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Hey, Buyers! Arrive at the #1 and Only Destination for Today’s Travel Goods Brands — the HUB

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Discover the latest travel products and accessories all in one place — the HUB, brought to you by the Travel Goods Association. The brands your customers want are here and ONLY here to help you meet the demands of your business. Get ready for travel’s strong return by visiting the HUB. Simply log in with your email and start browsing thousands of trendsetting products. Visit often — Product Showcases are updated frequently! READ MORE

Attention, Manufacturers: The Buyers You Want to Meet Are Here

TGA

Buyers are looking for the latest travel goods for their stores to meet consumer demand. Buyers from department stores, big box stores, travel goods specialty stores, hotel boutiques, college stores, cruise lines, catalogs, e-commerce, warehouse clubs, discounters, importers/exporters, and distributors are shopping the HUB for the ease and access of finding new vendors and products. The HUB is your best and only place to connect with today’s travel goods buyers. They can’t buy from you if you are not here! READ MORE

Stay Up-to-speed with Accelerated Retail Trends

TGA

From playing getting-to-know-you and harnessing the power of social media to looping into a circular economy and getting in step with today’s customer preferences, new trends have sprung onto the retail scene in response to the pandemic. Retail Minded’s Nicole Leinbach Reyhle lays out the trends and shows how retailers can benefit from them to drive business into their stores. READ MORE

TGA Urges President Biden to Step into West Coast Port Labor Contract Negotiations

TGA

On March 1, TGA joined 49 industry groups in urging President Biden to step in to ensure employers and longshoremen reach a new labor contract before the current contract expires on July 1. TGA warns failure to do so will make the already worsening shipping crisis a catastrophe.

Biden’s State of the Union — Ocean Carriers on the Firing Line

TGA

On March 1, President Biden delivered a stinging rebuke to ocean carriers in his State of the Union, stating “I’m a capitalist, but capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism. It’s exploitation — and it drives up prices. When corporations don’t have to compete, their profits go up, your prices go up, and small businesses and family farmers and ranchers go under. We see it happening with ocean carriers moving goods in and out of America. During the pandemic, these foreign-owned companies raised prices by as much as 1000% and made record profits. Tonight, I’m announcing a crackdown on these companies overcharging American businesses and consumers.” On February 28, the White House detailed those actions, which include going after anti-competitive practices by ocean carriers; pushing Congress to approve the TGA-supported Ocean Shipping Reform Act; and pushing Congress to approve new bi-partisan legislation to strip anti-trust immunity for ocean carriers. While these steps are positive, TGA continues to push President Biden for more action, and immediate relief for the industry (see above).

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Travel Industry Braces for Impact of Russia-Ukraine Conflict

YAHOO! FINANCE

Pandemic weary travelers may face longer flights and higher ticket prices as the airline industry battles sky-high oil prices and travel restrictions due to the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Airlines are bracing for potentially lengthy blockages of key East-West flight corridors after the European Union, Canada and Moscow issued reciprocal airspace bans this week in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. READ MORE

25 of Our Favorite Travel Wallets for Staying Organized On-the-go

CNN

To help you find a great travel wallet for your next trip, we looked for some of the most functional, beautiful and reasonably-priced options on the market today. Whether you’re looking for a wallet that holds your boarding pass and ID or you want a fashionable way to carry your airline credit cards, read on to learn about our top picks. READ MORE

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Amazon to Close 68 Physical Retail Locations, Including Amazon Books and 4-Star Stores

TECH CRUNCH

Amazon’s physical retail business is suffering a major blow as the company this week confirmed to Reuters it will close 68 brick-and-mortar retail stores across the U.S. and U.K. This includes its Amazon Books bookstores, its pop-up shops in various markets and its 4-star stores, where customers could shop popular and highly-rated products across Amazon.com. READ MORE

Traveling to Italy Just Got Easier with Easing of COVID-19 Testing Requirements

TRAVEL + LEISURE

International travelers can enter the country by simply showing they have been fully vaccinated within nine months or have received a booster shot. READ MORE

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6 Ways Technology Is Evolving Travel in 2022

WTOP

Technology is seeping into travel in a way that most travelers are finding enormously beneficial. Whether shortening queues, helping travelers save money or eliminating the need to get within six feet of others, here are some of the top travel technology evolutions in 2022. READ MORE

How Retail’s Revolution Is Driving New Tax Challenges

RETAIL TOUCHPOINTS

The radical transformation of ecommerce is making tax compliance more complex than ever. In the U.S., ecommerce sales rose by 9.2% in the second quarter of 2021. That’s after huge spikes of more than 30% growth per quarter from Q2 2020 to Q1 2021 during the height of COVID-19 lockdowns. This is only the beginning. READ MORE

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Ship from Store: A Pandemic Retail Trend That’s Here to Stay?

COMPUTERWEEKLY

What will the new normal be? How will consumers behave after the pandemic? What will my business look like after the crisis abates? These are some of the common questions that were going through retailers’ minds around summertime 2020, a few months into the coronavirus pandemic when only essential shops were permitted to open and online shopping ballooned. The answers to each are still unclear — we are still officially in a pandemic, after all — but there are certain COVID-induced technology-based trends in retail that look set to have longevity. READ MORE

The No. 1 Leadership Lesson from Ukraine’s Incredibly Courageous President, according to Adam Grant

INC.

Few of us could match Volodymyr Zelensky’s courage, but Grant insists business leaders can still learn something important from him. READ MORE

What Is Your B2B Social Media Marketing Really Lacking?

MARTECH SERIES

For B2B marketers to build out successful social media marketing plans that can not only drive engagement but also enable a healthy lead pipeline, optimizing the overall goals, social media content plans and prioritizing key networks and platforms become an essential part of the core strategy. READ MORE

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