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NRF: 2025 import cargo levels expected to be down more than 5% from 2024 amid rising tariffs   News 

NRF: 2025 import cargo levels expected to be down more than 5% from 2024 amid rising tariffs  

With new tariffs putting pressure on international trade, import cargo volume at the nation’s major container ports is tentatively expected to end 2025 5.6% below 2024’s volume, according to the Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates. “While this forecast is still preliminary, it shows the impact the tariffs and the administration’s trade policy... Read More
Executive survey reports tariff and trade-war talk highlights second-quarter risks Market research 

Executive survey reports tariff and trade-war talk highlights second-quarter risks

The escalating tariff and trade war moved into the top rank of emerging risks for the second quarter of 2025, according to Gartner, Inc. The Quarterly Emerging Risk Report series captures enterprise risk management (ERM) leaders’, risk management professionals’, auditors’, and senior executives’ views on emerging risks or over-the-horizon risk. The 2Q25 report, based on a survey of 223 senior... Read More
NRF chief economist says ‘anxiety and confusion’ from tariffs causing uncertainty Market research News 

NRF chief economist says ‘anxiety and confusion’ from tariffs causing uncertainty

Halfway through the year, it is still difficult to predict the impact new tariffs and other government policies will have on the U.S. economy, said Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist at the National Retail Federation (NRF). “This year began with high expectations for the strength of the U.S. economy,” Kleinhenz said, noting strong 2.8% year-over-year growth in gross domestic product in... Read More
NRF: Census data shows retail sales grew in March but consumers are ‘not feeling great’ as tariffs rise Market research News 

NRF: Census data shows retail sales grew in March but consumers are ‘not feeling great’ as tariffs rise

Data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau showed retail sales grew in March even though consumers continued to worry about the impact of rising tariffs, said Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist, National Retail Federation (NRF). “Retail sales strengthened in March, supported by continued solid growth in income, lower energy costs and bigger-than-usual tax refunds that all helped support household budgets,”... Read More
Tariffs not expected to impact GoPro’s second-half 2019 financial performance News Press releases 

Tariffs not expected to impact GoPro’s second-half 2019 financial performance

SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — GoPro, Inc. today reiterated that it does not expect the recently announced tariffs to have an impact on its second half 2019 financial performance as most of its U.S. bound camera production will come from Mexico in the second half of 2019. “As previously stated, we began production in Guadalajara, Mexico of our U.S.... Read More