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Blue Cargo
Don’t Let OSRA Penalize You: HFA and BlueCargo Can Help

The Ever-Changing Landscape of Furniture Importing Home furniture businesses involved in container imports and related activities are complex and dynamic. Disruptions can significantly impede the flow of containerized goods arriving in the US, throwing your meticulously crafted plans into disarray. Adding to the complexity, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA)

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Seth Weisblatt
Optimizing the Flow of Goods in the Home Furnishings Industry with EDI

The home furnishings industry is known for its diverse product range, intricate supply chains, and fluctuating consumer demands. Due to these unique challenges, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions have emerged as useful technological tools and strategic enablers that can optimize the flow of goods,

GRAT BLOG One in the Win Column-Ocean Shipping Reform Act_HFA
Mark Schumacher
One in the Win Column: Ocean Shipping Reform Act

Often when we talk about our government relations action team (GRAT) and our advocacy efforts, it is always about works in progress. We focus on those issues that are at hand, and that need a resolution of some sort. Finally, we have the chance to discuss something we worked on

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Profit Chain
Managing Supply Chain Risk in Times of Uncertainty

In a speech many years ago, Robert Kennedy proclaimed, “There is a Chinese curse which says, ‘May he live in interesting times.’ ” As current events continue to unfold, it seems we are living in increasingly interesting times. Recent announcements by many auto manufacturers that production lines have been halted

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Chris Andresen
New Year, Continuing Legislative Issues

Build Back Better Congressional Democrats and the White House spent the last several months of 2021 working to enact President Biden’s signature legislative priority, the Build Back Better Act. This proposed legislative piece is key to advancing the Administration’s economic recovery agenda. The House passed its version before Thanksgiving in

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Mark Schumacher
HFA Advocacy It’s a Game-Changer – Can you hear us now?

When I look at 2021 through the lens of advocacy, I must tell you that it was a game-changer for our industry and the home furnishings association. That’s something I say on many different levels. First, the sheer volume of issues we weighed in on, the positions we presented, and

Supply chain crisis is HFA's priority
Home Furnishings User
Supply chain crisis is HFA’s priority

The supply chain crisis is nothing new for furniture retailers – it’s been an unfortunate reality for our industry over the last several years, with many inefficiencies exacerbated by the effects of COVID-19. In several instances this year, President Biden has focused on the supply chain, either by Executive Order

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Mark Schumacher
Power in the numbers Influences supply chain challenges

I’ve noticed an interesting shift in meetings we’ve had with key staff in Cabinet departments like Commerce and Transportation or with members of Congress. Before I get to that shift, you need to know that we have increased the frequency of the meetings with influencers intentionally. We have got to

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Mark Schumacher
HFA urges President Biden for supply chain crisis relief

Throughout the supply chain crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic, HFA’s Government Relations Action Team has been working diligently with our lobbyist in Washington to put forward all the concerns affecting every furniture retailer’s livelihood. The broken supply chain, with its systemic cost increases, is slowing the recovery of our

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