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Manufacturing

Reshoring brought about 247,000 announced US factory jobs in 2025

Transportation equipment and electronics led the announcements, but US factory payrolls fell by 113,000. The Reshoring Initiative expects a bigger year ahead.

Briefing

Manufacturing

Bayer plans a $2.2B drug plant in New Albany, Ohio

The first production module is due to be operational in 2031, the second in 2034.

Briefing

Logistics

USPS stretches Ground Advantage to 10+ days for Alaska, Hawaii

Parcels under one pound now move primarily by surface on those routes.

Briefing

Logistics

C.H. Robinson agrees to buy RXO for $5.8B

Robinson expects about $300 million a year in cost savings within two years of closing.

Trade

Briefing

CBP opens Phase 3 tariff refunds, but only to importers that sued

Plaintiffs had to give CBP a valid importer of record number by July 30.

Funding

Manufacturing

Inbolt raises $12.5M for 3D vision that guides factory robots

The round brings the Paris company's total funding to about $34 million.

Workforce

Briefing

Dockworkers from four countries protest automation at DP World Vancouver

Automation is expected to be a key issue in contract talks next year.

Fulfillment

News

Nike plans a supply chain it can cut as fast as sales fall

The sportswear giant is moving its network to a variable cost structure after lower warehousing costs lifted margins while revenue fell 4%.

Freight

News

Conagra says freight costs are rising twice as fast as it planned

The packaged-food maker is absorbing transportation inflation at double its budgeted rate, which its CFO blames on the driver shortage and oil prices.

Fulfillment

News

AutoZone plans to nearly double its mega hubs to about 300

The auto parts retailer is adding more than 40 mega hubs next year, each stocking up to 110,000 different parts for the stores around it.

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