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  • July 21, 2023

If you’ve found recent furniture shopping to be an overwhelming process, you’re not alone.

With a flood of imported furniture pieces now on offer via social marketplaces and low cost furniture stores, the first differentiator one can fall back on is often whether an item is New Zealand made.

Buying locally made goods is already a life-time ethos for many Kiwis, but coming to terms with what can be spending, effectively the cost of a small car on furniture, can still take a moment to wrap your head around.

In the minds of many, New Zealand made equals designer and

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  • September 22, 2022

Home Depot Inc. HD has been gaining from strong demand for home improvement projects, robust housing market trends and ongoing investments. The company has been benefitting from continued strength in both Pro and DIY categories, as well as digital momentum. Its interconnected retail strategy and underlying technology infrastructure have helped consistently boost web traffic for the past few quarters, aiding digital sales.

The investments and endeavors have helped deliver consistently strong earnings performances. The company reported sales and earnings beat for the ninth straight quarter in second-quarter fiscal 2022. The top and bottom lines also improved year over year. The

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  • July 29, 2022

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: Loadsmart teams up with The Home Depot Foundation to support veterans, Ruan aids a community after celebrating its 90th anniversary, and Walmart donates to nonprofits at the grand opening of a new e-commerce fulfillment center in Pennsylvania.

Loadsmart, Home Depot Foundation help veterans

On-demand freight marketplace Loadsmart teamed up this week with its customer’s non-profit arm, The Home Depot Foundation, to give back to veterans in an annual foundation event in Asheville, North Carolina.

During the three-day event, supply chain partners of Home

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  • June 28, 2022

Spending cutbacks by the consumer already led to a decrease in Chinese manufacturing orders by U.S. importers of 20-30%, as recently reported by CNBC, and more recent data from U.S. shippers shows the housing market slowdown is now showing up in the Asian supply chain data too.

“We are seeing the impact and slowdown across home appliances, white goods (items like dishwashers), and DIY products,” said Akhil Nair, senior vice president of products for Asia Pacific at Seko Logistics. “We have seen a major slowdown in furniture and home decoration especially in China and Vietnam because importers are heavy in

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