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Judith Russell

Higher Women’s and Children’s Prices Bump Apparel CPI in April

Apparel and footwear prices rose slightly in April for the second straight month, resisting the downward…

Consumers Increased Credit Card Use in March

Americans spent more than they earned in March, using credit cards to finance the difference, according…

China Loses US Apparel Market Share in Q1 2014

China’s loss of US apparel import share has been Vietnam’s gain so far in 2014. Total apparel imports for the…

Apparel Spending Slows to a Crawl in March

Consumer spending on apparel and footwear continued its slow steady slide in March, according to the…

US Apparel Imports Surge in March

U.S. apparel import growth outpaced that of total goods and services in March, according to the most…

Wool Prices Do An About-Face in April

Wool prices, which dropped almost 10 percent in the first quarter of 2014, suddenly stabilized and moved…

Chinese E-Commerce Giant Alibaba Plans IPO

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba filed papers Tuesday for an initial public (IPO) offering that could turn…

Global Synthetic Price Declines Bottom Out in April

The global synthetic fiber price decline that began late last year and intensified in early 2014 was tempered…

Chinese Cotton Reserves Send Cotton Prices on an April Ride

Cotton prices fell for the first two weeks of April, then recovered, finishing the month almost where they…

Is CAFTA Working?

The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA-DR, was passed in 2005 to…

Helped by Apparel Specialty Stores, Retail Sales Rally in March

Retail sales rebounded in March as consumers began to emerge from the frigid winter with pent-up demand and…

Footwear Prices Stumble in March

Though overall inflation rose in March, according to data just released by the U.S. Department of Commerce, fo…

Apparel Prices Rebound in March

Apparel and footwear prices rose in March, according to data just released by the U.S. Department of…

Footwear Imports Continue to Drag Their Feet in February

Footwear import growth continued to slow in February, according to recent data from the Office of…

Sluggish Demand Depresses Synthetic Fiber Prices in March

The global synthetic fiber price decline that began late last year has continued through the first three…