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Hanjin Bankruptcy Demonstrates Fragility of Ocean Freight Market Prior to “Black November”

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This challenge has been also impacted by the growing discontent on the part of retailers and customers who are unhappy with the trend towards larger slow-steaming ships, which leaves more inventory on the water for a longer period of time. bankruptcy code.

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SCRC Meeting – Patrick Fox from VF Corporation: “Creating a Global Trade Playbook”

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The diversity of the brands make them difficult to support, as they all have global supply chains, and the leverage is not the same. VF is a 120 year old company, currently at $14B in revenue with 75,000 employees, and its largest brand, Vans, is a $5B brand that sells over 100,000 pairs of shoes every year!

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