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Plan B for Tariffs: ‘Gobble Up Every Bit of Material That I Can’

With tariffs driving up the price of stainless steel, the precision-part manufacturer Accu-Swiss in Oakdale, Calif., came up with a plan to save money: turn off the lights but keep the machines on.

Manufacturing Grows in June, But Supply Chains Struggle, ISM Reports

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in June, and the overall economy grew for the 110th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.

World’s Shortest Supply Chain? Belgian Supermarket Tries Farm-to-Table Growing on Its Own Roof

Trying to create the shortest supply chain possible, a supermarket in Brussels is selling produce grown on its own roof only hours after being harvested.

Here's What Will Happen When China and U.S. Tariffs Take Effect Friday

When mutually threatened tariffs on $34bn goods come into effect this Friday, China will get a head start on the United States, Reuters reports.

New Era at Amazon’s Whole Foods Grates on Some Suppliers, Employees

Amazon.com Inc. has infused Whole Foods with its efficient, data-driven ethos in the year since it bought the natural grocer. But not all Whole Foods employees and suppliers are happy about that.

Target, Tesco and CVS to Require Environmental Impact Data From Suppliers

Target, Tesco and CVS Health have joined Walmart in an agreement to collect data from suppliers, through non-profit CDP, regarding their overall environmental footprint.

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Ensuring Workers’ Rights in Global Supply Chains

All the well-intentioned statements of corporate responsibility mean nothing if you can’t implant the message on the factory floor.

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Iconic Brands Feel Tariff Pain, and Corporate America Braces for More

With the U.S.-versus-the-world trade war threat heating up, Harley-Davidson Inc. and Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman Corp. may just be the canaries in the coal mine.

How Amgen Manages Supply-Chain Risk

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Walmart Bests Whole Foods in Study of Food Supply's Human Toll

Grocers including Walmart Inc., Jumbo Group Ltd. and Whole Foods Market Inc. fared poorly in ratings looking at the treatment of the women, farmers and food-sector workers who supply supermarket shelves in the U.S. and European Union.

Trump Tariffs Force Companies to Rework Supply Chains

From global manufacturers such as Harley-Davidson Inc to small tech startups, companies are scrambling to rework supply chains built for an era of stable, open trade policy that is now under threat.

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ASOS Pledges to Ban Mohair, Cashmere and Silk From 2019

Animal welfare in fashion has had a huge boost last week. Asos — the second biggest clothing site in the U.K., with 64.4 million visitors in the six months to May 2018 — has pledged to ban silk, mohair, cashmere and feathers from its site from January 2019. In addition, products using down, teeth and bone — including mother-of-pearl, which is taken from the shell of some molluscs — also fall under the planned ban.

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