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Sportsman’s Warehouse to pull forward holiday shipments to skirt tariffs

4 days ago | supplychaindive.com | Kelly Stroh

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Sportsman’s Warehouse is proactively pulling forward holiday and hunting season inventory in categories impacted by tariffs, President and CEO Paul Stone said during a June 3 earnings call. In Q1, ahead of an expected rise in U.S. tariffs, the retailer worked with specific vendors to frontload $20 million worth of spring and summer inventory, primarily in hunting, fishing and camping categories, per the earnings call.
Air cargo spot rates see a downward drift in May

1 week ago | supplychaindive.com | Kelly Stroh

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Air freight rates are on a downward trajectory as the industry battles trade uncertainty and shifting tariff regulations, despite brief upticks, according to a June 6 Xeneta report. The global air cargo spot rate fell 4% year over year in April to $2.44 per kilogram — the first decline since April 2024.
Nippon finalizes $14B US Steel takeover

1 week ago | supplychaindive.com | Kate Magill

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Nippon Steel on Wednesday finalized its nearly $14.2 billion takeover of U.S. Steel, bringing the years-long acquisition saga to a potential close. The Japan-based steelmaker, which first proposed buying U.S. Steel in December 2023 for $55 per share, now owns the American company as a subsidiary.U.S. Steel will maintain its Pittsburgh headquarters.
What Veho learned testing delivery robots in Texas

1 week ago | supplychaindive.com | Max Garland

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Parcel carrier Veho used a robot to assist with deliveries as part of a trial in Austin, Texas, according to a May 27 news release. As a human courier completed one dropoff, a robot from robotics firm RIVR shuttled other packages from the delivery vehicle to a separate destination nearby. A RIVR employee accompanied the robot during the trial for quality assurance.
Amazon delivery robots offer ‘large opportunity’ for savings: BofA

1 week ago | supplychaindive.com | Alexei Alexis

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The use of robotics for deliveries by retailers like Amazon could drive over $7.1 billion in annual savings by 2032, according to Bank of America Securities analysts. “Robots present a large opportunity for retail cost savings, helping position Amazon retail as an AI play,” BofA analysts said in a June 5 research note.
7 Brew hires first supply chain chief

1 week ago | supplychaindive.com | Julie Littman

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 7 Brew hired Christopher Held as its first chief supply officer to support the chain’s rapid expansion, the company said in a Wednesday press release. Held will help scale operations, optimize the supply chain and ensure that products are consistently available across the chain’s U.S. stands.
Amazon opens robotic fulfillment center in Massachusetts

1 week ago | supplychaindive.com | Kelly Stroh

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Amazon officially opened a 2.8 million-square-foot robotics fulfillment center in Charlton, Massachusetts, per a June 3 press release emailed to Supply Chain Dive. The four-story facility features hundreds of Amazon robots — which can each lift up to 1,500 pounds — to help more than 1,000 employees fulfill tens of thousands of customer orders, including books, electronics, toys and housewares.
US steel tariffs now include refrigerators, dishwashers

1 week ago | supplychaindive.com | Robert Freedman |Philip Neuffer

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Several imported appliances will be subject to 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum later this month, per a June 12 Federal Register notice from the U.S. Commerce Department. Beginning June 23, the levies will apply to the steel and aluminum content of freezers, refrigerator-freezers, washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, stoves, ranges and ovens, food-waste disposals and some wire racks.
FedEx pickup prices to change in August

2 weeks ago | supplychaindive.com | Max Garland

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. FedEx will adjust its rates and pricing structure for package pickups on Aug. 18, according to an announcement this week from the delivery giant. U.S. shippers will incur a weekly charge regardless of service type for regular and automated pickups, unlike current rates which differ for standard and expedited services. Additionally, on-call pickups will begin incurring a per-stop fee rather than a per-package fee.
5 tips for tariff mitigation

2 weeks ago | supplychaindive.com | Maura Sadovi

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. It’s true that not all companies are directly affected by the trade war that was kicked off by President Donald Trump in February. But in the wake of the imposition of the highest U.S. tariffs since the 1930s, finance leaders attending a CFO Leadership Council conference in Boston this month quietly acknowledged a range of impacts.