Demurrage and detention fees: how to avoid the surprise bill
Shipping & Fulfillment deep dive: Demurrage and detention fees: how to avoid the surprise bill.
Ryan O'Donnell
Kroger and Brookshire eggs recalled: salmonella pulls 1.6 million dozen
Midwest Poultry Services recalled nearly 1.6 million dozen eggs sold at Kroger and Brookshire Grocery over a possible salmonella contamination across six states. No illnesses were reported, and the recall was triggered by proactive company testing at two Texas farms.
Bookshop.org projects $80m for 2026: an Amazon rival that endured
Bookshop.org projects about $80 million in 2026 revenue after a 55% jump in 2025, powered by a full tech rebuild and a push into e-books. The Amazon challenger keeps routing profit back to independent bookstores.
Reformation launches IPO at $1bn: Permira’s fashion bet hits the NYSE
Reformation set the price range for its New York Stock Exchange debut, offering about 14.1 million shares at $15 to $17 apiece and targeting a valuation of up to $1 billion. The listing is a rare test of investor appetite for a profitable fashion brand and the first step in Permira’s exit.
Domino’s Q2 sales hit one-year low: revenue beats, profit misses
Domino’s second-quarter 2026 revenue beat estimates but adjusted profit missed as US same-store sales rose just 0.1 percent, a one-year low. Supply-chain strength and steady order counts cushioned softer per-order spending ahead of a CEO handover.
World Cup fuels US retail’s best spending month in four years: hosts win
The 2026 FIFA World Cup helped push US consumer spending to its strongest June in more than four years. Host cities and their retailers captured the bulk of the gains, led by international visitors.
Why Amazon opens its marketplace to external AI agents before the 2026 holidays: 3 hiring signals
A 40-engineer agentic commerce team, a new standards-council seat, and June’s maturing payment rails point the same way: Amazon likely ships a first external-agent commerce path before the 2026 holidays, base case in Q4.
US Closes the Last Parcel Loophole on July 24: What Online Shoppers Pay Now
Starting July 24, the last big gap that let cheap overseas parcels slip into the United States without standard duties officially closes, and retailers are …
The parcel that pays no tax: how China’s DDP machine drives a lorry through EU customs
Billions of undervalued DDP parcels enter the EU almost unchecked, dodging duty and VAT while local retailers pay in full. How the loophole works, and why the EU keeps waving it through.
Google loses final EU appeal: €4.1bn Android fine upheld
The European Court of Justice dismissed Google’s final appeal, confirming a 4.1 billion euro fine for abusing Android to entrench Search and Chrome. The ruling ends an eight-year antitrust battle with binding consequences for app-marketplace rules.