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Sourcing Trends 2014: Wages, Compliance and Top Sourcing Countries
Every year the apparel industry is buffeted by a combination of domestic and global trends. The global nature…
Factory Roles Get Messy in New Sourcing Landscape
Factories have evolved to take a new, higher profile role in the apparel sourcing chain, but the rising tide…
Sourcing Experts Say Production Shifts in China Never Materialized as Expected
There has been an industry trope for years that sourcing in China is shifting to new regions, however…
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At the beginning of the apparel supply chain is a basic question: where should the fabric come from? As…
Special Report: Successful Sourcing in Bangladesh
A survey conducted by McKinsey & Company found that sourcing decision makers at major apparel firms almost…
Top 10 Sourcing Companies: Why Rankings Are Obsolete
It’s that time of year again when Top 10 “Best Of” lists for every superlative around are released both for…
2013 Outlook: More of the Same, Mostly
Industry sources expect 2013 to look a lot like 2012. A slow-but-steady global economic outlook, combined…
Stabilization in 2012 Settles Apparel Concerns, But May Lose Ground to Late Year Turmoil
T he economy continued its slow climb back from the Great Recession in 2012, but industry experts said that…
Beyond Price: Apparel Companies Look to a Broad Array of Factors to Make Decisions
Historically the stereotype of the apparel industry has been a strategy of chasing the lowest cost of needle…
Successful Sourcing in Bangladesh
Wage increases and capacity pressure in traditional sourcing juggernauts like China have widened the…
Flexible Supply Chain Strategy Key to Sourcing From Long-Lead Time Countries
Fast fashion retailers have changed traditional operating models by speeding up time to market and adopting…
U.S. Retailers Aim to Chase Europe’s Fast Fashion Juggernauts
Fast fashion retailers are redefining how the apparel world looks at supply chain strategy and decision…
Trade Bill With AGOA, CAFTA-DR Amendments Moves on the Hill
Congress reached an agreement in late June to advance legislation that would make changes to two trade…
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