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Retail/Brands

The Gender Divide

The more things change among male and female shoppers, the more they stay the same.  Men might be taking more of an interest in fashion than their dads did, but…

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Supply Chain

Going Green

If online apparel shoppers look closely at a retailer or brand’s website, they will often find an area devoted to sustainability or social responsibility. This goes for major U.S. department…

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Consumers

Pumping Up Activewear

Are women are buying more fitness apparel because they are determined to get in shape, or because ath-leisure fits the U.S. mindset at the register and on the runways? Whatever…

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Retail/Brands

Small-Batch Goes Mainstream

Perhaps credit goes to the hipsters, but consumers are showing an increased interest in products that are local, sustainable, curated, hand-crafted and the like. And a number of websites are…

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Retail/Brands

Exercising Growth

Imagine customers visiting a shopping center 100 times or more per year.  If that sounds crazy, consider this: 44% of health club members use their gym 100 times annually, according…

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Retail/Brands

Optimizing Online

Consumers are spending more than ever on e-commerce items; online spending grew 14% in 2013, according to the analytics firm comScore.  But most shoppers look at apparel buying as an…

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Consumers

Aligning With the Stars

From endorsement deals and lines bearing a celeb’s name, to stars answering the question of “who” they’re wearing on the red carpet, the apparel and footwear industry is not only…

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Consumers

Hope Springs

This year’s long, hard winter has been blamed for everything from slow housing starts to sluggish retail sales.  Now that the warmer spring temps have supplanted sub-zero readings, numerous businesses…

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Retail/Brands

The Retail Network

Walmart first established the gold standard of supply chain planning when it used its size and power to reduce costs and offer competitive pricing. Fast fashion, too, embodied speed and…

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Supply Chain

Leading Responsibly

Cotton LEADS™, the program launched last year to raise awareness regarding the responsible growing practices among cotton producers in the U.S. and Australia, now has more than 100 textile business…

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