Cathy Roberson

MAY 25, 2025

Laura Alber - President and Chief Executive Officer We were very aggressive when we saw the impact of the tariffs, particularly after the reciprocal tariffs, and we gave our inventory teams the authority to go out and grab whatever they could, and that's both foreign goods and domestic goods. A couple of reasons for that.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 8, 2025

For as many curve balls that are being thrown at us, the same kind of curve balls are being thrown to them and everyone is taking a slightly different approach with how they're managing their inventory and their order pattern. It's really in Q3 that we expect to see some tariff impact coming through as it works through the inventory of cycle.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 10, 2025

In the short term, some are fast-tracking inventory from China before new tariffs hit, relying on expedited ocean freight and cross-docking at West Coast ports to minimize delays and avoid customs bottlenecks. Even Cambodia, though limited in scale, has weekly direct sailings from both Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville.

Price Reduction 105

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

Trump’s letters on July 7 targeted countries including Japan, South Korea, South Africa, Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia. Most of the tariff rates, however, were largely in line with what Trump had already announced the nations were likely to face. and Vietnam have been far short of comprehensive, leaving many details unclear.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 6, 2025

But tariff and consumer uncertainty is masking it.”

Price Reduction 52

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 11, 2016

10 questions about Freight Spend Management. There are numerous ways a shipper can reduce freight spend. And freight costs are continuing to rise, pushed upward by factors such as globalized distribution and unpredictable fuel prices. This is an important aspect of managing freight spend. Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The 2015 Annual Third Party Logistics Study also reveals that both sides regard themselves as being successful, and shippers are seeing positive results again this year: an average logistics cost reduction of 9%, an average inventory cost reduction of 5% and an average fixed logistics cost reduction of 15%. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Cape Verde.

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