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Consumer confidence continues to be strong in retail sector

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As the 2018 Retail Supply Chain Conference concludes this week in Phoenix, leading industry indicators point to continued consumer confidence. The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index unexpectedly surged 6.5 Both were the best since 2001, consistent with the tight labor market with unemployment at 4.1%

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CBP working to curb illicit e-commerce traffic | Full Stories – Caption as the Content | Full

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The rapidly increasing wave of e-commerce shipments entering the United States from abroad over the past two years has Customs and Border Protection ready to take collective action with the industry to enhance security over this trade. “Stay tuned,” CBP Acting Deputy Commissioner Robert E.

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CBP working to curb illicit e-commerce traffic

247 Customs Broker

The rapidly increasing wave of e-commerce shipments entering the United States from abroad over the past two years has Customs and Border Protection ready to take collective action with the industry to enhance security over this trade. “Stay tuned,” CBP Acting Deputy Commissioner Robert E.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

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Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. One visionary, Malcom McLean , is featured prominently in the industry’s development.