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Dillard’s second quarter net income rose 34% to $97.7 million after a $37.2 million refund of tariffs the Supreme Court invalidated added 260 basis points to retail gross margin. The company says it expects no further significant refunds, even as consumer class actions over the $166 billion pot multiply.
US importers and retailers have one week to prepare for a sweeping new levy on Canadian goods, after the White House confirmed that an additional …
The prediction: before the October 22, 2026 compliance deadline for CBP’s codified de minimis suspension, US-domestic and bonded fulfillment likely becomes the default route for China-origin marketplace orders. Three independent signals point to a migration already in progress ahead of the Q4 peak.
The July 24 postal de minimis rule closes the last low-value import loophole into the US. The pattern points to a second wave of foreign postal operators restricting or surcharging US-bound parcels before the October 22 compliance deadline, concentrated on the long tail of small cross-border sellers.
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