Procurement

  • The factory floor at Ann Clark's cookie-cutter manufacturing plant.
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    Why this manufacturer isn’t crumbling under tariff pressure

    Cookie-cutter maker Ann Clark shifted to in-house production more than two decades ago and sources most inputs domestically.

    By • Sept. 12, 2025
  • ASOS logo on a rack of clothing
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    Asos targets supply chain visibility upgrade

    The apparel retailer tapped traceability platform TrusTrace to strengthen operational transparency down to the Tier 5 level.

    By • Sept. 11, 2025
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    Inventory Management

    Read how retailers and brand manufactures are rethinking inventory management as an effective strategy against tariffs.

    By Supply Chain Dive staff
  • The white exterior of the LG Energy Solution battery plant in Holland, Michigan, showing the company's corporate logo.
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    Mercedes-Benz, LG strike $11B EV battery supply deal

    The deal covers the U.S. and EU markets, with the stateside contract set to begin in 2029.

    By • Sept. 11, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump holding a signed executive order imposing tariffs
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    Supreme Court to hear Trump’s tariff legality case in November

    The high court granted an expedited review of an appellate court finding that the president's sweeping tariffs were illegal.

    By • Sept. 9, 2025
  • Shipping containers are stacked on a container ship at the Port of Oakland on Aug. 1, 2025, in Oakland, California.
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    Supply chain management education boosts focus on resilience

    Universities are reevaluating their curriculums to prepare future supply chain leaders to go beyond traditional concepts to navigate disruption.

    By Craig Guillot • Sept. 9, 2025
  • A red Burlington storefront says "ladies, mens, kids, baby, home, coats," as clouds billow overhead in a bright blue sky.
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    How to keep the ‘off’ in ‘off price’ in the tariff era

    In order to make good on their value promise, retailers like TJX, Ross and Burlington are being hypervigilant about pricing across the industry.

    By Daphne Howland • Sept. 9, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters in the Oval Office at the White House.
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    US enacts Japan tariff deal

    President Donald Trump clarified the 15% rate will generally not stack, and that some aircraft, mineral and pharmaceutical products may soon qualify for exclusions.

    By • Sept. 4, 2025
  • Lithium-rich brine dries in an evaporation pond next to mounds of salt bi-product at a lithium mine in the Atacama Desert on August 24, 2022 in Salar de Atacama, Chile.
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    Energy Department allocates $60M for two critical mineral programs

    The Trump administration’s latest funding plans target rare earth magnet development and evaluation of domestic ore deposits.

    By • Sept. 4, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump holds his executive order imposing tariffs.
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    Trump administration calls on SCOTUS to decide tariffs’ legality

    The Solicitor General asked the court to decide by Sept. 10 whether to grant a review of an appellate court ruling that found President Donald Trump's global tariffs illegal.

    By • Sept. 4, 2025
  • A close up image of a clump of avocadoes with stickers that say "avocados Mexico."
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    Mexico’s avocado industry pledges deforestation-free exports by 2026

    The move comes after investigations found illegal deforestation and water sourcing, along with violent coercion, in the country’s avocado region.

    By Lauren Schenkman • Sept. 3, 2025
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    Asus pivots production to Southeast Asia to ease tariffs

    The company has moved over 90% of its motherboard and PC production to Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.

    By • Sept. 3, 2025
  • Milk chocolate KitKat bars wrapped in wrappers made with recycled plastic
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    Nestlé develops ‘groundbreaking’ process to boost cocoa production

    The discovery could increase the supply of the popular commodity, which has seen yields cut due to climate change.

    By Christopher Doering • Sept. 2, 2025
  • President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking in the White House's Rose Garden.
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    Appellate court rules Trump’s global tariffs illegal, but delays action

    The court intends to strike down the tariffs by mid-October, pending a Supreme Court review of the ruling.

    By • Sept. 1, 2025
  • Packages of Colgate toothpaste on display at market
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    Colgate-Palmolive earmarks $300M for supply chain, efficiencies

    The company unveiled the restructuring investment less than 12 months after completing a two-year streamlining initiative.

    By • Aug. 28, 2025
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    Toto opens $224M factory in Georgia to boost supply chain resiliency

    The high-end toilet maker expects to reduce product lead times by switching sourcing from its Asia plants to North America.

    By • Aug. 28, 2025
  • President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House on Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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    Trump’s latest tariff threats target China magnets, digital taxes

    The president floated 200% duties on imports from China if the country does not ship magnets to the U.S. and vowed levies for nations with digital service taxes.

    By • Aug. 26, 2025
  • A person shops for furniture in a Room & Board store on Aug. 12, 2025, in San Francisco.
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    Trump says furniture tariffs coming in next 50 days

    The president said his administration is conducting an investigation into the sector just days after applying steel and aluminum levies on various household appliances.

    By • Aug. 25, 2025
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    Trump sets stage for more tariffs with wind turbine probe

    Capstone analysts said they expect the government to expedite the investigation and apply tariffs “likely around 25%-50%” on turbines and components.

    By Meris Lutz • Aug. 25, 2025
  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (center) and U.S. President Donald Trump (right) walk together during the G7 Leaders' Summit on June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Alberta. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni walks behind Carney and Trump.
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    Canada to scale back retaliatory tariffs for US imports on Sept. 1

    The country will lift levies on goods compliant with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement while maintaining sector-specific duties on steel, aluminum and cars.

    By • Aug. 22, 2025
  • Man standing on a platform at a lihium mining operation in Chile
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    Energy Department to boost critical mineral supply with $1B funding

    The financial support is part of the Trump administration’s effort to reduce reliance on foreign sources of critical minerals, especially from China.

    By • Aug. 21, 2025
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    Snickers maker Mars pursues stable chocolate supply with gene-editing

    The candy giant is using Pairwise’s plant-breeding technology to improve cocoa production as climate challenges and disease send prices soaring.

    By Sarah Zimmerman • Aug. 21, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on July 27, 2025, in Turnberry, Scotland.
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    US, EU agree to terms of framework trade pact

    The two trading partners documented provisions of a deal that would set a 15% tariff on many EU imports, including cars, auto parts, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors.

    By • Aug. 21, 2025
  • A display of office products on a table inside of a Container Store.
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    Courtesy of The Container Store
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    As The Container Store cracks down, suppliers wonder about its future

    Chief Commercial Officer Martin Schumacher recently told vendors their margins have been “artificially high” and warned that “those days are over.”

    By Daphne Howland • Aug. 20, 2025
  • Panelists discuss strategies for tariff resiliency across operations at a July 23 Supply Chain Dive Outlook event.
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    Nathan Owens/Manufacturing Dive

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    Tariff strategies, economic clouds: What to know for the rest of 2025

    Industry experts discussed commodity markets and logistics changes at Supply Chain Dive’s annual outlook event.

    By • Aug. 19, 2025
  • People inspect refrigerators in a Home Depot store on March 31, 2025, in San Rafael, California.
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    US expands scope of Section 232 steel, aluminum tariffs

    Truck trailers, certain car parts and numerous household appliances will now face 50% levies, per guidance from Customs and Border Protection.

    By • Aug. 18, 2025