May 30, 2023
Cotton plays an integral role in consumers’ daily lives through clothing, home textiles, hygiene products and even food via cottonseed oil. Beyond serving fashion and functional purposes, cotton holds an emotional appeal for consumers, which stems from the many decades of marketing initiatives from Cotton Incorporated. Fifty years ago, Cotton Incorporated’s iconic Seal of Cotton […]
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May 23, 2023
Elevating a brand’s packaging in a sustainable way can sometimes be challenging. Doing so in a cost-effective way is even harder. Are the results worth it? Neenah, a specialty paper products and design solutions company, believes they are. “Sustainability is not a buzzword, it’s reality,” said Kristen Duncan, sustainable solutions product manager at Neenah. “So, […]
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May 17, 2023
One of the reasons it takes so long to design fashion garments is that the process requires three necessary skill sets—designer, tech designer and patternmaker—and the people filling those roles are often spread out among a global workforce. This often leads to endless back-and-forth collaborations that translate to endless delays. And in the $1.5 trillion […]
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May 1, 2023
It’s no surprise that returns are the bane of any retailer’s existence. In fact, the problem has escalated so much that returns have become a “trillion-dollar problem” for retailers, impacting the entire value chain from supply chain and inventory to operational to customer experience. But all hope is not yet lost. While the returns epidemic […]
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April 18, 2023
Both brands and consumers care about the origin of the products they buy regardless of price, but this is even more of a concern for higher-end goods. Premium raw materials command a bigger ticket price, and buyers want to know they are getting what they paid for. Pima cotton organization Supima has been protecting its […]
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March 30, 2023
Companies can’t assess exposure levels of sustainability and compliance risk if they don’t know who’s in their supply chain. And they can’t even begin to address problems found within each entity without detailed data. The key is to build a highly collaborative supply chain ecosystem with digital connectivity and visibility among all stakeholders. Digitizing and […]
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March 14, 2023
Having a net positive impact is often associated with carbon reduction, but to truly improve the world, companies must go beyond environmental responsibility to address the entirety of ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance). As part of their corporate social responsibility initiatives, both Pima cotton organization Supima and fashion brand Michael Stars have embraced educational […]
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January 25, 2023
When Interloop rolled out its Vision 2025 strategy in 2021, it set many targets for growth across its apparel manufacturing business. But the core to this five-year plan is its investment in people. By 2025, the Pakistan-based apparel and hosiery manufacturer aims to increase workforce diversity by 30 percent by employing thousands of women in […]
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December 21, 2022
Claims are just that, claims, when not backed up by science-backed data. And in today’s age where companies and even consumers are scrutinizing every bit of sustainability information put forth, no one wants to get caught making statements that ring false. It’s for that exact reason that renowned denim mill Crescent Bahuman is creating an […]
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December 16, 2022
Pandemic-era supply chain relationships have not always been on equal footing, with suppliers occasionally having to foot the bill for order cancellations and brands sometimes being left in the dark on the raw materials within their products. Paul Magel, president of application solutions at CGS, is adamant that it will take two to tango for […]
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December 12, 2022
The fast pace of consumer demand combined with global supply chain disruptions is putting manufacturers on their heels to keep up—but Interloop knows it is more than capable of adapting to current uncertainties. In fact, the hosiery manufacturer has robust plans to more than double its current apparel capacity from 20 million to 45 million […]
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December 9, 2022
Improving farming starts with people. For cotton, that means smallholders: Ninety-nine percent of the world’s cotton farmers are operating on a small scale. And it is those smallholders that are most adversely affected by sustainability issues like poor soil quality, poverty, working conditions and the effects of the climate crisis. As Alan McClay, CEO of […]
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