Cathy Roberson

JUNE 25, 2025

As sourcing demand shifts to Southeast Asia, FedEx launched a direct flight from Singapore to the US. According to FedEx, this route enables more efficient capture of volume from countries such as Vietnam, reflecting a broader strategy of targeting emerging trade flows from Asia to Europe and Latin America.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 25, 2025

Reported May 20 Let me take a moment to comment on our global sourcing strategy. Today, more than 50% of our purchases are sourced in the United States. During that period, the vast majority of our supplier partners developed diversified sourcing strategies across several countries, including the United States.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 7, 2025

Products Before Talks Vietnam Inks Deals to Buy $3 Billion U.S. Billion I Have to Actually Buy This Thing Before It Will Work?

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 11, 2025

Brian Grass - Chief Financial Officer We also began dual sourcing more of our production and are now intensifying those efforts even further. We began to build out our internal Southeast Asia sourcing capabilities to accelerate supplier transitions out of China and in many cases dual source our production. billion to $1.6

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 11, 2025

Trade wars introduce barriers like tariffs and trade restrictions, affecting raw material sourcing, manufacturing, and the flow of goods. President Trump’s newly implemented tariffs, reaching up to 104% on imports from countries like China, Japan, Vietnam, and India, have triggered significant disruptions in global supply chains.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 8, 2025

Brent Kirby – President Given the uncertainties surrounding current trade deliberations, we would not anticipate significant country of origin changes in our sourcing in the near term. As an example, in 2025, we will be relocating production of 500 toy SKUs from China to other sourcing locations. tariffs were enacted.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 9, 2025

has officially imposed massive reciprocal tariffs on imports from China, Japan, Vietnam, India, and other countries. Revise Risk Assessments and Trade Compliance Strategies Regulatory teams should immediately audit sourcing exposure to newly affected countries and reassess trade route viability.

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EFT

JULY 15, 2025

Mosel river in Germany reopened to shipping, damaged lock working Inland waterways freight shipping on the river Mosel in western Germany is back to normal with ships able to use a damaged lock for sailings in both directions on the river, navigation authorities said on Friday. Retailers' exposure to tariffs on Asian countries U.S.

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Stord

MAY 29, 2025

Shippers are scrambling to front-load orders during this 90-day window, an effort thats already driving spot rates higher across ocean freight, drayage, and over-the-road transportation. Some brands are routing ocean freight into Mexico or Canada first, then using bonded trucking to move goods into the U.S.

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EFT

JUNE 23, 2025

European truckmakers tackle rare-earths bottleneck with stockpiling, supply chain shifts European truckmaker Volvo Group has been seeking alternative sources of rare earths and Daimler Trucks has been building inventories to deal with supply issues linked to Chinese export curbs, saying lessons had been learned from the chip crisis.

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EFT

MAY 26, 2025

France, Vietnam sign deals worth $10 billion as Macron visits Hanoi France and Vietnam signed deals on Monday on Airbus planes, defence and other pacts, worth over $10 billion as President Emmanuel Macron visited Hanoi seeking to boost France's influence in its former colony amid risks of high U.S. auto market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 3, 2025

Potential for capacity shortages and higher freight rates through Q2. Anticipated Longer-Term Shifts Sourcing diversification is expected to accelerate, favoring Mexico, Latin America, and Southeast Asia (for non-tariffed or low-tariff goods). Assess small-parcel and e-commerce models, especially if sourcing from China.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 21, 2025

He was a mentor to many and a source of inspiration to all. Smith developed FedEx as a freight version of a bank clearing house where one bank clearing house was located in the middle of affiliate banks and all representatives were sent to the central location to exchange materials, according to one of his biographies.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 10, 2025

Nowhere was that tension more visible than during one of the conference’s hardest-hitting panels, a deep dive into the complexities of tariff policy and its ripple effects on global sourcing, consumer pricing and retail resilience. Sourcing strategies built over years have unraveled in days. For businesses, this has been catastrophic.

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EFT

JULY 1, 2025

Low water levels hamper shipping in Germany's Rhine River as heat wave continues A heat wave in western Europe has lowered water levels on Germany's Rhine River, hampering shipping and raising freight costs for cargo owners due to additional surcharges as their vessels were unable to sail fully loaded, commodity traders said on Monday.

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EFT

JUNE 16, 2025

Exclusive: Hyundai Motor has a rare earths stockpile that can last about a year, source says Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) US trucker Forward Air attracts takeover interest from buyout firms, sources say Private equity firms including Blackstone (BX.N) Explainer: What's behind the surge in Japan's rice prices? investments.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

When duties render traditional sourcing unprofitable, companies must reconfigure supplier networks, often under tight timelines. This was evident in the apparel industry, where brands such as Nike faced delays after tariffs on Chinese textiles prompted a shift to suppliers in Vietnam and Bangladesh. Nearshoring and Reshoring U.S.

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EFT

MAY 19, 2025

China-US air freight tumbles on 'de minimis' tariff; airlines adjust routes Air freight capacity between China and the U.S. China agreement to pause sky-high tariffs on each other is pressuring manufacturing hubs such as Vietnam and Mexico to make their own, better deals with the U.S.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 1, 2025

Reported May 29 As we continue to navigate tariffs, we're implementing various mitigation strategies, including partnering with our sourcing vendors to reduce costs. This is the result of vendors using production capabilities in multiple countries and leveraging their ability to flex sourcing options as the environment evolves.

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Freightos

MAY 7, 2025

– May 7, 2025 Update The Freightos Weekly Update keeps you informed on international freight with key economic data, demand trends, and rate insights. In any case, the reduction in US sourcing from China for the last few weeks will start to be felt soon in fewer May container ship arrivals and lower import volumes.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 23, 2025

I recently learned that Walmart is currently moving all of their product shipments to June and July, in effect hoping to receive a bulk of their goods for 2025 prior to adoption of the tariffs in August on China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and other Asian countries. Ocean freight lead times have also escalated to 65 days on average.

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2025

Home April 16, 2025 Update The Freightos Weekly Update keeps you informed on international freight with key economic data, demand trends, and rate insights. For freight, last weeks reciprocal tariff roll out resulted in reports of a widespread drop in container bookings out of Asia.

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EFT

JULY 7, 2025

For retailers, US-Vietnam trade deal leaves questions A trade deal announced by the U.S. and Vietnam creates new question marks for sportswear and clothing retailers like Nike and Adidas that source shoes and clothes from factories in the Southeast Asian country, industry experts said on Thursday. They tried Made in the USA.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

He did two tours in Vietnam and was awarded a Silver Star, Bronze Star, and two Purple Hearts. He founded a new freight company called “Federal Express,” to denote his national ambitions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 27, 2025

In addition to inflating the prices Americans pay for a wide array of goods, these tariffs threaten to derail the freight industry’s long-awaited recovery. A pricing agreement refers to the base rate in LTL pricing, which factors in the zip code pair, weight, and freight class of the shipment. Canada, for example, is a major U.S.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

and Vietnam have been far short of comprehensive, leaving many details unclear. Most of the tariff rates, however, were largely in line with what Trump had already announced the nations were likely to face. Trump also secured a truce with China to lower rates and ease the flow of critical earth minerals.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 18, 2025

This includes the combination of cost sharing with vendors and price increases in the coming quarters and sourcing optimization in the medium to long-term. Our merchants, sourcing team, and suppliers are being creative. Denise Paulonis - President and CEO Nothing like waking up this morning with some new news.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 8, 2025

Dockworkers, Port Employers Set to Restart Talks Bloomberg Vietnam Inks Deals to Buy $3 Billion U.S. has begun shipping commercial jets to China for the first time since early April, indicating a reopening of trade flows despite the long-simmering tariff war between the U.S. and Asia’s biggest economy. and Asia’s biggest economy.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Blog More Resources Home A Volatile Year Ahead: Scenarios for Ocean Freight in 2025 Judah Levine Freightos was delighted to host its seventh annual FreighTech conference recently, bringing together leaders in What does 2025 hold in store for ocean freight ? Stay informed every single week with our free weekly freight update.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 6, 2025

Apparel and footwear production hubs in Asia, including China and Vietnam, face elevated tariff rates as the White House pushes for new trade deals. The company and its retail peers are trying to manage supply chains that have been upended by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade wars.

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Freightos

APRIL 27, 2023

In this article, Eytan Buchman, Freightos’ CMO, discusses the importance of data and context in global freight and logistics. The future of global freight data lies in real-time information, contextual insights, and aggregated data that can help companies make better decisions and adapt to a rapidly changing industry.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

Unless the source of natural gas dries up, which is not likely for many years to come, the price of gas is likely to remain low for the foreseeable future. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn The post The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward appeared first on Freight Logistics Company | Cerasis.'

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2025

One-third of respondents (33%) paused shipments entirely, while 29% are exploring alternative sourcing options outside of affected regions. Interestingly, while rates from China have declined, prices from Taiwan and Vietnam have remained elevatedlikely reflecting importers’ rapid pivot to alternative sourcing markets.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 25, 2020

The survey shows that a full third of companies with global supply chains intend to move their sourcing and manufacturing activities out of China in the next few years. With trade wars and tariffs pinching operational profitability, manufacturers are looking at alternative locales like VietNam, India and, Mexico.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

BluJay customers include five of the top 10 food and beverage companies, 32 of the top 40 LSPs, and 24 of the top 25 freight forwarders. Reducing reliance on different modes of transport or a single source location, while diversifying collaborative relationships within the market is key defensive strategy.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 10, 2021

Global Supply Chain & Sourcing Director for ECCO Global Shoe Production & Sourcing. My projects in Malaysia, Philippines, China, Indonesia and eventually Vietnam, ranged from customer service and order fulfillment, shop-floor planning, inventory management, import/export and procurement.

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QAD

JULY 18, 2024

This cost includes the per-unit price of the product itself, freight charges, taxes, import and export duties, insurance premiums, payment processing fees, currency exchange rates and other expenses. Visit our website to find out more about how QAD Supplier Management and Sourcing can help you mitigate supply risks and cut costs.

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