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Planning and Profiting Through Peak Season

Companies that approach peak season spikes with a comprehensive, cross-functional strategy are better positioned to strengthen customer loyalty and boost profits.

How Retailers Are Adapting to A Savvy Consumer

Many consumer habits are returning to some semblance of normal as the economy recovers. But consumers aren’t adopting old habits with the same elasticity.

Canada, Mexico Hit Back at Trump Tariffs, China Vows Action

“Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and Canada will make your life more expensive,” Congressman Greg Stanton said in a post on X.

Tractor trailers wait in line at the Ysleta-Zaragoza International Bridge port of entry in Juarez, Mexico, on Dec. 20, 2024. Photo: Bloomberg

Relief as EU Delays Sustainability Deadline to 2028

Now, only companies with more than 1,000 employees and over €50 million ($52 million) in turnover will need to report on their carbon emissions.

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Building the Self-Optimizing Warehouse Operation

Companies need technology that not only improves order fulfillment metrics, but helps retain workers by making it easier to hit productivity targets, and to stay engaged.

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Target Becomes the Latest Brand to Walk Back DEI Measures

President Donald Trump has already begun to fight DEI in the federal government and beyond. Some major companies, however, have pushed back on the trend.

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Tint Introduces Flexible Cargo Insurance Tool

Carriers can now purchase usage-based, pay-per-load annual insurance directly through their transportation management system, with the ability to flex coverage limits on demand.

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Mexico Plans Nearshoring Incentives to Curb China Imports

Among the “Plan Mexico” priorities are to speed up the permit process for exporting manufacturers that import materials duty-free and boost the purchase of locally made goods.

Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a press conference on Plan Mexico, at the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City on Jan. 13. Photographer: Stephania Corpi/Bloomberg

Retail Brands Want to Make Sales Associates Shine in AI’s Spotlight

The latest technologies offer a vision of the future where sales associates are empowered to make consumers feel they are seen and known, not impersonal data caches.

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How Potential Legislation to Restrict De Minimis Provisions Impacts Global Trade

By setting up multiple fulfillment centers in key regions, businesses can avoid the costs of de minimis regulations more effectively.

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Moody’s Warns of Effects of Potential Dockworkers’ Strike

Diversion of future shipments to West Coast ports would become more difficult and costly if a stoppage was prolonged as ships back-up and remain unloaded, reducing available capacity.

The Port of Newark. Photo: iStock/EXTREME-PHOTOGRAPHER

Will 2025 Be the Year of the Exchange Economy?

Retailers need to reimagine the exchange economy to meet consumers’ needs without sacrificing revenue.

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