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      <description>On 12 July 2026 USPS moved from a 166 divisor to 139 and started rounding fractional inches up. Here is what it does to a real parcel, and how to check whether a tool has caught up.</description>
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      <title>The $800 exemption is gone. Here is what it did to unit economics.</title>
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      <description>The US suspended duty-free de minimis for all countries in August 2025 and made it permanent in 2026. Worked examples of what that does to a $12 landed cost, and what to change.</description>
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      <description>Three price bands in January, a 3.5% surcharge in April, a Digital Services Fee expansion in March. Worked per-unit numbers, and why most FBA calculators are understating your fees.</description>
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      <title>Your ad console tells you your ACOS. It cannot tell you what you can afford.</title>
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      <description>Break-even ACOS comes from your fee stack, not your campaign report. How to work it out, turn it into a bid ceiling, and why chasing a low ACOS can cost you money.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Dividing pallet volume by carton volume overstates what fits, often by twenty percent. How real two-block packing works, and what it changes about your freight quote.</description>
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