Vince Iacopella talks with the Grow Big Initiative:

 

How to Eliminate Customs Duties: Navigating the troubled Supply Chain in 2022

 

In this session Vince Iacopella, EVP Growth & Strategy Alba Wheels Up, talks with Joshua Halpern from the Grow Big Initiative and gives you the inside scoop on how your fulfillment and inventory placement choices can save you massive amounts of money . He also covers "Five Ways To Utilize Section 321 Entries to By-pass duties".

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SPEAKERS

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IN THIS WORKSHOP YOU WILL LEARN:

  • • The rising costs to ship ocean freight

  • • Why supply chain delays and capacity constraints may not let up on 2022

  • • How brands must approach future demand, and product availability as elevated costs and capacity constraints linger

  • • Four strategies to mitigate last-minute supply chain concerns

  • • How the Ports infrastructure are adapting to maximize their footprints
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  • At the conclusion of this workshop, you will have new insights to adjust your strategy and course-correct your decision making.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Josh Halpern

Josh Halpern

Chair of the Grow Big E-Commerce Initiative

 

Josh Halpern is an international market-entry leader, Mr. Halpern consults on cross-border ecommerce optimization in product categories including beauty, retail & apparel, medical devices, agriculture, baby products, health food & supplements and other goods.


From 2011 through 2015, Joshua Halpern led the ecommerce, retail, franchise, licensing, cosmetics and logistics portfolios for the U.S. Embassy in China, where he provided market-entry consulting for U.S. companies. He founded and launched the U.S. Department of Commerce’s national eCommerce Innovation Lab.


His work has led to his creation of the Getting to Global Initiative and its free online Export Accelerator. Halpern has led start-up teams for multiple companies, including his own, throughout the world. He holds a B.F.A. from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, an MBA from INSEAD and an EMBA from Tsinghua University.

 

 

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Vincent Iacopella

EVP Growth and Strategy at Alba Wheels Up

 

Vince is a licensed Customs Broker and past president of the Los Angeles Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association. Vince is Chairman of the Pacific Coast Council of Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders. In March 2013, he was appointed to the 13th Commercial Customs Advisory Committee for Customs and Border Protection, better known as COAC.


He served on the 14th COAC as Trade co-chair in. While on COAC Vince worked on customs broker regulations, automation of trade data in ACE, and e-commerce, Sec 321 de minimus policy. Vince serves as the Los Angeles Vice Chair of the District Export Council of Southern Council, serves on the Board of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, and serves on the Board of Governors of the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI).


Vince works externally and within Alba on strategy and initiatives that drive value to mid-market and global customers through this approach. Vince focuses collaboration with US Government agencies, such as the COAC, which allows the trade to influence CBP policy and align it the commercial interests of the private sector, and allows the private sector to align their practices with long term strategic policy of government regulatory agencies.

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