Cathy Morrow Roberson
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Cathy Morrow Roberson
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#Supplychain researcher & writer. Catch me on #Logistics Trends & Insights LLC's LinkedIn page for comments & shares and for the Freight Forward newsletter.
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August 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A new Freight Forward is out - From Volume Declines to Possible Volume Surge linkedin.com/pulse/freigh...
May 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy Friday! Part 4 of ‘What Retailers are Saying about Tariffs’ series will go out on May 18.

In the meantime, a new article is out - Delivering to Rural Areas Profitably - cathyroberson.substack.com/p/delivering...
May 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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April 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
With DeJoy gone, what's the future of the USPS? I have a LI poll open for thoughts - privatization? uncertain? Let me know what you think - linkedin.com/feed/update/...
March 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Busy morning....

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Substack article - Online Platforms Offer Ocean Freight Services to SMBs - cathyroberson.substack.com/p/online-pla...

Now to knock out some client work. 😉
March 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
RLA was a success - lots of networking and lots of good sessions. I'm heading home today and will stay put until late next month when I head back out for an Oracle event.

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March 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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March 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
From the Queen Mary....
March 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Another windy day...
March 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Needles Ca- Original Harvey House (El Garces) built in early 1900s...served as a train depot and hotel in the early days.
March 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
TPM is over so Chris and I headed to Joshua Tree NP. Super windy and chilly there today but amazing to see.
March 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The reason for the tariffs is to correct trade imbalances. It makes sense but is this the way to correct the imbalances?
March 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
From a TPM session this morning....
March 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
March 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Last night after our team meeting in Long Beach. Check out the sliver moon. 😊

Today TPM unofficially begins and includes a Q&A with John Bolton before his keynote tomorrow.
March 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
CPI increased 0.5% on a SA basis in January, after rising 0.4% in December. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 3.0% before SA. bls.gov/news.release...

The index for shelter rose 0.4% - nearly 30% of the monthly all items increase.
February 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Opened up the Substack chat and will begin to add various notes to it on a daily basis.
(Sometimes more 🤷‍♀️). First up are a couple of quotes from L'Oreal's CEO from yesterday's earnings call regarding the US market and tariffs...https://substack.com/chat/327315
February 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Taking the back roads home from Chattanooga this morning...stopped off to take a photo of this train depot in Chicamauga.
February 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Another share from the conference...top perceived LTL carriers from Mastio's study of the LTL market.
January 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM