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Data Privacy Laws
For nearly a year, consumers have been spending more time online -- and generating more data with every minute that passes. Companies like to...
Clothing Durability & What’s In Your Closet
In the last 15 years, we've seen trends towards disposability in the fashion industry, disturbing sustainability advocates.
The Value of a Review
When was the last time you went to a new restaurant without checking Yelp or Google reviews? The same held true for checking movie...
Monthly Economic Letter February 2021
The latest USDA report featured increases to world production (+1.3 million to 114.1 million) and consumption forecasts (+1.5 million bales to 117.2 million). Due...
Self-Care & Wellness
Looking back on 2020, did it really only last one year? It started with unsettling murmurs of a strange new virus. That was followed...
Consumer Shopping
Now that we're firmly enmeshed in the New Year, it would be nice if 2020 were a distant memory. But COVID-19 is still incredibly...
How to Survive & Thrive
If the pandemic was hard on major retailers who have doors and customers nationwide along with a strong internet presence, small businesses weren't about...
Monthly Economic Letter January 2021
RECENT PRICE MOVEMENT Global cotton prices continued to rise over the past month. The NY March...
The Year of Take Back
Even though a surge in COVID-19 cases and post-election stress didn't exactly make for a holly, jolly Christmas season, American consumers pushed holiday retail...
Carving Out Loyalty
It's kind of funny/not funny how retail and personal relationships can seem so similar. This past year has been more than tough for both....
Digital Shopping & Sustainability
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is finally offering a glimmer of hope that the worst of the pandemic times are behind us. It may take...
The Next Retail Model: Getting With the Streaming Program
Today's livestream shopping puts a modern, interactive and entertaining spin on direct-to-consumer shopping, something that's especially appreciated in the era of COVID.
Meeting New Demands
In casual conversations with folks who don't work in the apparel industry, many seem surprised to hear that apparel retailers didn't fare well during...
Performance Features for Kids
Even though the pandemic has played havoc with so many things, including the start of the school year, it's fairly certain kids have all...
Growth in Athleisure
In a matter of days last March, everyday office attire went from traditional workwear to workout clothes. That's if people got out of their...
Versatile Denim
No sooner did camps start, and the coronavirus was shutting them down. Likewise, Major League Baseball started its season nearly four months late and...
Facelifts for Malls & Stores
By now, a lot of Americans have ventured back to stores and malls, but it doesn't take long to notice everything is just a...
Weathering the COVID Storm
So many apparel brands and retailers have been cut off at the knees since the coronavirus pandemic began, it's sometimes hard to fathom how...
Back-to-School 2020
After the COVID-19 pandemic that in March led to the swift shutdown of life as we knew it, school systems were left trying to...
New Merchandising Plans
The coronavirus pandemic saw spending drop 6.6 percent in March and 12.6 percent in April, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. It did increase...
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