to support an important milestone in our nation’s history – the creation of the U.S. Celebrations Kick Off With U.S. Army and its 250th Birthday Celebration.

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Cracking the Code for AI in the DC

Logistics Viewpoints

There’s a new reason to optimize DC operations, and it’s bigger than the old reasons of productivity and efficiency gains. More and more companies are realizing that investing in their DCs and powering them with modern and sophisticated technologies like AI can lead to competitive advantages for the overall company. Dynamic Slotting.

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Listening to the Voice of the Warehouse Worker –5 Factors Impacting Employee Attraction and Retention

Logistics Viewpoints

This is certainly a signal to DC operators and leaders that workers are after quality measures in addition to quantity measures, like pay, when it comes to their jobs. billion in 2026, representing 30 percent growth per year. Robotic automation in the warehouse has exploded over the past decade and shows no signs of slowing down.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Tern RC8 also features an e-Axle from Dana for optimum efficiency and battery cells supplied and manufactured by Panasonic Energy, initially in Japan before transitioning to De Soto, Kansas from 2026 onwards. And now on to this week’s logistics news. That’s all for this week.

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Addressing Labor Shortages in Warehouse and DC Operations

NC State SCRC

The American Trucking Association expect a shortage of roughly 70,000 truck drivers in 2019, which will increase to 175,000 by 2026. The promise of “driverless vehicles” is unlikely to materialize during this period.

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