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Retailers receiving inventories any which way they can

Cathy Roberson

ports we use to take advantage of the shipping availability, Dollar General’s CEO Mike Witynski told analysts. Joann’s is spending on average $8 million on transloading because of congestion on the Chicago and Cleveland rail systems. I’m also an analyst at the Journal of Commerce.

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What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage + 7 Ways Consumers and Companies are Coping

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Image source: Sturgis Journal. Robert Cleveland, Rickitt’s Senior Vice-President, North America and Europe Nutrition, shared that, in addition to giving plants “unlimited overtime,” they are focusing on shipping at speed: “We normally might pack an entire truck before we ship it.