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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…
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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…
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…
Employment Stalls at Apparel Retailers
U.S. employment is growing, but not in the apparel retail sector, according to data just released by the…
China Continues to Lose Ground in U.S. Apparel Market
Total U.S. apparel imports fell by almost 2% to $6.2 billion in February compared to the same month last…
Wool Prices Retreat in March
Wool prices have dropped 4% since the end of February, on top of a 2% decline since late January, according…
U.S. Apparel Imports Slow Dramatically in February
U.S. apparel imports grew much slower than imports of all goods and services in February, reversing a trend…