Levi Strauss (LEVI) earnings Q2 2025

Workers perfom their duties at the Nien Hsing Textile factory, a global manufacturer of Levi’s jeans, on the outskirts of Maseru, the capital of Lesotho, a small Southern African kingdom that U.S. President Donald Trump ridiculed last month, April 4, 2025.  Siphiwe Sibeko | Reuters Levi Strauss raised its full-year guidance Thursday and said it’s…

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Trump Brazil tariffs could raise coffee prices

President Donald Trump‘s proposed 50% tariff on Brazilian imports is bad news for coffee drinkers. Brazil, the largest U.S. supplier of green coffee beans, accounts for about a third of the country’s total supply, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Coffee beans need to grow in a warm, tropical climate, making Hawaii…

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How On creates its spray-on running shoes

Can running shoes be made by a spray gun? That’s the idea behind LightSpray, a new manufacturing technique created by Swiss sneaker company On.  “It allows us to produce an upper material in a completely automated way,” said Marc Maurer, On’s former co-CEO who recently left the company. “A traditional product is touched by approximately…

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