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April 24th, 2018
Five Years Post-Rana Plaza: What Has Changed?
Disaster struck five years ago when a structural failure caused the five-story Rana Plaza to collapse, killing 1,134 factory workers. To this day, the incident is considered the deadliest accident to have occurred in a garment factory. If the building…
April 18th, 2018
Miami-Next China of Latin America?
For some time now, Miami has been touted as the “Gateway to the Americas. This is due to the fact that the Americas and the Caribbean look to South Florida as their entryway into the U.S for all things fashion,…
April 16th, 2018
Tips and Tricks for Attending a Trade Show
Trade shows are a plethora of vendors to visit, potential business partners to meet and speakers to be inspired by. In many industries, especially fashion, trade shows are a must-attend event. Whether you will be attending a trade show for…
April 11th, 2018
Miami Gives Back: Philanthropy Spotlight
In recent years, Miami has been garnering national attention for their swanky new hotels, influx of business investment in the area, and their rising apparel industry. What also deserves attention are some of the organizations that make philanthropy their mission. They…
April 8th, 2018
ATS-M Announces List of Panels and Seminars
Miami is heating up on the heels of Apparel Textile Sourcing’s U.S debut. Apparel Textile Sourcing MIAMI (ATS-M) will bring over 200 apparel companies from over a dozen countries under one roof at the Maya Wynwood May 21st-23rd, 2018. ATS-M, along…
March 31st, 2018
Keeping Up with the….U.S Trade Agreements
Keeping up with the new developments in U.S trade is starting to get as complicated as keeping up with the Kardashians. In the previous episode, The U.S enacted a 25% tariff on steel imports and 10% on aluminum as reported…
March 25th, 2018
The Next No-No: San Fran Bans Fur
The debate over fur is not a new one. In fact, animals-rights activists have been throwing red paint on those who wrap themselves in the material for years. And, pamphlets, commercials and viral videos have depicted the not so warm…
March 22nd, 2018
ITAA: It’s a Wonderful World of Textiles
Calling all textile lovers! Does your apparel profession allow you to pick, play and discover the latest and greatest in the fiber world? Or, do you wish you could pawn off that part of the design process off to a…
March 17th, 2018
The fashion industry has notoriously been a “cool kids” club. They congregate at the most fashionable table in the proverbial cafeteria and no, you cannot sit with them. This elite selection of people from fashion brands, magazines and other firms…
March 15th, 2018
Enterprise Florida Spurs Economic Development
Florida is like the younger sibling in the family, it’s warm, excitable and grandparents love them. For years, Florida has enjoyed a decent job market, population growth and tourism. But, it is in recent years that the state, particularly Miami,…
March 10th, 2018
The Struggle for a Living Wage
The fashion industry has immense power. As a 3 trillion USD industry that makes up 2% of the world’s GDP, it has the power to completely transform a market by creating economic development. On the other side of the coin,…
March 6th, 2018
China Brand Show to Make Debut at ATSC
This Summer will mark Apparel Textile Sourcing Canada’s third consecutive year at the International Centre in Toronto. The show has made a name for itself because of its ability to bring both the domestic and international apparel industry under one…
February 28th, 2018
Change in the Air: The New Era of Apparel Imports
Through our interdependent, globalized world, the U.S has long enjoyed access to goods from regions near and far. And, the apparel industry is prime example of that. Over the last 100 years, the U.S has changed its title from major…
February 27th, 2018
2018: New Frontier for Global Sourcing and the Fashion Business Model
The fashion industry has sure taken a hit as of late. Issues such as fluctuation of currency exchange rate, rising costs, the Retail Apocalypse, digitization of the value chain, slow sales, shorter lead times, etc. have been challenging to say…
February 26th, 2018
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YouTube is not just for cat videos, annoying ads that don’t let you skip, or a black hole in which you watch the entire music video library for an artist in the span of an afternoon. That is because Apparel…
February 23rd, 2018
Apparel Textile Sourcing Takes Mexico
This past Wednesday, Jason Prescott, CEO of JP Communications and producer of ATS-C and ATS-M trade shows, presented to Mexican Apparel & Textile Manufacturers featuring Pro Mexico, CANAIVE and EXINTEX in Mexico City. One goal of the trade shows is not…
February 19th, 2018
Singing the NAFTA Blues: Levi’s and the Future of Apparel Trade
A change in government always brings a change in which a nation conducts business. This may come in the form of bills, policy and of course trade. In the last year, trade has suffered the most back in forth and…
February 15th, 2018
Comin’ in Hot: Countdown to ATS-M
In a society where the fashion industry is oftentimes dismissed as a luxury, the power it holds can be forgotten. A market valued at 3 trillion USD, making up 2% of the world’s GDP, has the ability to impact not…
February 7th, 2018
Istituto Marangoni brings Milan to Miami
What do Miami and Milan have in common? Attractive people, picturesque architecture, a general zest for life…and now a brand-new fashion institute. So, with that being said, Ciao and benvenuto to Istituto Marangoni! The famed Italian fashion school has opened…
January 31st, 2018
The Amazon Effect: Fashion Edition
Amazon has been plotting to take over the Earth (and space!) for a while now. From the way we purchase groceries to the way we turn on our lights in our home, Amazon has seeped into our everyday lives. The…
January 30th, 2018
Sustainable Apparel-Trend or The Future?
“Fashion is a reflection of society, and as such, has joined the global environmental concern to plunge into a new transformation towards sustainable fashion.”- Sara Pistola Grille. The fashion writer sums up the trend of apparel towards a more sustainable approach to…
January 24th, 2018
Style Star Miami is Ready for Industry Growth
“Dismissed for decades as the land that style forgot, the city is having another moment in the fashion sun.” This the opening to a Departures article by Horacio Silva about the long-awaited comeback of Miami fashion. Poignant and honest is…
January 19th, 2018
T-Shirt Prices to Soar Under Brexit?
Brexit, remember that old name? How could we forget the monumental decision when the United Kingdom voted for their exit from the European Union in Summer 2016. There has been much back and forth over whether British control over their…
January 12th, 2018
The Power of Color: From Shade to a Phenomenon
What does it take for a color to go from simply another shade to a full-blown phenomenon? Year after year the popularity of color ebbs and flows with the season, giving some the momentary spotlight while others take the backseat….
January 6th, 2018
Miami: Forgotten Fashion Capital?
Miami is known for many things- Ocean Drive, nightlife, vibrant colors and energy. But, before Los Angeles joined New York as the reigning capitals of fashion in the United States, Miami was producing top fashion designers and brands. In fact,…
December 28th, 2017
NAFTA’s Future Still Up For Debate
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is actually the world’s largest Free Trade Agreement. In its 2,000 pages, eight sections and 22 chapters, it ties the two developed nations with an emerging market for the first time. Together, the…
December 25th, 2017
Holiday Fashion Trends and Their Origins
Once the Pre-Fall collections hit the runways it is officially “Holiday” in the fashion world. Stores stock up on party attire that entices shoppers both passing by and on the other side of a computer screen. From glitz and glam…
December 21st, 2017
2018 is the Year of Pantone’s ‘Ultra Violet’
It’s a wonderful world of color and Pantone is at the center of that. Yes, Mother Nature has given us amber waves of grain and oceans that range from emerald green to cerulean. But, when it comes to fashion, interior…
December 18th, 2017
Miami Growth Paves Way for ATSM
Apparel Textile Sourcing is expanding this May! It could be easy to think we just want an excuse to experience the sun, surf and sand in Miami, but the city has many facets that make it a true player in…
December 14th, 2017
Bienvenidos a Miami: ATS Expands
On the heels of the success of Apparel Textile Sourcing Canada (ATS-C) comes an expansion to sunny Miami this May. JP Communications and ATS is bringing their unique brand of trade show to the United States for the first time…
