Gap expected last year’s tariff-related mitigation measures to pay off in 2026. In November, the company touted efforts such as sourcing and production adjustments as well as targeted price hikes. In its most recent quarter, the retailer said it managed import-duty pressures and expects continued improvement in the upcoming quarters. Gap expects a net neutral impact in 2026 from tariffs.

Continued strong sales of Rachel Reid’s Heated Rivalry and other titles in her Game Changer series gave an 8% boost to sales to HarperCollins in the quarter ended March 31, 2026, parent company News Corp reported. Sales increased to $555 million, from $514 in the same period in 2025, while profits jumped 14%, to $73 million. Sales gains of digital titles outpaced those of print, increasing 11% thanks in large part to a 17% spike in e-book sales. Digital sales accounted for 26% of revenue in the quarter, up 1% from a year ago.

Truck driver shortages, widespread port congestion, and skyrocketing container costs are among the biggest challenges facing the book industry supply chain for the rest of the year and into 2022, panelists on a July 6 BISG webinar looking at freight and shipping issues agreed. Book International’s v-p of global business development David Hetherington said that, in all his time in the book business, he has never seen such pressure building in the supply chain as is happening now. He predicted that things could get worse as more buying shifts online and more packages need to go directly to consumers’ homes. Hetherington, along with Ryan Forbes of Readerlink and Susie Scally of the international logistics firm Meadows Wye, also agreed that now is not the time for publishers to negotiate with trucking companies or the major delivery services. The lack of freight capacity is a real issue, Forbes said, and companies don’t need to yield on price.