Fuel, freight and tariff costs are complicating holiday importing

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If last holiday season was about how retailers balanced new tariffs and their margins, this year has the added uncertainties of rising transportation costs.

Typically, summer is peak season for imports as companies look to get their inventory ready for the holiday shopping season. Some of that has been pulled even further forward as brands looked to get ahead of the latest round of tariffs that kicked in at the end of July.

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