GEOPOLITICAL, SOCIAL, & ECONOMIC EVENTS
04/08/24
New
DHS Textile Enforcement Actions Crack Down . . . (US Homeland Security)
04/01/24
Another
Border Wall Rises South of U.S. . . . (WSJ)
10/23/23
DR
has partially reopened its border with Haiti. But a
diplomatic crisis persists . . . (AP DR)
10/02/23
The
U.S. is Pulling Back From China. How Far is Too Far? . . . (NYT)
08/21/23
U.S.
Importers Are Absorbing Higher Shipping Costs This Summer . . . (WSJ)
08/14/23
The
Era of Ultracheap Stuff is Under Threat . . . (WSJ)
05/01/23
Your
$12 Shirt was Made in Functional Slavery . . . (NYT)
02/07/23
Will
UPS Workers Strike? . . . (Supply Chain Dive)
01/30/23
Flight
Attendant Uniforms Ditch Gender. How Does That Fly in the Air? . . . (WSJ)
10/31/22
Southern
California's Notorious Container Ship Backup Ends . . . (WSJ)
09/12/22
08/29/22
China
Shipments Are Way Down, but U.S. Ports Are Still Struggling . . . (CNBC)
EPA
Aims to Label Two "Forever Chemicals' as Hazardous . . . (WSJ)
08/22/22
Drought
Devastates U.S. Cotton Harvest . . . (WSJ)
China's
Scorching Heat Leads to Power Cuts, Factory Disruptions . . . (WSJ)
08/15/22
China
Factory Orders Drop in Ominous Sign for Global Outlook . . . (AAPN)
07/11/22
Drewry: 'Beginning of the End' for container Market Bull
Run
06/27/22
Firms
Warn of China Shipment Delays as U.S. Bans Xinjiang Imports
06/20/22
Biden
Leans Toward Easing Some of Trump's China Tariffs . . . (Axios)
EPA
Lowers Bar for Toxic Chemicals Contamination . . . (WSJ)
Retailers'
Inventories Pile Up as Lead Time Grows . . . (WSJ)
US
Importers Urge White House to Steer . . . Our Talks to Conclusion . . .
(Loadstar)
We
'Urge the Administration on Tariff Relief' for Retailers . . . (AAFA)
05/16/22
China's
Economic Slowdown Is Rippling All Around The World . .
. (WSJ)
05/02/22
The
$67 Billion Tariff Dodge That's Undermining U.S. Trade Policy . . . (WSJ)
04/25/22
3/28/22
Russia
- Ukraine Conflict: Consumer Sentiment (Carhartt Update)
3/21/22
Shoppers
Reach Their Limits on Some Price Increases
2/28/22
Next
Threat to Prices: A Surge in Costs to Ship Products . . . (WSJ)
1/31/22
Port
Congestion spreads Across More U.S. Import Gateways . . . (WSJ)
1/24/22
Bank
of America Brief (2022 Year Ahead Outlook) . . . (BofA)
1/17/22
Cascading
Flight Cancellations Snarl Airfreight Shipments . . . (WSJ)
China
Covid-19 Lockdowns Hit Factories, Ports in Latest Knock to Supply Chains . . .
(WSJ)
Southern
California Ports Struggle to Trim Cargo Backlog as Omicron Surges . . . (WSJ)
1/10/22
Interview
of AAPN member Jeremy Lott of SanMar . . . (AAPN)
12/06/21
American
Supply Chains Face a Dire Threat From China's Water Shortages . . . (The Hill)
11/22/21
Supply-Chain
Problems Show Signs of Easing . . . (WSJ)
11/08/21
10/11/21
Cotton
Prices Surge to Highest Level in a Decade . . . WSJ)
Global
Supply-Chain Problems Escalate, Threatening Economic Recovery . . . (WSJ)
10/04/21
China's
Power Shortfalls Begin to Ripple Around the World . . . (WSJ)
09/27/21
Cargo
Piles Up as California Ports Jostle Over How to Resolve Delays . . . (WSJ)
09/20/21
Why
is Everything More Expensive Right Now? . . . (TIME)
Shipping
Options Dry Up as Businesses Try to Rebuild From Pandemic . . . (WSJ)
Cotton
and Polyester Price Comparison: China,
India, and Pakistan . . . (Emerging Textiles)
09/13/21
U.S.
Ports See Shipping Logjams Likely Extending Far Into 2022 . . . (WSJ)
08/30/21
Biden
Keeps Many Trump Tariffs in Place, Confounding Businesses Hoping for Reprieve .
. . (TWP)
The
Great Resignation is Here, and It's Real . . . (Inc.)
08/23/21
Workers
Scatter as Ho Chi Minh Sanctions Lengthy New Lockdown . . . (SJ)
Haiti
Earthquake Death Toll Rises to More Than 1,200 . . . (WSJ)
China
Closes U.S. Auditor as Tensions Mount Over Forced Labor Allegations . . . (WSJ)
08/16/21
Delta
Chokes China Freight, Puts Vietnam in Lockdown Limbo . . . (SJ)
Ningbo:
Global Supply Fears as China Partly Shuts Major Port . . . (BBC News)
07/19/21
Job
Openings Are at Record Highs. Why Aren't
Unemployed Americans Filling Them? . . . (WSJ)
07/12/21
Assassination
of Haiti's President Fuels a Battle for Control . . . (NYT)
06/21/21
Forget
Going Back to the Office -- People Are Just Quitting . . . (WSJ)
06/14/21
Fresh
Covid-19 Outbreaks in Asia Disrupt Global Shipping, Chip Supply Chain . . .
(WSJ)
06/07/21
Cotton
and Polyester Price Comparison (Monthly Report) . . . (Emerging Textiles)
How
the World Ran Out of Everything . . . (NYT)
The
Company Starting to Break Down Fashion's Waste Problem . . . (AAPN)
05/24/21
Shipments
Delayed Ocean Carrier Shipping Times Surge in Supply-Chain Crunch . . . (WSJ)
05/10/21
Record
Share of Companies Are Beating Earnings Estimates . . . (WSJ)
Cotton
and Polyester Price Comparison: China,
India, & Pakistan . . . (Emerging Textiles)
04/19/21
Ship
Logjam at California Ports is Easing After March
Import Deluge . . . (WSJ)
Trucking
Companies Boost Pay in Hunt for Drivers as Demand Surges . . . (WSJ)
04/12/21
Restaurants
Race for Employees as Recovery Heats Up . . . (QSR)
The
Evidence is in: Working From Home is a Failed
Experiment . . . (The Guardian)
Turning
Geopolitical Risk into Strategic Advantage . . . (BCG)
Cotton
and Polyester Price Comparison: China,
India, and Pakistan . . . (Emerging Textiles)
04/05/21
China,
Long a Source of Deflation, Starts Raising Prices for the World . . . (WSJ)
03/29/21
Companies
Consider Alternative Routes, Assess Costs as Suez Canal Blockage Continues . .
. (WSJ)
03/22/21
Everywhere
You Look, the Global Supply Chain is a Mess . . . (WSJ)
03/15/21
Turbocharged Economy
Leaves Factories Struggling to Deliver Goods That Shoppers Want . . . (WSJ)
03/08/21
Cotton and Polyester
Price Comparison: China, India, and Pakistan . . . (Emerging Textiles)
Remote, In-Person,
or Hybrid Work: What Do People Want? . .
. (Fortune)
'I've Never Seen
Anything Like This':
Chaos Strikes Global Shipping . . . (MSN)
02/15/21
Trucking Failures
Surged Last Year Under Pandemic . . . (WSJ)
Shipping Companies
Look at Sailing Away From Choked Southern California Gateways . . . (WSJ)
02/08/21
News / Rates Misery
for Ocean Shippers Set to Continue After Chinese New Year . . . (The Load Star)
01/11/21
Cotton and Polyester
Price Comparison: China, India, and
Pakistan . . . (Emerging Textiles)
01/04/21
Front-Line Workers
Report Having to Reuse PPE Regularly . . . (Modern Healthcare)
Covid-19 Shipping
Problems Squeeze China's Exporters . . . (WSJ)
12/28/20
Firms
Want to Adjust Supply Chains Post-Pandemic, but Changes Take Time . . . (WSJ)
12/21/20
Why
the U.S. Economy Will Take Off in 2021 . . . (WSJ)
How
Pantone Landed on Its Color of the Year for 2021 . . . (SJ)
YKK's
Zippers Now Boast Virus-Fighting Technology . . . (SJ)
12/14/20
Boxed
Out: China's Exports Pinched by Global
Run on Shipping Containers . . . (Reuters)
Elon
Musk Advises CEO's to Stop Wasting Time on PowerPoint, Meetings . . . (WSJ)
12/07/20
Virus
Surge is Leading to a Double-Dip Recession and Dollar
Crash . . . (Trading Nation)
Cotton
and Polyester Price Comparison: China, India, and Pakistan . . .(Emerging Textiles)
11/30/20
Better
Conversations: The 7 Essential Elements
of Meaningful Communication . . . (AAPN)
The
Dollar is Weak. Investors Bet it Will Slide Even More . . . (WSJ)
Cotton
Prices on International and Domestic Markets . . . (Emerging Textiles)
11/09/20
Next
PPE Worry: Supply and Cost of Exam
Gloves . . . (Modern Healthcare)
10/19/20
Retail
Sales Grow for 5th Straight Month . . . (The Dallas Morning News)
09/28/20
Xinjiang
Confidential: What Auditor Exodus Means
for Apparel Sourcing . . . (SJ)
Young
People are the New Corps of Engineers the US Has Been Waiting
For . . . (Vox Media)
What
CEOs Really Think About Remote Work . . . (WSJ)
09/14/20
U.S.
May Ban Cotton From Xinjiang Region of China Over
Rights Concerns . . . (NYT)
Cotton
and Polyester Price Comparison: China,
India, and Pakistan . . . (Emerging Textiles)
08/31/20
How
to Stay Focused While Working From Home . . . (WSJ)
08/24/20
13
Ways the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Forever Change the Way We Work . . . (CNBC)
08/17/20
08/11/20
8
No Regrets Moves Every Company Should Consider Right Now . . . (Trium)
08/03/20
Companies
Start to Think Remote Work Isn't So Great After All . . . (WSJ)
These
Restaurants Have Filed for Bankruptcy and Many More are at Risk . . . (WSJ)
Walmart
Culls Hundreds of Jobs in US Restructuring . . . (SJ)
High
Demand for Medical Gowns Could Boost the Made in the Americas Movement . . .
(The Inquirer)
07/27/20
96%
of Restaurants Require Staff to Wear Masks . . . (Restaurant Dive)
Businesses
Hit Hard by Pandemic Drive U.S. Jobs Recovery . . . (WSJ)
Has
the Apparel Sourcing Bubble Burst? . . . (just-style)
07/13/20
07/06/20
Driving
Over Air Travel, Takeout Over Cafes: Pandemic Shapes Consumption . . . (WSJ)
06/29/20
2020
Top Distributors: BAMKO's President Phil
Koosed on Technology & Innovation . . . (PM)
Walmart
and Amazon Lead the Pack by Leveraging Healthcare...Forbes
06/22/20
April's
Historical Economic Plunge Points to Steep Climb for the World Economy . . .
(WSJ)
BrandAlliance
Canada Goes Into Bankruptcy . . . (ASI)
How
Exactly Do You Catch Covid-19? There is
a Growing Consensus . . . (WSJ)
Eudora
Uniform Business To Grow . . . (AR Democrat Gazette)
06/15/20
Scarred
and Scared: Post-Covid Consumers Not Their Old Selves . . . (Reuters)
06/01/20
As
Its Economy Slows, China Embraces a Weaker Currency . . . (WSJ)
How
Vietnam Managed to Keep Its Coronavirus Death Toll at Zero . . . (CNN)
05/26/20
Telecommuting
is Not the Future . . . (TBT)
The
New Normal: A Discount Mindset Will Deepen Its Grip on Consumers . . . (BoF)
Gucci
to Go Seasonless, Show Twice Per Year . . . (BoF)
05/11/20
A
Chaotic Gray Market Determines Who Gets Coronavirus Gear - and Who Doesn't . .
. (WSJ)
Health-Care
Workers See Steep Job Losses From Coronavirus . . .
(WSJ)
How
the Coronavirus Will Change Office Spaces . . . (Yahoo News)
05/04/20
COVID-19
Will Forever Change the Foodservice Industry . . .
(QSR web)
How
COVID-19 is Transforming Global Aviation's Outlook . . . (Forbes)
JetBlue
Becomes First US Airline to Require Passengers Wear Face Masks . . . (NY Post)
Low-Quality
Masks Infiltrate US Coronavirus Supply . . . (WSJ)
The
Impact of COVID-19 on US Brands and Retailers . . . (Forbes)
Why
Are Counterprotesters in Scrubs? . . . (WSJ)
04/27/20
China's
Medical-Goods Market Is 'Wild West' Amid Surging Coronavirus Demand . . . (WSJ)
Tale
of Two Economies Will Determine Post-Lockdown Growth . . . (Bloomberg)
VP
Pence Recognizes Reusable Medical Garments Amid
COVID-19 Crisis . . . (TRSA)
04/20/20
Summary
of COVID-19 Impact in Asia, Turkey and Western Hemisphere . . . (Cotton USA)
We
are Not Prepared at all' - Haiti, Already Impoverished, Confronts a Pandemic .
. . (BBC News)
04/13/20
03/30/20
Remittances
to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019 . . . (AAPN)
03/23/20
U.S.
Shows Willingness to Remove Tariffs on Medical Supplies . . . (Bloomberg)
Ralphs,
Costco Hiring After Coronavirus Craze Cleans Out Supermarkets . . . (NBC)
What
it Takes to Run a Virtual Meeting . . . (AAPN)
03/16/20
Cotton
Prices in China . . . (Emerging Textiles)
El
Salvador in Quarantine . . . (El Salvador Perspectives)
03/09/20
"Shark
Tank" Judge Barbara Corcoran Gets Her $400,00
Back From Scammers . . . (CNN)
03/02/20
Widespread
Coronavirus Cases Could Tax U.S. Hospitals . . . (WSJ)
2020's
Black Swan: Coronavirus . . . (Goldman
Global Macro Research)
A Real-time Coronavirus
Country-Spread Map
02/24/20
02/17/20
China's
Businesses Struggle to Resume Work . . . (WSJ)
VF
Corp. Creates a Circular Products Infrastructure: Q&A with Sean Cady . . .
(Environmental Leader)
02/10/20
Coronavirus
Has Already Infected Your Supply Chain . . . (SJ)
New
Macy's Concept to Make its National Debut in Southlake Town Square . . .
(Dallas Morning News)
Calhoun
Walmart Remodel Features Opening of New Walmart Health Center . . . (Walmart
Corp)
Alaska
Air Launches New Uniform Collection . . . (Apple News)
The
Next Category of Fashion Being Disrupted?
Medical Attire . . . (Fashionista)
Popeyes Uniforms Are a Surprise Fashion Hit (Thanks
Beyoncé) . . . (WSJ)
Cardinal
Surgical Gown Recall Cost $96M . . . (Becker's Hospital Review)
2/3/20
Fashion
Can't Recycle its Way Out of These Problems: Digging in on Circularity . . .
(SJ)
Carhartt
Outfits United Airlines Operations Staff With
Runway-Ready Workwear . . . (SJ)
Delta
Air Lines Looking to Update its Uniforms, Again . . . (TPG)
1/27/20
Walmart
Has Made a Genius Move to Beat Amazon . . . (Forbes)
1/20/20
Hedge
Funds Take Advantage of Limits on Stock Research . . . (WSJ)
QBX
Retail Sourcing Report - Q1-2020
01/13/20
Will
Governments Legislate Microfiber Pollution from Synthetic Clothing? . . . (SJ)
01/06/20
Delta
Employees Sue Lands' End Alleging Uniforms Made Them Sick . . . (CNN)
12/23/19
12/16/19
The
Amazon Scare . . . (Fortune)
Rise
of the Retail Robotics and Last-Mile Delivery . . . (Diamandis Blog)
It's
Not You. Clothing Sizes are Broken . . .
(WSJ)
12/09/19
FedEx
Goes Deep into Mississippi Delta to Find Workers . . . (WSJ)
Localized
Production Can Ease the Stiff Production Demands of Uniforms . . . (SJ)
11/18/19
El
Paso Shoppers Return to Site of Shooting with Pride, Trepidation . . . (WSJ)
11/04/19
Even
'Project Runway' Could Not Save Zac Posen . . . (NYT)
10/28/19
Excess
Apparel Inventory Will be a 'Major' Obstacle Plaguing More Than Margins in 2020
. . . (SJ)
10/14/19
Aramark
Names Industry Veteran - John Zillmer as Chief Executive Officer . . .
(Business Wire)
IAHTM
Global Sourcing Presentation by Jeff Courey . . . (George Courey Co)
10/07/19
U.S.
State Department Reduces Travel - Safety Warning for El Salvador . . . (WSJ)
Cotton
and Polyester Price Comparison: China,
India, and Pakistan . . . (Emerging Textiles)
Three
Forces That Motivate Your Customers' Decisions . . . (The Cult Branding Co.)
09/23/19
Vietnam
Becomes a Victim of its Own Success in Trade War . . . (Bloomberg)
To
Influence El Salvador, China Dangled Money.
The U.S. Made Threats . . . (NYT)
09/09/19
Cotton
and Polyester Price Comparison: China, India, and Pakistan . . . (Emerging
Textiles)
09/03/19
China's
Playing the Long Game and is Making Key Moves to Hedge Against Trump's Tariffs .
. . (CNBC)
Disney
and Target are Teaming Up to Open Stores with Each Other's Help . . . (CNBC)
How
to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think of You . . . (HBR)
Panera
Losing Nearly all Workers in Fast-Food Turnover Crisis . . . (CNBC)
U.S.
- China Trade War's Global Impact Grows . . . (WSJ)
08/26/19
Manufactures
Want to Quit China for Vietnam. They are Finding it
Impossible . . . (WSJ)
All
Management is Change Management . . . (HBR)
Trump
Asserts He Can Force U.S. Companies to Leave China . . . (NYT)
Tariff
Sanctions to be Increased by the U.S. and China . . .
(Taggert Int'l)
08/19/19
U.S.
Delays China Tariffs Until Stores Stock Up for Holidays . . . (NYT)
08/12/19
There
are About 1,350 Enclosed Malls in the US, but Only 200
- 400 are Needed . . . (Barron's)
FIGS
Class Actions Says Scrubs Are Not Antimicrobial . . . (TCA)
Robert
Half Staffing - The Hiring Process . . . (LinkedIn)
Trade
Wars Episode V: The Middle Kingdom Strikes Back . . . (BAMKO White Papers)
Challenges
Facing Recycled Polyester . . . (Textile World)
SEWBOTS:
Transforming the Sewn Products Industry . . . (Textile World)
08/05/19
Inside
Foot Locker’s bananas plan to survive in post-mall America (Fast Company
Article)
The
Secrets of Retail Revenue Winners in 2019 (MS)
07/22/19
Flight
Attendants Keep Getting Sick. It's
Likely Because of Their Uniforms . . . (Vox)
07/15/19
Manufacturers
Move Supply Chains Out of China . . . (WSJ)
TRSA
Meets with EPA Regarding PFAS and Microfiber . . . (TRSA)
07/08/19
New
Data Shows: Apparel Sourcing Diversification Ramps Up Amid
Global Trade Tension . . . (SJ)
07/01/19
Tariffs
Will Cost You Whether You Exit China or Not . . . (SJ)
06/24/19
06/03/19
Ankur Sinha (BAMKO)
made the ASI Hot List 2019
Trump Administration
Strips India of Special Trade Status . . . (NYT)
Trump Says US Will
Hit Mexico With 5% Tariffs on All Goods . . .(NYT)
05/28/19
Cotton,
Polyester Price Comparison - China, India, Pakistan . . . (Emerging Textiles)
05/20/19
Democracy
is at Risk in Latin America . . . (AAPN)
Why
Your Inner Circle Should Stay Small . . . (AAPN)
President
and CEO 'beyond freaked' Over China Tariff Hikes . . . (CNN video)
05/06/19
Millennials
Tried to Kill the American Mall, but Gen Z Might Save it . . . (Bloomberg)
The
US Can't Keep Up With the Demands for Health Care Workers . . .(CNN)
Healthcare
is the Fastest Growing Sector in the US Economy . . . (CDC)
Cross-Silo
Leadership . . . (Harvard Business Review)
Trump
Threatens to Expand Tariffs to All Chinese Goods Ahead of Final Talks . . .
(NYT)
Nordstrom's
'Local' Expansion Has National Implications For all of Retail . . . (Forbes)
04/08/19
What
Artificial Intelligence Can Tell From Listening To You . . . (WSJ)
04/01/19
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03/25/19
Williamson-Dickies
Price Increase (April 1, 2019)
03/11/19
Emerging
Textiles Monthly Report
2/25/19
Apparel
Price Climate Stabilizing But Volatility Still in the Air . . . (SJ)
Trump
Delays a Tariff Deadline, Citing Progress in China Trade Talks. . . (NYT)
2/18/19
Trump
Says U.S. May Delay China Trade Deal Deadline . . . (NYTimes)
Import
Wave Jams California Warehouses . . . (WSJ)
2/11/19
Cotton
Prices Seen Holding Steady, But Global Uncertainties Persist . . . (SJ)
SanMar
Price Increase . . . (SanMar)
02/04/19
China
to Continue Environmental Crackdowns as it Works to Green Supply Chains . . .
(SJ)
Nayib
Bukele, an Outsider Candidate, Claims Victory in El Salvador Election . . . (NY
Times)
01/28/19
Don't
Blame Amazon for the Retail Apocalypse . . . (Barron's)
LA-LB
Port Braces for Another Month of Congestion . . .
(JOC)
Walmart
Nation: Mapping America's Biggest Employers . . . (Visual Capitalist)
Tailored
Brands: We Hate the Way it Looks . . . (WSJ)
'Made
in China' is Going Out of Style . . .(WSJ)
01/21/19
01/14/19
America's
Electric Grid Has a Vulnerable Back Door - and Russia Walked Through It . . .
(WSJ)
Americans
Less Concerned About Impacts of Clothing, Want More Transparency . . . (SJ)
Americans
Trash 600 Pieces of CLothing Over
Their Lifetimes, Study Finds . . . (SJ)
Know-It-All
Bosses Have a Lot to Learn . . .(WSJ)
Warehouses
Test New Artificial Intelligence Robots . . . (WSJ)
01/07/19
Market
Structure Views . . . (Modern IR)
Sourcing
Costs on the Rise . . . (SJ)
12/10/18
LTL
Freight Rate Outlook: What to Expect in Less Than
Truckload . . . (SupplyChainDive)
New
Study Confirms Risks of Fluorine-Based Textile Coatings . . . (SJ)
12/03/18
Trump
Expects to Move Ahead With Boost on China Tariffs . . . (WSJ)
11/26/2018
Trump
Says He May Not Impose More Tariffs on China . . . (SJ)
11/12/2018
Arkansas
and Missouri Just Approved Big Minimum Wage Increase . . . (Washington Post)
Industry
Groups Want USTR to Raise Minimum Duty-Free Levels in USMCA . . . (SJ)
10/22/2018
BAMKO
Hires Jill Albers . . . (ASI Central)
The
'Weekly Catch-Up' Should Likely be Deleted From Your Calendar. Kill Your
Meetings . . .(TBT)
Phil Koosed, BAMKO was named # 26 on Power 50
List . . . (ASI Central)
Jill
Albers, BAMKO was named # 43 on Power 50 List . . . (ASI Central)
Power
Summit Q&A with BAMKO President, Phil Koosed . . . (You Tube Video)
Taco
Bell adds Merch Component to Popular Promo . . .(Promo Marketing Magazine)
Trump
Opens New Front in His Battle With China:
International Shipping . . . (NYT)
10/15/2018
China
to Raise Export Tax Rebates Amid Trade War . . . (Thomson Reuters)
Cotton
and Polyester Price Comparison Monthly Report . . . (Emerging Textiles)
Tariffs
are Here to Stay, Apparel Experts Say . . . (Supply
Chain Dive)
The
State of Skills in the Apparel Industry 2018 Report . . . (Alvanon)
10/8/2018
Kroger
to Test Online Pickup at Walgreens Stores . . . (SJ)
Private
Businesses Built Modern China. Now the Government Is Pushing Back . . .(NYT)
10/1/2018
Ooh
That Smell: Dow Survey Shows Consumers Struggle with Apparel Odor Control . . .
(SJ)
U.S.
Dollar Poised to Remain Strong Against Global Currencies . . . (SJ)
9/24/2018
Cotton
& Polyester Price Comparison . . . (Emerging Textiles)
FedEx
to Deliver 6 Days a Week Year Round . . .(Supply Chain
Dive)
What’s
Your Apparel and Footwear Tariff Strategy? . . . (Apparel Magazine)
9/17/2018
Tight
Labor Market Presents Added Supply Chain Challenges . . . (SJ)
Trump
to Announce New Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Imports . . .(WSJ)
9/10/2018
Apparel
Imports From China Remain Stalled, as Overall
Shipments Rise . . . (SJ)
Apparel,
Sneakers Poised for Tariff Pain They Dodged Earlier . . . (SJ)
US
Accuses China of Pursuing Military Base in El Salvador. . . (Mint Press)
Your
New Workers Are Gen Z - Get Ready . . . (WSJ)
8/27/2018
U.S.
and China Clobber Each Other with Biggest Sets of Tariffs Yet
. . . (Washington Post)
U.S.
Hits China With Second Round of Tariffs . . . (Josh
White's White Paper)
U.S.
- China Trade War Forces Apparel Industry to Diversify . . . (SJ)
What’s
Your Apparel and Footwear Tariff Strategy . . .(Apparel
Magazine)
8/20/2018
Raw
Material Price Pressures are Tattling Through the
Supply Chain. . . (SJ)
These
Two Women are Changing How Nurses and Doctors Dress with Stylish Scrubs . . .(Today.com Video)
8/13/2018
20
Years of Wisdom From Amazon's Jeff Bezos . . .
(AAPNetwork)
A
Shift in Politics Could Boost Pakistan's Home Textiles Business (Gowns are
included) . . . (SJ)
An
Update on U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Imports . . . (BAMKO White Paper)
Cotton
and Polyester Price Comparison . . . (Emerging Textiles)
Grocery
Stores Turn Fashion Destinations With New Collections
. . . (SJ)
8/6/2018
Employers
Eager to Hire Try a New Policy: 'No Experience Necessary' . . .(WSJ)
How
Companies Are Making Customers Pay For Trump’s Trade
War . . . (NYT)
The
Freshest Ideas Are in Small Grocery Stores . . . (NYT)
7/30/2018
Burned-Out
Millennials are Quitting Their Lucrative Jobs . . .(NY
Post)
The
CEO of Salesforce Found Out His Female Employees Were Paid Less Than Men . . .
(Inc.com)
7/23/2018
7/16/2018
Apparel
Industry Will Take Drastic Hit in Light of New $200 Billion in Tariffs on
China. . . (SJ)
Blame
E-Commerce: The US is Getting Shorter on Warehouse, DC Space . . . (SJ)
Cotton
& Polyester Price Comparison . . . (Emerging Textiles)
Trade
War Causes Price Instability in Cotton and Down the Supply Chain . . . (SJ)
7/2/2018
Advanced
Antimicrobial Technology to Protect Medical Textiles . . . (Textile World)
Triple
Chill Effect Imparts a Measurable Cooling Sensation . . . (Textile World)
Robots
Training Factories . . . (NYT)
Venerable
Uniform Company Looks Ahead, Not Back ... (Business Observer)
6/25/2018
Trump’s
Trade War Spooks Markets as White House Waits for China to Blink
. . . (NYT)
UPS's
$20 Billion Operations Problems . . .(WSJ)
6/18/2018
U.S.
Could Be Facing Its Biggest Strike In Decades . . . (Inc.com)
6/11/2018
China
Turns Cotton Buyer, After Years of Stockpiling . . . (WSJ)
How
the Truck Driver Shortage Impacts You
5/29/2018
5/21/2018
Tariff
Testimony Spotlights Apparel Industry . . . (SJ)
5/14/2018
Raw
Material Prices Increasing . . . (SJ)
UPS
Labor Negotiations Update . . . (UPS.com)
5/7/2018
Trucking
Cost Increasing . . . (TruckingInfo.com)
Unemployment
Rate Hits 3.9%, a Rare Low, as Job Market Becomes More Competitive . . . (NYT)
Workwear
and E-Commerce . . .(SJ)
4/30/2018
Wrangler
Hails Sustainable Cotton Farming Techniques . . . (Just-Style.com)
4/23/2018
Nicaragua
Protesters Clash with Police . . . (WSJ)
4/9/2018
Cotton
Prices, Today Are Plunging in New York . . .(Emerging
Textiles)
NAUMD
Announces 2018 Image of the Year Award Winners . . . (Business Wire)
3/5/2018
A
New California Bill Would Require Label With Polyester
Pollution Warning . . . (SJ)
2/26/2018
Infectious
Outbreaks at Hospitals Could be Reduced by
Copper-Coated Uniforms . . . (You Tube Video)
2/19/2018
Accenture
Technology Vision 2018 – Tech Trends Report
Amazon
Targets Hospital Supplies . . . (WSJ)
Haitian
Apparel Industry . . . (LinkedIn)
Technology
Vision 2018 . . . (You Tube Video)
2/12/2018
Amazon
to Compete with UPS and Fed Ex . . . (WSJ)
Apparel
Import Share Shifts as China Holds Steady and Ethiopia Expands . . . (SJ)
Cotton
Prices Hold Firm as New Year Takes Shape . . . (SJ)
Currency
Fluctuations Cause Consternation for Importers . . .(SJ)
The
Death of Clothing . . . (Bloomberg)
VF
Corp Set to Change the Way It Handles Sustainability . . . (SJ)
2/5/2018
An
Investment Pro Who’s Seen It All Still Sees Upside for Stocks . . . (Barron's)
Emerging
Textiles Report -- January 2018
Muzzillo's
Vision is to Bring Amazon-Style Disruption to Promotional Products Business . .
.(TBBJ)
Wages
in Bangladesh's Garment Sector Could Triple This Year . . .(SJ)
1/29/2018
Currency
Concerns Will Continue to Create Increasing Cost in China.
. .(WSJ)
Domestic
Freight Rates Are Increasing Due to Various Issues . . . (WSJ)
Companies
Improving Paid Parental Leave to Hourly Employees . . .(NYT)
UPS
5 Year Contract Expires This Year . . .(WSJ)