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Opinion about the global market for cotton, textiles and apparel.

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Is Overpopulation Still a Thing?
It's an understatement to say that we live in challenging times, particularly when considering how our industry has changed due to the...

Robert Antoshak
Jun 6, 20224 min read
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The Return of Growth. Sort of.
When I was a kid (a long time ago, in a country far, far away), I was taught that over-population was inevitable. There was some vague...

Robert Antoshak
Jul 18, 20216 min read
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Do Current Consumer Attitudes Foretell Apparel's Future?
Although we're not out of the woods yet regarding the pandemic and an anemic economy, brands are stirring back to life. But with this...

Robert Antoshak
Apr 14, 20216 min read
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The Outlook for the Future is Hazy and Gray
It seems that a vaccine for the Covid-19 virus may be available soon. Well, it couldn't come too soon. A year's worth of devastation...

Robert Antoshak
Jan 11, 20215 min read
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How The Apparel Industry Can Become Exceptional
(Co-Authored with April Kappler, consultant to the cotton and textile supply chain.) Thomas Hobbes, the 17th Century English philosopher,...

Robert Antoshak
Aug 11, 20208 min read
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Economic Inequality and its Impact on Apparel Demand
There seems to be growing concern over the future of capitalism – at least the American variety – so says The Washington Post in a...

Robert Antoshak
Jun 2, 20197 min read
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