Kelly Stroh

1 week ago | supplychaindive.com | Kelly Stroh

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Some global brands are pausing ocean shipments from China for the next couple of weeks as shippers assess how trade lanes may evolve, the Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said during an April 11 press briefing. “Folks are not shipping out of China right now because they're not going to pay two and a half times for those goods that are coming in, until we get some assemblance of a plan,” Seroka said.

1 week ago | supplychaindive.com | Kelly Stroh

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at strengthening and repositioning the U.S.’ role in ocean shipping. The order, which requests multiple reports and more than 20 actions, directs government departments to create a “Maritime Action Plan” to upgrade port infrastructure, invest in workforce training and expand U.S. shipbuilding.

2 weeks ago | supplychaindive.com | Kelly Stroh

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dollar Tree has contingency plans in place to combat several potential tariff scenarios, CEO Michael Creedon told analysts during a March 26 earnings call. The retailer is currently negotiating supplier cost concessions, changing product specifications, dropping non-economical items, shifting country of origin and “exercising the flexibility multi-price gives us,” he said.

2 weeks ago | supplychaindive.com | Kelly Stroh

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Mathis Home is using Blue Yonder’s core demand and replenishment capabilities to automate planning processes and upgrade its forecasting operations, according to a March 20 press release. Through the partnership, the furniture retailer also aims to streamline decision-making and collaboration so planners can focus on “higher-value activities” to accommodate changing market conditions, per the release.

2 weeks ago | supplychaindive.com | Kelly Stroh

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. APM Terminals acquired the Panama Canal Railway Company from Canadian Pacific Kansas City, according to an April 2 press release. The Panama Canal Railway is a 47-mile single-line railway adjacent to the canal, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, per the press release.