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McKinsey: Plan Now for the Next Supply Chain Shock
Disruptions lasting a month or longer, once every 3.7 years on average, cost companies about 40 percent of a…
McKinsey: Pandemic Demands ‘Immediate and Bold’ Action
While the pandemic will prompt some apparel firms to adopt speed and flexibility initiatives, capital…
People of Color Make up Just 13 Percent of Companies’ Executive Teams: McKinsey
In the corporate world, diversity is inadequate and companies that don't get it right will be…
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McKinsey: Pandemic Will Accelerate Supply Chain’s Much-Needed Makeover
The coronavirus pandemic, and quarantined workers remaining productive, are showing companies what's possible…
Stella McCartney Applies Lessons from Asia to European Store Strategy
The fashion brand wants to better measure shopper engagement and digital sales before considering reopening…
Apparel Sourcing’s Post-COVID-19 Savior? Federated Supply Chains
COVID-19 may have felled global supply chains but it may also prove the shove the manufacturing sector needed…
This is What Fashion’s Future Supply Footprint Should Look Like, McKinsey Says
Two things will happen in the next supply chain: a slowed scale back on China sourcing, and more nearshoring…
McKinsey Reveals Challenges of Driving Sustainable Sourcing at Scale
Sustainability has become a chief concern within apparel circles in recent years, but challenges have…
Supply Chain Recovery Plans Are Meaningless Without a Read on Post-Virus Consumer Spending
Supply chain firms planning a back-half recovery should include projections on future consumer spending and…
Will the Shopping Mall Look the Same After COVID-19?
If the retail apocalypse had shopping malls on the ropes, the coronavirus could deliver a bruising blow to a…
If Fashion Can’t Rewire Itself, Here’s What’s Going to Happen, McKinsey Says
Fashion has aired more of its erring ways as the pandemic exposes both cracks in the supply chain system and…
McKinsey Suggests 5 Strategies for Fashion’s Pandemic Playbook
McKinsey says there are steps fashion companies can take right away and offers ideas for the sector's…
Here’s How to Shockproof Your Supply Chain Now, McKinsey Says
Analyzing near, medium and long-term needs in every part of the supply chain allows firms to design a more…
These 5 Actions Could Separate Fashion’s COVID-19 Survivors from its Casualties, McKinsey Says
If fashion companies don't take certain actions now to navigate the impacts of COVID-19, they'll be in for an…
Textiles Sector Most at Risk for Coronavirus Disruption, McKinsey Says
Coronavirus is now impacting new continents in a bigger way, and the textiles sector stands to suffer the…