More From Robert P. Antoshak
Let’s Put an End to Cotton’s Scapegoat Status
When it comes to sustainability in fashion, the finger-pointing is often directed at the wrong target.
After Years of Globalization, It’s Time to Pay the Tab
It was apparent at the recent Textile Exchange conference that our industry has a lot of work to do.
Cotton Questions: How Long Before Brands Push Back on Pakistani Prices?
The IMF is forecasting weaker global growth as myriad challenges strike at once.
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The House speaker's recent visit to Taiwan had the industry on edge as it potentially escalated tensions…
Staring at an Economic Precipice? Just Wait, It Gets Worse
The Federal Reserve is caught in an inflationary bind where raising rates too quickly could ultimately do…
When Politics and Economics Clash: Neoliberalism’s Massive Missteps
The trade war between the U.S. and China and the conflict in the Ukraine could be harbingers that the era of…
All This Inflation Talk Is Giving Me Indigestion
Russia's war in Ukraine has compounded an already skittish economic recovery still reeling from the effects…
Ukraine-Russia War Triggers Commodity Price Spike. What About Cotton?
As the price of many commodities, most notably oil, is reaching multiyear highs, cotton seems to be…
Op-Ed: As China’s Economy Struggles, What Happens to Sourcing?
Will textiles and apparel always be produced in China? Of course. But the industry will steadily lose its…
Op-Ed: Facing The New Challenges For Cotton
The textile industry has undergone enormous change in the past 10 years. Global trade in textiles was once…
Op-Ed: “The True Cost” of the Global Garment Business
In my experience, globalization is great, but only to a point. When excessive consumerism acts as a carrot…
Op-Ed: American Consumers and Their Discontents
Another holiday shopping season has come and gone; it wasn’t too bad depending upon whom you ask. After some…
The Global Cotton Industry: A Look at its Past with Insight Into its Future
For many people, the term "globalization" only has significance as a label for business development over the…
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Prospects for China’s Textile Industry
With China's ascension to the World Trade Organization (WTO) long completed, global investment in China's…
Forces of Change: The Global Textile Industry in Transition
Enormous forces of change have buffeted the global textile industry over the past quarter century…