Williams-Sonoma to spread tariff refunds to vendors, employees
The kitchenware retailer is funneling $10 million toward the retirement accounts of workers who helped it navigate tariffs while also reimbursing vendors for discounts.
The kitchenware retailer is funneling $10 million toward the retirement accounts of workers who helped it navigate tariffs while also reimbursing vendors for discounts.
Although 70% of manufacturing leaders expect to manage a robot fleet in the next five years, roughly four in 10 have a formal strategy in place for a mixed human-robot workforce.
Why resilient networks leverage scale, multimodal flexibility and coordinated execution.
The Canxport facility has opened three years after it broke ground, providing British Columbia’s bulk commodity exporters a new container gateway.
SC Ports wants to dredge the Cooper River from its current 48-foot depth to handle larger ships at its North Charleston Terminal.
The larger of the two orders is for a dozen 22,000-TEU ships that the carrier said will “boost [its] competitive advantage” on routes such as the Far East to Northwest Europe.
Rates have been trending higher since the beginning of August due to the dislocation of carrier services linked to a string of storms that have disrupted operations at key ports in China.
An active participant in the port’s clean-air initiatives, Yusen has agreed to spend $200 million on zero-emission equipment at its terminal under terms of the lease extension.
A new report this week says planned gas-fired projects tied directly to US data centers reached 189 gigawatts in the first half of 2026, almost twice as much under development a year ago.
Manuel Cabañas has been with Suntory Global Spirits since 2000 and will now oversee manufacturing, distribution, quality, sourcing and operations across the company’s global network.