NORTHBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 24, 2026--
UL Solutions Inc. (NYSE: ULS), a global leader in applied safety science, today announced Retail Total Access, a software platform that helps retailers manage product quality and supply chain risk with a clearer, unified view of data.
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Retailers are managing more complex supply chains with less tolerance for error, while quality data often sits across multiple systems. Retail Total Access brings testing, inspection and audit information into one place, helping teams see supplier performance, identify repeat issues and respond earlier.
“Retailers need a clearer view of quality and risk across their supply chains and their product life cycles,” said Josh Warren, vice president and general manager of the Retail and Consumer Products group at UL Solutions. “Our Retail Total Access platform brings key data together so teams can spot issues sooner and act with confidence.”
Retail quality teams often face limited visibility into suppliers, disconnected systems and difficulty identifying patterns across programs. These challenges can slow decisions and increase risk.
Retail Total Access helps answer common operational questions, including:
- Which vendors are performing well or trending poorly
- Where repeat failures are occurring
- How many shipments are delayed due to quality issues
- Which regions or factories present a higher risk
The platform includes tools to submit testing, inspection and audit requests, track progress, access reports and images, manage failures and review performance through analytics. It is designed to help teams:
- See quality performance across suppliers and regions
- Analyze trends to support product and vendor decisions
- Identify inefficiencies in quality programs
- Reduce risk from underperforming suppliers
Retail Total Access was developed for retail clients based on customer input and is intended to support changing quality and compliance needs across global supply chains. Features and functionality will continue to evolve and be released over time. Learn more about UL Solutions’ Retail Total Access software.
About UL Solutions
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions Inc. (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, advisory offerings and software solutions that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
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UL Solutions announced Retail Total Access, a software platform that helps retailers manage product quality and supply chain risk with a clearer, unified view of data.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Monday in a case over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much can be implemented before the fast-approaching midterm elections.
The decision appears to leave room for additional court challenges that could further slow Trump's order, including in another similar case. The U.S. Postal Service laid out how it would implement the order last week, but time is running short to impose major changes with some states beginning to send mail ballots to voters in just a few weeks.
The Supreme Court's three liberal-leaning justices dissented from the unsigned order.
Mail balloting has long been a favorite target for Trump, who has claimed that it breeds fraud despite strong evidence to the contrary and his own use of the voting method.
The case could be one of multiple voting-related challenges before the justices. The Justice Department had filed an emergency appeal asking the high court to allow work on implementing the changes before the midterms.
Trump's executive order, signed in March, calls on his administration to create lists of eligible voters and orders the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to people on those lists.
Democratic officials in 23 states and the District of Columbia sued to block the order. They argued that the Constitution gives states and Congress the power to run elections, and Trump’s changes could lead to chaos and partisan abuse.
“The consequences of allowing such transformative changes to take effect so close to this fall’s elections would be extreme,” attorneys for the states wrote. Dozens of state and local election officials weighed in, asking the justices to leave the order frozen while election preparations are already underway.
A judge in Massachusetts blocked the plan for the midterm elections in those states. An appeals court upheld her decision. She later granted a second order blocking it nationwide, another potential stumbling block for Trump administration plan.
The Justice Department appealed to the Supreme Court on procedural grounds in late July, arguing that the states sued too soon. They also pointed to another ruling out of Washington, where a judge allowed Trump’s order to proceed. An appeals court backed that decision, while still leaving room for future court action if the changes are implemented.
Federal attorneys argued that the Massachusetts order “blocks the government’s ability to finalize and implement the President’s proposed policies to promote election integrity for the upcoming federal elections in November.”
A dozen Republican-leaning states supported the federal government in their own appeal before the high court, saying states would have input on the final voter lists.
The Supreme Court has previously ruled against Trump-backed arguments on mail-in ballots, finding in June that states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day. That case was decided after full briefing and arguments, rather than on the court’s emergency docket.
Trump has blamed mail voting — without credible evidence — for his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. He has promoted the proposed changes in his executive order as safeguards to keep non-U.S. citizens from voting.
He’s also repeatedly pressed for the passage of the legislation that requires proof of citizenship to vote. Noncitizen voting has been shown to be rare, and is a felony that can be punishable by deportation.
Using mail ballots has become increasingly popular with voters of both parties, with about 30% of all ballots cast that way during the 2024 presidential election, according to federal data. The process also is secure. A 2025 Brookings Institution study found only about four cases of fraud out of every 10 million mail ballots cast.
An election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office for the Florida primary election in Doral, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
An election worker places a vote-by-mail ballot into a secure bin at the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office during the Florida primary election in Doral, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
