Earmark Sourcing

07/31/2023

Hi Golfers, welcome to the United Inventors Association 1st Annual Golf Outing in Las Vegas on August 15th the day prior to our SuperZoo 23 "Pitch to the Pros" event. We will have a BEST BALL competition in Vegas with prizes and cold beverages at the 19th hole hosted by the Las Vegas Country Club with the 1st tee kicking it off at 11A. You will be notified of your tee time before the event begins, use the link below to sign up. Golf Club rentals are available directly from the Las Vegas Country Club Golf Pro. We will have prizes, awards and the 1st annual "Golf PRO" Trophy to the winning team!!!

https://zohosecurepay.com/checkout/7jirseg-5u1aqt1zdlkx3/Golf-with-the-Pros-1st-Annual-Golf-Outing

"Golf with the Pros"
The Las Vegas Country Club
3000 Joe W. Brown Drive
Las Vegas, NV, 89109

GOLF DATE OF PLAY & PLAYERS TEE TIME
August 15, 2023 20 11:00am – 12:00pm LVCC. Golf Package to include: green fees, cart fees, practice balls, and tournament setup.

Premium Callaway rental clubs available directly from the Golf Pro at the LVCC.

AND if you have a product and you want to "Pitch to the Pros" for the SuperZoo 23 Emerging Brands, sign up now pitching starts on August 16th

https://zohosecurepay.com/checkout/5rto1jm-5n8oiv8sbnp3b/Golden-VIP-Ticket

The Pet Product "Pitch to the Pros" opportunity for the Emerging Brands stage has a unique concept of allowing entrepreneurs, inventors and product developers to pitch their ideas to potential Investors, Retail Buyers, Shark Tank Winning Entrepreneurs, potential licensee's with the hopes of moving their product to the next level. The Emerging Brands Panelists and Pros offer real world education, business advice and takeaways for both inventors, entrepreneurs and viewers alike. These are successful business leaders with invaluable feedback for entrepreneurs seeking information, help and guidance to advance their products to the next level. This will be the 1st time the LIVE pitching opportunity is available to inventors/entrepreneurs not having a booth at the show.

So a fun day of Golf and a great day of Pitching to the Pros at SuperZoo 23 in Las Vegas!!!

01/01/2022

https://paceimpact.zohobackstage.com/TheProcesstoInventing?fbclid=IwAR1FQ22x9f6sphHMgugqA9A9RcAri1uBEZEhcnmVxkW0SDYN8LGEGUcErgk

Launching a Product with the "Made in America" Guy and Shark Tank Entrepreneur Christopher Guerrera!

06/24/2021

https://youtu.be/JRyLBEBCyPk

06/10/2021

https://youtu.be/vz3urw3rVe8

05/28/2021

Are you looking to Bring your Product into the US soon? You May want to wait...

Shipping Overview

Additional COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT) in Shenzhen. Consequently, all operations in the western area of YICT, one of the busiest ports in China, remain suspended until further notice. YICT updated control measures of export laden container as follows:

May 25th (22:00 pm) to May 30th (23:59pm), export laden container gate-in will suspend. Import laden container gate-out and empty container pick-up operation will remain as normal.
From May 31st (00:00 am), export laden container gate-in will resume. From May 31st to June 6th, open will be available only to vessels within ETA 3 days.
Container vessel, X-Press Pearl, reported a fire onbaord on May 20. The situation deteriorated with reports of an explosion on the vessel on May 25 outside of Colombo. The vessel is carrying 25 tons of nitric acid and other chemicals. This event will cause delays for any transshipments via Colombo.

Carriers are pushing general rate increases as imports from Asia are expected to increase in June. Carriers will likely implement some of the proposed general rate increases (GRIs) on June 1. Most of the carriers have filed GRIs of $1,000 per FEU effective June 1. Retailers and NVOs have been booking space for June, so space availability next month is expected to be worse than May.

Freight rates in the eastbound trans-Pacific continue to increase. Spot rates from Asia to the U.S. West Coast have significantly increased over the last month. The congestion in Asian ports and U.S. ports is constraining equipment capacity which means shippers are competing with each other to secure space and equipment. This fight for capacity is forcing prices higher.

When port and rail bottlenecks are resolved, hopefully by July, the increase in freight rates will level off and rates could begin to come down in the fourth quarter.

Port Situations

Los Angeles:

8 container vessels at anchorage awaiting for a berth
16 container vessels at berth
Yard Utilization: 84%
Rail Situation: Car shortages remain—the average dwell for containers waiting dray for the rail connection is 24 days. Approximately 4000 dwelling containers currently at ICTF waiting to load rail.

Long Beach:

9 container vessels at anchorage awaiting for a berth
12 container vessels at berth
Yard Utilization: 71%
Rail: Some car shortages remain—the average dwell for containers waiting dray for the rail connection is 24 days. Approximately 4000 dwelling containers currently at ICTF waiting to load rail.

Oakland:

Vessels port stays continue to increase in all terminals
Increase in import volumes
Currently experiencing labor shortages to cover the demand

Seattle:

Yard Utilization: At 120% which is maximum capacity

Newark APMT & PNCT:

Trucking capacity is improving

Norfolk:

Experiencing berth congestion

Baltimore:

Chassis continue to remain tight

Charleston:

Vessels continue to arrive off schedule causing additional congestion
Rail: Severe rail congestion. Dwell times remain high at the rail ramps for exports requiring truck moves to the ports
Trucking: trucking remains tight due to an increase in volume

Savannah:

Trucking volume remains tight for both imports and exports

Atlanta:

Chassis remain tight
Truck turn times are slow due to chassis shortages
Rail: Import rail dwell is increasing

Memphis:

Vessels continue to arrive off schedule causing additional congestion
Rail: Severe rail congestion. Dwell times remain high at the rail ramps for exports requiring truck moves to the ports
Trucking: trucking remains tight due to an increase in volume

Chicago:

Chassis remain tight
Rail: ramps continuing to experience congestion

05/27/2021

05/06/2021

https://youtu.be/f5zSYzvjWkg