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Samantha Lee/Insider Furniture sellers still have historically long backlogs and face tight freight markets. Furniture manufacturers haven't adjusted to the e-commerce boom. Winners will adjust supply chains on the fly to deliver on time and keep promises to customers.  Cathy Roberson sinks into her couch when she sits down. The coils are shot, and it's time to replace it. But these days, getting a new couch takes more than choosing a new design and pulling out a credit card. It takes serious patience.  "Our go-to furniture store is La-Z-Boy. I grew up with La-Z-Boy....

CFIB report highlights COVID-19 impact on Canada’s business landscape After one year of COVID-19 restrictions, the association representing Canada's small businesses is issuing recommendations for the 2021 federal budget Mar 16, 2021 8:00 AM By: Luke Schulz (stock photo) As the province approaches the anniversary of a full year of COVID-19 restrictions, our small and medium sized businesses continue to weather the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sharing the results of a recent survey of their membership, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business has mad...

Is air cargo really a bargain right now? 0 525 6 minutes read (Image: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) This is an excerpt from Thursday’s (3/12) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest. Retailers are stuck between playing the ocean waiting game and ponying up for air cargo. The number of container ships in San Pedro Bay has hovered around 30 since the start of the year and levels remain stubbornly high. As of Wednesday, there were 31 at anchor. The CMA CGM Marco Polo — with a capacity of 16,022 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) — has been stuck at anchor ...

Share: This is an excerpt from Thursday's (3/12) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest. Retailers are stuck between playing the ocean waiting game and ponying up for air cargo. The number of container ships in San Pedro Bay has hovered around 30 since the start of the year and levels remain stubbornly high. As of Wednesday, there were 31 at anchor. The CMA CGM Marco Polo — with a capacity of 16,022 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) — has been stuck at anchor the longest, since Feb. 27. The median time a container ship spent anchored outside the port last w...

Updated / Monday, 15 Mar 2021 10:13 Marking Seachtain na Gaeilge, this week's Lyric Feature is a collaboration between Irish poet Louis de Paor and New York-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Dana Lyn - listen to  Lá dá raibh/One Day above. Lá dá raibh/One Day combines poetry and music to tell the story of a day in the life of a small village in the west of Ireland, where the dead and the living meet historical and imagined characters. It was first performed live (in English) at the Irish Arts Center in New York as part of the Masters in Collaboration series, and has now been ad...