The challenge is understanding how regulatory changes influence shopper behavior, conversion rates, profitability and expansion opportunities across every market you serve.

Alenka Turnsek, tax sustainability leader with EY, lays out the challenges that fashion supply chains face in coping with overlapping regulations and tax policies in global markets.

Most supply chain investments today focus on speed—faster scenarios, real-time visibility, and AI-driven decision-making. Yet many organizations still struggle with constant firefighting, expediting, and low plan adherence.

Incisiv’s 2026 supply chain resilience report, conducted in partnership with Anaplan, assesses the current state of supply chain operations by surveying industry leaders across North America and EMEA. By examining strategic priorities, demand-supply responsiveness, technology and AI infrastructure, and financial outcomes, the research uncovers the critical financial impact of the “latency tax”— the hidden cost of delayed decision-making — and how to reclaim that margin.

Modern leaders need data-driven insights to make confident, real-time decisions that shield margins, enhance supply chain operations, and enrich customer experiences. As executives face a deluge of data points, this isn’t always straightforward. Global supply chain organizations face additional uncertainty — ranging from shifting environmental conditions to geopolitical disruption.

For boards of directors, supply chain design, risk exposure and resilience now carry heavy strategic, financial and legal consequences.

When tariffs are slapped on supply chains, who pays the tab?

Build the scorecard for the carriers you want; hold everyone to it consistently, and the routing guide largely sorts itself out.

Companies start asking the question: Should we automate? But the question they should be asking first is: Can we?

CBP is in the process of issuing refunds to importers who paid as much as $166 billion across more than 53 million import entries.