By Sean P. Gazitúa, President & CEO, WTDC In light of Summit of the Americas 2026 including cruising into its programming, let’s examine how global trade, travel retail, and cruise logistics are integrally tied. As president and CEO of a worldwide logistics company and foreign trade zone, we are ever cognizant of the ways the […]
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Tariffs result in “hardest year” for Essence Corp
The uncertainty surrounding the threat of tariffs, followed by the impact of increased costs on the supply chain, caused Miami-based fragrance distributor Essene Corp to invest more than a million dollars in a new warehouse facility and make some significant changes to its business over the past months. The newly imposed tariffs—ranging from a 10% […]
