The first half of this year is projected to see an increase in inbound cargo volume at major U.S. container ports despite recent attacks on ships in the Red Sea,…
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3 supply chain software providers tell their latest stories at NRF
NEW YORK — The National Retail Federation is not a supply chain conference per se. But it might as well be.
A walk through the gigantic two main exhibition floors at the Jacob K. Javits Center brings the NRF attendees to a line of displays, many of them enormous, that seem to focus heavily on a definition of supply chain that encompasses not just getting products to retail outlets, but also to the final mile and final handling that put a product into the hands of consumers.
That is why three...
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From pandemic chaos to AI, supply chain panelists have seen it all lately
NEW YORK — Think about what a supply chain leader has gone through in the past few years.
There was the pandemic that at first looked like it would crater demand for virtually all goods and services once the toilet paper rush ran its course.
Then came the whiplash in no time when huge demand for goods replaced demand for services that couldn’t be provided during lockdowns, and the transport and supply of those products failed to keep up. The end result: Old ways of doing business in the supply...
US Container Imports Peaked Later Than Expected, NRF Says
Imports at major U.S. container ports is projected to continue its slowdown in the remaining weeks of 2023 after peaking later than expected this fall, according to the latest Global…
https://gcaptain.com/us-container-imports-peaked-later-than-expected-nrf-says/
Holiday inventories remain balanced as shoppers show strength, NRF says
Holiday inventories remain in good shape and show no signs of being depleted even as U.S. consumers broke shopping records for the five-day Thanksgiving period, the National Retail Federation said Tuesday.
For the most part, inventory levels are balanced, NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay told reporters. Shay’s comments seemed to rule out widespread overstocked conditions, as well as concerns over product stockouts that might trigger a late-cycle inventory replenishment push.
NRF said that...
US holiday spending to climb 3%-4% over 2022, NRF predicts
U.S. holiday spending will grow by 3% to 4% over the 2022 holiday to reach record levels of between $957.3 billion and $966.6 billion, the National Retail Federation said Thursday.
This year’s holiday spending is consistent with the average annualized increase of 3.6% between 2010 and 2019, NRF said. It also represents a slower pace than the past three years, when goods-buying soared amid trillions of dollars of pandemic-related federal stimulus provided to consumers, NRF said.
“It is not...
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NRF: U.S. Container Imports Show Retailers’ Optimism for Holiday Season
Import cargo volume at major US container ports is expected to reach 2 million TEUs in September and October, signaling retailers’ optimism for the upcoming holiday season, according to the…
https://gcaptain.com/nrf-u-s-container-imports-show-retailers-optimism-for-holiday-season/
July import volumes continue to mirror pre-COVID ‘normal’
“Imports still plunging, down 14% year on year” sounds alarming for the U.S. economy. But July’s percentage drop is an artifact of the COVID-driven import boom, a one-off event that ended in late 2022 that is no longer news.
“Imports unchanged versus pre-pandemic levels” is a less dramatic headline with no double digits, ominous undertones or “plunging” involved. Yet that is the real news: The volume of containerized imports to the U.S. is normal and healthy. There is no sign yet in the import...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-import-volumes-continue-to-mirror-pre-covid-normal
U.S. Ports Brace for Highest Import Cargo Volume in Almost a Year
Import cargo volume at major U.S. container ports is expected to reach its highest level in nearly a year this month as retailers prepare for the winter holidays, the National…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-ports-brace-for-highest-import-cargo-volume-in-almost-a-year/