#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. WASHINGTON, D.C. —  As the world marks four years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, fashion executives have become all too acquainted with vol...

#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. With over 100,000 suppliers, the scale of Walmart’s supply chain is mind-boggling. And so when the world’s largest retailer takes on a supply chain in...

#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: As retailers like Macy’s continue shrinking their physical footprints, off-price retailer TJX Cos. expects to deepen its relationship wit...

#SmallBusiness Dive Brief: Under Armour is closing in on a “normalized” inventory position, with levels down 9% year over year to $1.1 billion in its most recent reporting period, CFO Dave Bergman told analysts earlier in February. Inventory...

#SmallBusiness A federal judge on Wednesday signed off on a plan that would give many customers of the bankrupt furniture company Mitchell Gold Co. the option to receive products that have been tied up in supply chain limbo for months. The agre...

#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Balloon manufacturer Anagram filed for bankruptcy Wednesday amid uncertainty around its supply agreement with its corporate owner, Party City. The retai...

#SmallBusiness When Bed Bath & Beyond filed for bankruptcy late last month, the retailer lacked the means to keep its shelves stocked while making its loan payments.  That liquidity crisis followed months of supply chain struggles ultimately ti...

#SmallBusiness In the story of Bed Bath & Beyond’s bankruptcy, which hit the court docket Sunday after months of speculation, the retailer’s suppliers and supply chain play leading roles.  The company is in Chapter 11 today partly because it co...

#SmallBusiness Dive Brief: Amazon unveiled a new information-sharing platform Thursday aimed at helping retailers track counterfeiters and stop sales of online fakes. Dubbed the Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange (ACX), the e-commerce giant describe...

#SmallBusiness Dive Brief: Funko is in the process of destroying between $30 million and $36 million worth of inventory after surplus stocks strained its fulfillment network and ratcheted up operating costs. The maker of toys and collectibles ...

#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Despite its namesake, inventory excess isn’t really a problem at Overstock.com. That’s for the simple reason that the online home goods retailer doesn’t...

#SmallBusiness Dive Brief: Inventory management has become an advantage for Macy’s even in a tough retail environment, according to analysts and company executives. Macy’s CFO Adrian Mitchell pointed to inventory productivity as a “value creat...

#SmallBusiness Dive Brief: Kohl’s is revamping how it manages its inventory after net sales fell more than 7% in FY2022 and margins shrunk by nearly five percentage points. The discount department store chain is committed to shrinking its inve...

#SmallBusiness Dive Brief: An influx of high-quality inventory at off-price giant TJX Cos. helped push the retailer’s comparable sales up 4% in Q4. On a call with analysts, CEO and President Ernie Herrman noted that top-line struggles of e-com...

#SmallBusiness This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The year 2021 was a short-lived golden age for retailers. Consumer demand came roaring back from its pandemic lows with such ferocity that many were abl...

#SmallBusiness Dive Brief: With much of its operations using renewable energy, Ikea is eyeing changes to its materials strategy as it works to further decrease its greenhouse gas emissions. The Swedish furniture giant said its emissions in FY ...

#SmallBusiness The White House unveiled a $950 million round of investments by private sector players in Central America sourcing, infrastructure and businesses. The latest investments bring the total to $4.2 billion since the May 2021 launch o...

#SmallBusiness Lululemon launched a program to increase supplier diversity in its non-merchandise purchasing operations.  The program will take a “phased approached” and begin with a focus on U.S.-based firms certified as 51% or more owned and ...

#SmallBusiness As consumer demand slows, the return of high-profile retailers in financial distress is a reminder of how vital trade credit is to the health and even viability of many store chains. It also shines a light on the financial threat...

#SmallBusiness Dive Brief: Fast fashion giant Shein plans to spend $15 million over the next three or four years to upgrade hundreds of factories in its supply chain as part of its responsible sourcing program. The money will go toward “physic...