North America

Supply Chain

Articles | Retail Market Analysis

Consumers Still Love Ecommerce – Here’s How U.S. Can Compete

Online shopping has been the stuff of wardrobe inspiration, late night impulse buys and time saving purchases for consumers around the world. While it stands to grow exponentially in the…

Apparel

Shopping

Consumers

Articles | Fashion & Apparel Trends

The Blue Jean Birthday Story: How It Started, How It’s Going Globally

It’s funny watching movies or TV shows that don’t really seem that old but then a character makes a call from a phone booth, checks their home answering machine or…

Denim

Retail/Brands

Articles | Consumer Research

A Celebration, So Spread the Word: World Cotton Day & the 50th Anniversary of the Seal of Cotton

As World Cotton Day took place October 7, it’s an opportune time for brands and designers to note the celebration of another cotton event: the 50th anniversary of the Seal…

Fiber Preferences

Consumers

Articles | Consumer Research

Heading to World Cotton Day, Here’s What Consumers Really Think of Cotton

In a matter of days, countries around the globe will be recognizing World Cotton Day, an event held annually on October 7 as both a celebration of cotton and an…

Fiber Preferences

Consumers

Articles

International Day Explains Why Cotton is More than Just a Commodity

This October 7 will mark the official United Nations (U.N.) World Cotton Day, when this humble plant and fiber is acknowledged not just for the fabric it brings to the…

Fiber Preferences

Retail/Brands

Articles | Fashion & Apparel Trends

These are the Top Global Denim Trends for 2023

If there’s one thing that sustained its popularity over the long course of the pandemic, it’s that fashion stalwart: denim jeans. The bottom continues to be a go-to not just…

Denim

Consumers

Articles

Celebrating the Blue Jean

It’s been nearly a century and a half since the humble blue jean was born. Back on May 20, 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented the process of putting…

Apparel

Denim