Retail Alert: Team Biden Is Changing Your Trade Policy forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… via Forbes My latest article: It appears that Team Biden is planning to change retail’s core trade definitions that are critical for sourcing products and essential to the supply chain.

Retail’s Contract Is Broken As Yossarian Exits Stage Left... Retail’s contract with government seems to have expired. Did the industry fall behind others who are now pushing the concept that they are more important to the economy than retail? forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… via Forbes

Trump’s Latest Retail Comment Is No Laughing Matter forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… via Forbes Some say the former president’s tariffs were an act of genius, Others say – not true. However, his latest 10% tariff idea is problematic and would affect retail trade.

Retail Is Watching Biden Lose Trump’s China Trade War forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… via Forbes In the post-Trump era, Team Biden somehow left the consumer behind....

GOP Chaos Fuels Fear Of Retail Recession forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… via Forbes With House leadership in disarray, serious legislative issues affecting retail are stuck on the sidelines. Lack of action could eventually trigger a retail recession.

Trump’s War On Retail Keeps Getting Worse via Forbes forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… My Latest article: It has been said that old-timers working in the retail industry prefer to be seen and not heard. This may need to change

Retail: Grandpa Thought PJ’s Were The Best Holiday Gift forbes.com/sites/rickhelf…

Do-Nothing Congress Slowed Retail Growth In 2023 via Forbes forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… Retail has entered 2024 with serious concerns about the legislative progress on TRADE - -

A Big Win For Trump In Iowa Spells Trouble For Retail via Forbes forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… Both Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are trying to outshine former President Trump, who has said that he wants to place even more tariffs on USA imports.

New Hampshire Update – Trump Climbs, Haley Rises, Retail Slides via Forbes forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… More trouble for retail?

Retail Eyes The Philippines As Marcos And Biden Meet via Forbes forbes.com/sites/rickhelf…

forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… President Biden announced that he wants to add tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum to curry favor with his rust-belt electorate. This is not a good idea.

Biden Tariffs China - Foreshadowing The Second Retail Apocalypse via Forbes forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… Hard to believe that President Biden has flipped on China tariffs. Eventually this action will prove that when trade gets politicized – consumers and retailers suffer...

forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… Hard to imagine - but former President Trump has suggested additional retail tariffs that could eliminate the U.S. income tax.

Retail Alert – Trump’s Party Is Looking At Your Supply Chain via Forbes forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… Flying right in the center of the latest political storm, America’s retail community is on high alert for endangered supply chains.

Democrats May Not Understand The Retail Economy via Forbes forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… Democrats in Convention this week - have an opportunity to work towards improving international trade and their understanding that slowing inflation doesn’t equate to lowering retail cost

Biden Failed Retail Trade – Trump Could Save The Day via Forbes forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… Why are so many retailers freaked about tariffs? The short term result could be RETAIL UGLY, but Trump could actually save retail trade.

Trump’s New Tariffs Pop Retail’s Fuse And Frighten Consumers via Forbes forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… Many retailers have suddenly lost their ability to plan - simply because the Trump Administration (and the threat of tariffs) has made planning unpredictable.

In Trump’s Naked America - The Tariff Man Is Taking Our Clothes via Forbes forbes.com/sites/rickhelf…

Retail Suffers As CIT Strikes Tariffs And Trump Touts Tanks Over Tees via Forbes forbes.com/sites/rickhelf… Tariffs (even on pause) are truly bad for business. The fall retail selling season is in play - just as retail inventories are slimming down and prices are rising up.