Retail/Brands
Retail/Brands
Data and analyses of the cotton textile retail sector, including fiber share by category.
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Small Business Shopping
One of the biggest topics of conversation in small retail is how to compete with the major players, be it the chains, discounters, or e-commerce, especially Amazon. It's not an…
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Taking it to the Next Level
Designers are always looking at past fashion trends to help decide what everyone should be wearing in the future. The recent New York Fashion Week (NYFW) was no different: silhouettes…
Consumers
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Post NYFW
New York Fashion Week just wrapped up the Spring/Summer 2019 shows, yet it's mid-September. Despite regular discussion about the industry's need for speed, and a consumer that has a see…
Consumers
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Battle of the Bottoms
For many students over many years, the Back-to-School season has meant new jeans and tees to go along with a clean, new backpack that hasn't yet taken on the smell…
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TransSeasoning Wardrobes with Cotton
More than 4 in 5 consumers (82 percent) say cotton is their favorite fiber to wear, according to the Cotton Incorporated Lifestyle Monitor™ Survey. That's followed by a distant 3…
Consumers
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Reading, Writing, & Arithmetic
It may seem like graduation caps have barely hit the ground, but back-to-school shopping is right around the corner for millions of families. And as much as reading, writing, and…
Retail/Brands
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All Lines Are Not Created Equal
If you're ever out and about in a big city, chances are you've seen people waiting in a long line and wondered what was going on. Often enough, it's devoted…
Consumers
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Beyond Millennials
There's a funny video circulating that shows a baby with a magazine. But instead of trying to turn the paper page, the baby starts swiping to get the image to…
Retail/Brands
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The Modern-Day Mall
American malls are in the middle of cleaning out their proverbial overstuffed closets. Most people know how that goes: They have to weed out what they don't want anymore, keep…
Consumers
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Predictive Analytics
These days, consumers have fast fashion assortments turning at lightning speed, social media messages all day long on what's hot internationally and attention spans that are less than that of…