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VF’s Jeanswear Coalition Taking Steps to Reduce Environmental Footprint
VF Corp.'s Made for Change initiative outlining goals for advancing environmental and social improvements…
Retail Cargo Imports Expected to Grow in First Half on Increased Consumer Demand
Imports at the nation's major retail container ports are expected to increase 4.9% during the first half of…
Italian Textile Machinery Orders on the Upswing in 2017
The orders index for textile machinery compiled by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery…
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Ocean Freight Rates Hit Trough But Fuel Prices Could Stir Waters
There are converging dynamics in ocean freight that seem to mostly be working in the favor of shippers, but…
Levi’s Revenue Rise on Global Effort, but Soft Dollar Hurts Bottom Line
Levi’s had one if its best top line results in years, but currency woes hit net income for the fourth quarter…
A Cotton Field Grows in Haiti as the Country Looks to Rebuild Its Supply Chain
As Haiti continues to work its way back from the devastating 2017 earthquake and rebuild its apparel…
US Customs Seized More Than $15 Million Worth of Fake Sports Merchandise
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Former CEO Feldenkries Makes Offer to Take Perry Ellis International Private
George Feldenkreis, former chief executive officer and chairman of Perry Ellis International, has made an…
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When designers, buyers and sourcing executives arrive at Première Vision Paris next week, they'll see a new…
Apparel Import Share Shifts as China Holds Steady and Ethiopia Expands
Patterns of change are emerging in U.S. apparel imports, and market share is shifting more and more to…
Home Goods Happenings: Applied DNA Sets CertainT PET Deal, Sheex Sleepwear Bows, Malouf Rolls Out Pillow and Duvet Lines
GHCL and Reliance Industries adopt Applied DNA's CertainT PET line, Sheex adds peformance sleepwear to its…
DyStar Rolls Out Better Indigo Spray
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