tariffs

Temu Reportedly Cuts Back on Paid Ads After Tariff Price Hikes
Temu Reportedly Cuts Back on Paid Ads After Tariff Price Hikes
April 20, 2025  |  eCommerce

Last week, popular eCommerce retailers Shein and Temu announced plans for tariff-related price hikes. So far, it’s not clear if these increases — scheduled to...

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DHL Halts $800-Plus Orders to US Consumers Amid Tariff Pressures
DHL Halts $800-Plus Orders to US Consumers Amid Tariff Pressures
April 20, 2025  |  Delivery

DHL is suspending shipments valued at more than $800 to U.S. consumers. The new policy, flagged in a report by the Financial Times (FT) Sunday...

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Tariff Could Bring ‘Notable Markdowns’ to Growth Forecasts Worldwide
Tariff Could Bring ‘Notable Markdowns’ to Growth Forecasts Worldwide
April 20, 2025  |  Economy

A wave of new economic surveys and projections this week will illustrate the impact of America’s tariff campaign. As Bloomberg News reports, these include a...

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This Week in AI: Tariffs Hit AI, Tech Giants’ Antitrust Woes and a More Adept ChatGPT
This Week in AI: Tariffs Hit AI, Tech Giants’ Antitrust Woes and a More Adept...
April 18, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

It’s a big week for artificial intelligence news. AI hardware is being dinged by tariff troubles while two juggernauts in the AI field — Meta...

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This Week in FinTech: From Latin America to Africa, Funding Focuses on B2B and Platforms
This Week in FinTech: From Latin America to Africa, Funding Focuses on B2B and Platforms
April 18, 2025  |  Fintech Investments

The FinTech landscape is being altered by the news this week of the Global Payments and FIS dealmaking. Tens of billions of dollars are attached...

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Earnings See Businesses Embrace Working Capital Flexibility as Growth Pauses
Earnings See Businesses Embrace Working Capital Flexibility as Growth Pauses
April 18, 2025  |  Earnings

U.S. reciprocal tariffs have upended global trade. Once fluid supply chains are now tangled with complexity, and the ripple effects are being felt across every...

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Inside Amazon and Walmart’s Billion-Dollar Race to Win the Last Mile
Inside Amazon and Walmart’s Billion-Dollar Race to Win the Last Mile
April 18, 2025  |  Retail

In environments like today’s, reactive operations might as well be useless ones. By the time they take effect, it is often already too late. As the...

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Retailers ‘Uncharacteristically Blunt’ in Telling Customers Tariffs Will Raise Prices
Retailers ‘Uncharacteristically Blunt’ in Telling Customers Tariffs Will Raise Prices
April 17, 2025  |  Retail

Some retailers are reportedly being “uncharacteristically blunt” in sharing with customers the impact new U.S. tariffs are having on the prices of their products. This...

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SPACs Riding $4 Billion Wave as IPO Market Struggles
SPACs Riding $4 Billion Wave as IPO Market Struggles
April 17, 2025  |  SPAC

With the IPO market struggling, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are enjoying a comeback. That’s according to a report Thursday (April 17) by Bloomberg News, which notes...

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