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Industry Pushes for Passage of USMCA and Import Tax Relief Act

The NRF called on Congress to pass legislation requiring an exclusion process from the Trump administration's…

Video: Tariff Escalations, Calculations & the Impact on Consumer Confidence

Learn what a 25 percent tariff on apparel and footwear products from China would mean for goods produced…

The AAFA’s New Guidelines for Denim Finishing Puts the Worker First

The AAFA has released a new resource for denim finishing facilities that it hopes improves the lives and…

Apparel and Footwear Firms Sign AAFA-FLA Pact Against Forced Labor

The AAFA and the Fair Labor Association seek to raise the bar for how workers in the industry are treated.

Bill Eliminates $1 Million in Tariffs Per Day, Including Materials for US Manufacturing

With the signed Miscellaneous Tariff Bill now law, import tariffs of nearly $1 million per day will be…

There are No Quick Solutions to Fashion’s Microfiber Pollution Problem

Lenzing and AAFA discussed the thorny issue of microfibers polluting waterways and harming marine life—and…

Cambodia’s Human Rights Face Pressure as Companies Reconsider Sourcing There

Cambodia's labor and human rights controversies are seeing increased scrutiny from U.S. industry and could…

AAFA Releases Updated Restricted Substances List

Maintaining compliance for apparel, footwear and home textile products could become more seamless with the…

Find Out Who’s on AAFA’s List for Retail’s Person of the Year and Company of the Year

The American Apparel & Footwear Association is honoring four industry leaders who are elevating apparel and…

Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Introduction Could Mean Major Duty Reductions for US Companies

The introduction of the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2017 in the congress was lauded by the American…

GSP Could Soon Save Footwear From Millions of Dollars in Duties

A bill that would designate certain footwear for duty-free savings under the Generalized System of…

Importers Concerned Over China’s Pollution Crackdown

The Chinese government's ongoing program to inspect factories throughout the country seems to have had only a…

Supply Chain Foundation Stable, But Uncertainty Lurks

Sourcing executives are heading into the second half of the year with some stability in raw material…

If You’re Worried About Amazon You’re Worried About the Wrong Company

Amazon has consistently been the company that makes every retailer quake at the mention of its name, but one…

Why Retailers are Headed into Industry 4.0 With the Wrong Mentality

Build it and they will come is a thing of the past. The retailers that are winning are doing so by listening…