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Balloon Diplomacy in a Time of Global Jitters
When do balloons pose a threat? And what about those UFOs tracked along the Article Circle? These are questions preoccupying Washington...
Robert Antoshak
May 5, 20237 min read
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Is This The End of Globalization For The Apparel Industry?
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...
Robert Antoshak
Dec 5, 20226 min read
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Sustainability in The Age of Uncertainty
We live in an age of uncertainty. You know the story: pandemic, supply chain disruption, a war, tensions over Taiwan, and accelerating...
Robert Antoshak
Oct 5, 20225 min read
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Ms. Pelosi Goes to Taipei—and the Industry Browses for Umbrellas
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, recently paid a visit to Taipei. She was warmly greeted by President Tsai...
Robert Antoshak
Sep 2, 20225 min read
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Inflation: What is it good for? Indigestion
It's time for a reality check. There's a lot of hype about the economy, politics, the pandemic, and the war. When so many factors are...
Robert Antoshak
Jun 6, 20225 min read
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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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Is Sustainability in the Fashion Industry a Victim of Collateral Damage?
So many people have worked tirelessly to establish environmental goals and objectives for our industry. Indeed, when it comes to...
Robert Antoshak
Jun 6, 20224 min read
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When Apparel Supply Chains Fail to Supply
Note: This article was published on February 8, 2022 in just-style.com, a couple of weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine. Report from the...
Robert Antoshak
Mar 14, 20226 min read
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Do Rising Cotton Prices Really Harm Apparel Companies?
Note: This article was published last year in sourcingjournal.com, and cotton prices have moderated since then. Even so, inflation...
Robert Antoshak
Feb 19, 20226 min read
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Will China-U.S. Relations Continue to Deteriorate in 2022?
An agreement negotiated between Washington and Beijing during the Trump Administration calling for increased imports of American goods by...
Robert Antoshak
Feb 11, 20224 min read
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The Ten Key Trends to Watch for the Apparel Industry in 2022
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...
Robert Antoshak
Feb 11, 20226 min read
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The World Copped Out at COP26
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...
Robert Antoshak
Jan 6, 20225 min read
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Why are Import Prices Falling While Consumer Prices are Rising?
I'm feeling pretty dumb these days. Help me out. Here’s my quandary: U.S. apparel import prices are falling, and precipitously from some...
Robert Antoshak
Oct 27, 20214 min read
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Inflation is a Problem Today, but Does Stagflation Lurk Around the Corner?
Inflation has caused concern for many people in our industry. What's worse is what happens if the economic rebound experienced early this...
Robert Antoshak
Oct 14, 20214 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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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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Will A Troubled Presidential Transition Add To Apparel Industry Woes?
(Co-Authored with Fashion+Sustainability advisor, Thomasine Dolan Dow.) As Americans, we're concerned that the presidential transition...
Robert Antoshak
Dec 16, 20206 min read
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U.S. Political Divisions Complicate Fashion's Future
Oddly enough, when writing this month's column, I originally intended to discuss likely economic recovery scenarios and how those could...
Robert Antoshak
Nov 20, 20205 min read
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The Great Masking of America
For most of July, I worked closely with one of my clients, Vidalia Mills, to install five automated mask-making machines. During that...
Robert Antoshak
Sep 11, 20207 min read
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Now's The Time For NGOs To Up Their Game
In the famous 1976 movie "Network," a distraught fictional American television news presenter, Howard Beale, had a breakdown on live TV....
Robert Antoshak
Jun 12, 20206 min read
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