Apparel Textile Sourcing General Interest Blog
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 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,…
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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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…
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 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…