Supply Chain
Supply Chain
Data and analyses of trends in the cotton textile supply chain, including commodity economics.
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Amazon’s Private Labels
Ask the person nearest you why they buy things on Amazon and they're likely to say, "It's easy and I get free shipping." Ask people why they like fashion, and…
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Monthly Economic Letter September 2018
Most benchmark prices decreased over the past month. Chinese prices were stable.
Retail/Brands
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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…
Retail/Brands
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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…
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CHINA, TARIFFS AND THE GLOBAL COTTON OUTLOOK
In the global cotton market, it is possible to delineate multi-year periods by their dominant supply and demand factors. For much of the past decade, the global supply and demand…
Consumers
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C’Mon Get Healthy
They used to be called unmentionables. And then someone asked a presidential nominee if he wore boxers or briefs. Before we knew it, an entire lingerie fashion show was being…
Supply Chain
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Monthly Economic Letter July 2018
NY Futures and the A Index moved sharply lower in the middle of June, erasing gains made earlier that month. The CC Index decreased in June and early July. Indian…
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Will Millennials Force Apparel Industry into Transparency?
There's an amazing Twitter account called 70s Dinner Party, where users will come across such curious culinary finds as "Glazed Ham Loaf in Ring," a slippery-looking meat ring garnished with…
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Considering Homegrown Apparel
Among restaurants, the farm-to-table movement has become so pervasive it's hard to find a menu or chalkboard that doesn't tout a local farmer, fisher, or baker. While the apparel industry…