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The apparel brand recently migrated its Asia and Beyond Yoga business operations to a single platform that it first rolled out in North America. Please let us know if you have feedback. Levi Strauss & Co. expects to complete the transition to a unified enterprise resourcing planning system across its global operations by mid-2027, executives said on a July 8 earnings call.

A person walks down a hallway at Renfro Brands' Winston-Salem, North Carolina, office. Renfro Brands plans to expand its use of Inspectorio's AI-powered supply chain platform to streamline regulatory compliance and improve network visibility, according to a recent press release. The sock and legwear maker already uses Inspectorio’s quality risk management software and plans to start leveraging technology for responsible sourcing, regulatory compliance and traceability, Inspectorio said in the June 17 release.

“I’m talking about a supply chain that’s always on, always thinking, always connected, knows where everything’s at,” Adam Wiseman, senior director of distribution strategy at GE Appliances, said at a virtual event hosted by Supply Chain Dive on Wednesday. He and Marc Palazzolo, principal of strategic operations at Kearney, discussed how companies are rewiring their supply chains to be future-proof with a focus on resiliency and efficiency at Supply Chain Outlook: Trends and Risks to Watch in 2026. With an “always-on” supply chain, GE Appliances can monitor every purchase order and piece of inventoryno matter where it is in the production or delivery process, Wiseman said.

Section 232 aluminum and steel tariffs, which have been in place since 2018, in 2025. In 2025, countries in that Gulf region made up about 21% of primary aluminum imports, and 13% being semi-fabricated imports. Between June 2025 and today, beverage prices are up between 2% and 3%, he said, while canned fruits and vegetables are up about 5%, according to Consumer Price Index data.

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ArcBest ( NASDAQ: ARCB) also said it is placing the MoLo Solutions, Panther Premium Logistics and ArcBest Technologies brands under the ArcBest banner. In aggregate, the restructuring plan is expected to result in cash charges of $6 million to $7 million (mostly severance and benefits payments), and noncash impairment charges of $76.5 million (Panther and Vaux writeoffs). The unit’s operating ratio (inverse of operating margin) is expected to improve by 600 to 700 bps sequentially in the second quarter, implying a 90.8% adjusted OR (200 bps better year over year).

Amazon is cutting 494 jobs at its Port St. Lucie facility, adding to 616 layoffs in Homestead. The company is renovating and plans to reopen in 2028. Many gather in Fort Pierce for annual Unity in Our Community eventCheck out Stuart's Sailfish ParkFlorida's 39th annual Florida Cracker Trail Ride to Fort PierceSt.

For investors, it matters because companies using digital twins can cut maintenance costs, speed product development, prevent downtime and create ongoing software or services revenue—think of it like a flight simulator or virtual test lab that helps a business spot problems and improve performance before they happen. Industrial net absorption turned positive in the second quarter of 2026, reaching nearly 6 million square feet, its strongest reading in more than three years, while 12-month net absorption returned to positive territory after bottoming out at 23 million square feet in 2024. Defence-linked demand reached nearly 1 million square feet in the first half, helped by the Ministry of Defence’s 545,000-square-foot facility at Panattoni Park Swindon.