From Field to Shelf

When do balloons pose a threat? And what about those UFOs tracked along the Article Circle? These are questions preoccupying Washington...

The Textile Exchange just celebrated its 20th anniversary -- and did so at an exhilarating conference and trade expo in Colorado Springs....

We've read the headlines. Seen the markets. Experienced changes in everyday life. Stuff costs more or is harder to get. We live in a time...

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

So many people have worked tirelessly to establish environmental goals and objectives for our industry. Indeed, when it comes to...

Note: This article was published on February 8, 2022 in just-style.com, a couple of weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine. Report from the...

An agreement negotiated between Washington and Beijing during the Trump Administration calling for increased imports of American goods by...

As I nurse my New Year's Eve hangover, I am preoccupied with two issues. One, when will my head stop hurting? And, two, what's in store...

COP26 was a cop-out, a duck-and-cover excuse to show that countries can address climate change. In reality, the gathering was little more...

The success of fast fashion is predicated on growth, and lots of it, a constant churn of products in the stores. It's also a business...

Supply chains. Have you ever heard so much about supply chains? It's all over the media. Name a publication and there's a story about...

The fashion industry is multifaceted: manufacturing, sourcing, design, merchandising, and consumerism, to name just a few examples....

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...

A boat blocked the Suez Canal. Global trade ground to a halt. Huh? After all, accidents will happen; that's nothing new. But the Suez...

So, what do you do when business decisions made more than 30 years ago come back to haunt you? Well, you either acknowledge there's a...

(Co-Authored with April Kappler, consultant to the cotton and textile supply chain.) Thomas Hobbes, the 17th Century English philosopher,...

We live in such difficult times. It's like the world has been turned upside down. What worked before is now failing. Darkness has...

Two recent articles left me wondering about where our world, let alone our industry, will end up once the Covid-19 pandemic eases. The...

Are we witnessing the end of globalization? The simple answer is no. But, there is a more nuanced answer that I'd like to suggest:...

Allow me to begin this column with an apology: I’m now going to sound like an economics wonk. Yikes. Economics. Growth rates, GDP, trade...