Procurement

The buy side: sourcing, suppliers, nearshoring, and where goods come from before they enter the network.

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Lululemon settles Texas PFAS probe with a supplier testing pledge

The three-year deal carries no fine and binds Lululemon to keep collecting lab reports or valid certifications from vendors.

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Recyclers start mining retired wind turbines for rare earths

Paladin plans to reach 150 tonnes a year as China's pause on its widest export controls ends Nov 10.

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Tractor Supply will collect $50M from vendors as tariff refunds stop covering its freight bill

Refunds helped the farm and ranch retailer absorb higher freight this year, and new vendor terms replace about half of that money.

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Kroger will cut prices $5B, pay for it by buying direct from growers

Kroger buys less than 1% of its goods direct today and wants that share above 10%.

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GM's metal and freight bill nears $2 billion, and could grow in 2027

Copper and steel cost about 50% more than last year's average, and freight costs reach GM within weeks.

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Apple adds a US titanium supplier as it buys more American-made metal

The three-year deal with a Pennsylvania mill uses mostly recycled metal, leaning less on the titanium sponge the US no longer makes.

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Amazon can earn a 3M stake by buying $6 billion of data center parts

Amazon has not committed to buy anything, and 3M signed a Taiwanese optics maker as a second source of parts.

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Yum shows suppliers new menu items before it sends a purchase order

Suppliers can flag capacity constraints or suggest alternatives before Yum commits to a new item.

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Mitsubishi turns to Vietnam for tungsten as China limits exports

Higher costs for recycled tungsten are pushing up prices for the Japanese toolmaker’s carbide products.

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Taylor Farms halts Mexico iceberg lettuce during cyclospora season

The supplier will also expand water and crop testing after an outbreak sickened 12,883 people.

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Services input prices hit their highest since July 2022, ISM says

The prices index rose to 74.0 in September from 72.6 in August.

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Factory input prices jump back to their Iran-war level, ISM says

The ISM prices index rose 6.8 points in September to 77.9.

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Shein says oil and freight costs cut its first-half profit

Fulfilment expenses reached 50.4% of second-quarter net revenue, up from 43.1% a year earlier.

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Axya raises C$17M for AI that runs manufacturers’ purchasing

C$5 million of the round is venture debt from CIBC.

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PepsiCo to raise prices on Doritos and Ruffles

The increases will be in the low-to-mid single digits, after earlier price cuts failed to lift sales.

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Mondelez’s new procurement chief inherits push to reduce cocoa reliance

Zakaria Dahkoun takes over procurement after leading the company’s cocoa sourcing through years of market volatility.

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USDA to reopen biggest port for Mexican cattle on Sept. 24

New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite that attacks livestock, forced the US to halt Mexican cattle imports last year.

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Europe's drought cuts 3.5M tonnes from the potato crop

That's worth up to €818 million in lost crop across five countries.

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Dell's shortages spread from memory to cooling and power

Dell raised its fiscal 2027 revenue guidance by $25 billion, to $192 billion.

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RH's China exit is still delaying deliveries a year later

Backorders ran about $75 million above the prior year after RH moved production out of China, while the company is now timing its next launch to when inventory can support it.

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Kroger is paying for its price cuts out of its supply chain

The grocer is refusing supplier cost increases it cannot verify and building a 1,000-item store brand at the lowest price tier, so its price cuts do not come out of margin.