{
  "id": 15659441,
  "title": "How Higher Ocean Freight To The U.S. Sets Brands Up For Dead Stock",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/how-higher-ocean-freight-to-the-u-s-sets-brands-up-for-dead-stock",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-19T21:14:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Forbes",
    "slug": "forbes",
    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/izzyrosenzweig/2026/10/19/how-higher-ocean-freight-to-the-us-sets-brands-up-for-dead-stock/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Container rates to the U.S. more than doubled this year, pushing brands to order bigger and earlier. Here’s how that leads to dead stock and what to do about it.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}