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Retail/Brands
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Prepping For Post-Covid
When the pandemic shutdown hit last year, like it or not, apparel merchants had to face that they weren't essential retailers. Old Navy had more than 1,200 stores in North…
Retail/Brands
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Prime Day Lessons
It's debatable how many people know that Amazon's Prime Day originally took place to celebrate the company's 20th anniversary of becoming an online bookseller back in July, 1995. It hardly…
Consumers
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Back-to-School 2021
88% of parents prefer their children to be dressed in cotton.
Supply Chain
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All Things American
Independence Day brings the country together to cheer all things American. And while the textile industry can, despite COVID, celebrate an increase in stateside manufacturing, apparel makers have continued to…
Retail/Brands
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New Experiences & Stores
Despite the fact that COVID-19 is still creeping around the nation, enough people have received vaccines that not only is "opening up" part of the national lexicon, but "getting back"…
Consumers
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COVID-19 & Consumer Concerns in the U.S.
70% of consumers say pandemic experience will change the way they shop in the future.
Consumers
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Meeting Apparel Demands
It's been more than a year since COVID-19 shut down life as we knew it. But, now that 40 percent of the U.S. is fully vaccinated, and half the country…
Consumers
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The Generational Denim Wars
The Gen Z versus Millennial denim war over skinny versus loose-fit jeans is the best kind because there are no real losers. Well, unless you wear skinny jeans, which automatically…
Consumers
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Reasons to Celebrate
Today is the 148th birthday of the blue jean -- and this centenarian has some compelling stuff going on. We're not just talking about Marques Almeida's Fall '21 show over…
Consumers
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Next Level of “Business Casual”
Now that about one-third of Americans are fully vaccinated, businesses are considering when to bring office employees back to the workplace. But after more than a year that saw COVID-19…