Supply Chain
Supply Chain
Data and analyses of trends in the cotton textile supply chain, including commodity economics.
Consumers
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Updating Favorites
This week at the Oscar’s, Sylvester Stallone sat in the audience after having been nominated for his supporting role as Rocky Balboa in Creed, the latest sequel to the Rocky…
Consumers
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Using Data to Create Customer Bonds
Believe it or not, there was a time when shoppers on the East Coast didn’t recognize all the stores on the West Coast. The same was true of shoppers up…
Articles
Accepting Reality
Customers might not be real retail merchandisers, but they like to play them online. At least when it comes to consumer reviews. Whether effusive and positive or outright negative, shoppers…
Supply Chain
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Behind Fashion’s Fabulousness
Every time there’s a major snowfall or painfully cold weather conditions, someone takes to Facebook to make a snarky comment about global warming. But the reality is, 70 percent of…
Supply Chain
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Supply Chain Insights – Millennials
Key Insights Faster fashion, omnichannel approaches, and product education are instrumental to win all Millennial segments. Offer innovative digital platforms and customization options to capture elusive shoppers. Use targeted marketing…
Retail/Brands
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Always On, Always Open
When it comes to getting what they want, consumers don’t really care what it takes for retailers to deliver it. So in modern retailing, where hyper responsiveness is becoming the…
Supply Chain
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Changing Seasons
It’s that time of year when a “crisp fall day” sounds great until you find you’ve left the house dressed in attire more appropriate for summer than kicking the autumn…
Supply Chain
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Closing the Loop
The global apparel industry is a $1.7 trillion business that employs several million people worldwide. It’s a giant that provides the basics and the aspirational. But in the last decade…
Retail/Brands
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Boxed Apparel Services
For years now, retailers have appealed to the time-strapped or fashion-challenged by offering the services of stylists or personal shoppers. But in today’s digital age, subscription-based boxed apparel services are…
