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4 Things I Learned This Week

08/14/2026

By Alex Stark Closing the Distance: Inflation Finds a Trend, GE Appliances Goes Zero Distance, Target Pairs AI With UX, and Kimberly-Clark Bets $40 Billion. My youngest starts high school in a few weeks, and because she wants to play tennis for the school,…

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Holman Executive Brief Selections – Week of August 10, 2026

08/10/2026

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our weekly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each week, please sign up here! U.S. Economic Item: CPI Report The most recent CPI report came in as…

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4 Things I Learned This Week

08/07/2026

By Alex Stark All Build. No Bull: Manufacturing’s Best Month in Four Years, the AI Spending Blind Spot, Etsy’s Unusual Layoff, and a Talking Toolbox I flew back to my little corner of the supply chain this morning after a few days at our…

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Holman Executive Brief Selections – Week of August 3, 2026

08/03/2026

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our weekly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each week, please sign up here! U.S. Economic Item: PMI Report The ISM Services Sector PMI report was released…

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07/31/2026

By Alex Stark Less, On Purpose: A Divided Fed Holds, Importers Show Restraint, UPS Sheds Amazon Volume, and 3PLs Post a Banner Year It was a wonderful break to take a few days off last week and enjoy some summer with my family. It…

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Holman Executive Brief Selections – Week of July 27, 2026

07/27/2026

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our weekly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each week, please sign up here! The Fed Holds Again On Wednesday, July 29, 2026, the Fed left its…

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Holman Executive Brief Selections – Week of July 20, 2026

07/20/2026

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our weekly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each week, please sign up here! U.S. Trucking Prices Continue to Rise The current forecast below shows the outlook…

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4 Things I Learned This Week

07/17/2026

By Alex Stark Mind the Head-Fake: Cooling Inflation That Isn’t, a Record Import Month That Shouldn’t Reassure You, the First Robot Strike, and the Case for Friction A quick housekeeping item before we dive in. I’m heading out of town for a few days…

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Holman Executive Brief Selections – Week of July 13, 2026

07/16/2026

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our weekly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each week, please sign up here! U.S. Domestic Economic Items The CPI came in below expectations, and many categories…

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4 Things I Learned This Week

07/10/2026

By Alex Stark When the Story Meets the Operating Reality: The AI Jobs Walk-Back, a Super El Niño, FedEx Freight’s Fresh Start, and a $5 Billion Twinkie A quick bit of housekeeping before we start. July 9th is the birthday of Donkey Kong, which makes…

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Holman Executive Brief Selections – Week of July 6, 2026

07/09/2026

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our weekly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each week, please sign up here! Supply Chain Impact: Container Rates Surging The latest data from Drewry’s World Container…

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4 Things I Learned This Week

07/01/2026

By Alex Stark Why Prime Day looked great and soft at once, what the early holiday import rush really signals, how Kimberly-Clark is rebuilding supply chain talent for AI, and why the freight market’s safety cushion is nearly gone. Short week, as I feel…

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Holman Executive Brief Selections – Week of June 29, 2026

06/29/2026

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our weekly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each week, please sign up here! U.S. Economic News: Big Week for Releases Many eyes will be on the…

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4 Things I Learned This Week

06/25/2026

By Alex Stark Demand Is Redrawing the Map: Duluth Hands Amazon the Keys, Europe Discovers Ranch, the Whey Crunch Deepens, and America Keeps Moving Out The World Cup rolls on, my evenings are still happily booked (Go U-S-A), and the strangest economic story of…

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Holman Executive Brief Selections – Week of June 22, 2026

06/22/2026

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our weekly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each week, please sign up here! U.S. Economic News: Average Rents According to a report by Apartments.com in June…

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