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Monthly Economic Letter March 2019
This month’s USDA report featured little change. The global harvest estimate for 2018/19 rose 440,000 bales (to 118.9 million). The global mill-use estimate decreased 50,000 bales (essentially unchanged at 123.6…
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Sustainability & Transparency
When it comes to sustainability and transparency, the fashion industry has taken its share of hits. While older generations may not have known about or paid attention to issues like…
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Size Inclusive
Walking down the any street in America, one will quickly find women who do not conform to the fashion world's traditional sizing model. Across the board, most women are what…
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Social Shopping
New York Fashion Week just wrapped, award season is upon us with nightly celebrity red carpet sightings and social media is awash in all of it. Not only can the…
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Monthly Economic Letter February 2019
Most cotton prices were stable over the past month. Chinese prices moved slightly higher. Indian prices moved slightly lower.
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Denim is Adapting & Evolving
With the major adoption of athleisure here in the U.S., it would be easy to think joggers and leggings are the top fashion bottom worldwide, edging out even that perennial…
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Targeting Male Shoppers
The fall menswear shows, which ran for about three days, are wrapping up in New York and the full week of women's shows are set to begin. The ladies' shows…
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Global Lifestyle Monitor: UK
Consumers in the United Kingdom spent $76.3 billion on clothing in 2017.
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Global Lifestyle Monitor: Turkey
Turkish consumers spent $28.3 billion on clothing in 2017, or $349 per person.
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Global Lifestyle Monitor: Thailand
Consumers in Thailand spent $10.2 billion on clothing in 2018, making a third year of growth since experiencing a downturn in 2008.