Kimberly-Clark secures $45M tariff refund, half of what it paid in 2025

The personal care product maker said the refunds will offset incremental cost increases tied to higher oil prices while allowing it to maintain price consistency.

By Antone Gonsalves • Updated Aug. 14, 2026

Walmart flags fewer supplier standard violations

The retailer logged 754 cases in fiscal 2026, down 35% year over year, according to its latest ESG report.

By Kelly Stroh • Aug. 12, 2026

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Risk Management

Risk takes many forms in the supply chain, including severe weather, geopolitical turmoil and trade uncertainty. Explore the tactics supply chain managers use to navigate disruptions. 

By Supply Chain Dive staff

Retailers stocked up for upcoming holiday season

Data from NRF projects that imports at major U.S. ports have peaked as businesses built up inventory ahead of new tariffs.

By Dani James • Aug. 12, 2026

Clorox says ERP transition will provide supply chain gains this year

The household cleaning and consumer products maker expects improvements through better planning, lower inventory levels and more automation.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 11, 2026

GE Appliances deepens Texas Instruments sourcing for resilience

The appliance manufacturer aims to maintain continuity of supply by boosting spend with the semiconductor firm, an executive told Supply Chain Dive.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 11, 2026

Jalapeños served at Qdoba, Chipotle tied to Salmonella outbreak

Both chains stopped serving potentially contaminated peppers after hundreds of consumers across 27 states fell ill.

By Aneurin Canham-Clyne • Aug. 11, 2026

Nintendo recoups $300M in tariff refunds as memory crunch intensifies

The video game console maker said it absorbed most duties last year, but it faces another supply chain hurdle as memory prices continue to rise. 

By Phil Neuffer • Aug. 11, 2026

Michael Kors owner says port congestion spurred inventory delays

Capri Holdings is working to accelerate receipts where possible, turning to air freight and working with freight forwarders to tap faster vessels.

By Kelly Stroh • Aug. 10, 2026

Clorox expects $200M inflation hit, supply chain costs a factor

Increasing energy, commodity and supplier costs are significant contributors, along with higher trucking, ocean freight and logistics-related expenses.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 10, 2026

Starbucks targets 24-hour inventory replenishment

The effort comes after the coffeehouse chain pulled the plug on an AI-powered inventory management tool after nine months.

By Kelly Stroh • Aug. 6, 2026

Chipotle pulls some jalapeños over Salmonella concerns

The brand removed peppers that its ingredient traceability system identified as potentially contaminated and replaced them with products from alternate suppliers.

By Aneurin Canham-Clyne • Aug. 5, 2026

Apple warns memory prices, constraints to keep rising

Supply constraints were driven mainly by a lack of advanced-node capacity for producing Apple’s systems-on-a-chip.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 5, 2026

3 factors that may shape the air cargo market in H2

The Iran war continues to drive market volatility while artificial intelligence-related cargo fuels growth on the Transpacific trade lane.

By Kelly Stroh • Aug. 3, 2026

Chocolate makers rethink supply chains in face of cocoa price swings

Mondelēz International and Hershey are relying on innovation and sourcing diversification to shield themselves from volatility.

By Sarah Zimmerman • Aug. 3, 2026

GE Aerospace trims lead times by 60%

The aircraft engine manufacturer consolidated processes and cut distance traveled during the quarter, leading to a jump in F110 deliveries in Q2.

By Phil Neuffer • July 31, 2026

General Motors drives toward supply chain resiliency

The automaker is upping its domestic production investments while securing memory supply to shield rising commodity and logistics costs.

By Phil Neuffer • July 30, 2026

How Walmart uses AI to limit weather disruptions in its supply chain

The retailer uses technology to determine how to reroute or position inventory before severe weather events occur, an executive told Supply Chain Dive.

By Max Garland • July 29, 2026

Gap meets 2025 fabric sourcing goals, emissions cuts uneven

The retailer procured 100% of its cotton from sustainable sources in fiscal 2025, but certain emissions increased from the prior year, per its annual environmental report.

By Antone Gonsalves • July 28, 2026

3 tips for shippers watching the USMCA review

As trade priorities change, companies need to ensure their supply chains are optimized to pivot, experts said during a panel hosted by Supply Chain Dive.

By Kelly Stroh • July 27, 2026

Iran war escalation rankles plastic supply chains

July fighting squashed the promise of a June ceasefire and the Strait of Hormuz reopening, creating a “stop-start recovery” for the flow of virgin materials as prices rise. 

By Katie Pyzyk • Updated July 24, 2026

Conagra to invest $125M in supply chain resilience

The food manufacturer intends to maintain high service levels, reassess its product mix and reduce days of inventory, executives said.

By Antone Gonsalves • July 24, 2026

TSMC makes another $100B US investment

The funding will result in four additional advanced semiconductor manufacturing facilities, bringing the company’s total in the U.S. to 12, the National Institute of Standards and Technology said.

By Jeff Kinney • July 23, 2026

Taylor Farms lettuce didn’t contain parasite behind diarrhea outbreak, FDA says

The agency said a previous finding was “a false positive,” but the supplier to companies such as Walmart and Taco Bell remains at the heart of an ongoing investigation.

By Phil Neuffer • July 21, 2026

JBS axes 2040 net-zero goal, citing ‘immense’ execution challenges

The meat giant will no longer aim to achieve net-zero greenhouse emissions across its supply chain by 2040 and has also dropped scope 3 reduction targets.

By Zoya Mirza • July 21, 2026

Logistics resiliency is critical as disruptions pile up in 2026

“It is increasingly difficult to really predict where that next disruption is going to come from,” Ranole Beng, Maersk's head of Transpacific market for ocean, said in a virtual panel.

By David Taube • July 20, 2026