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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Oct 5, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Sep 2, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Jun 6, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Jun 6, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Jun 6, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Mar 14, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Feb 19, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Feb 11, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Feb 11, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Jan 6, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Oct 14, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Jul 18, 2021
- 6 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Jan 11, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Dec 16, 2020
- 6 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Nov 20, 2020
- 5 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Sep 11, 2020
- 7 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Jun 12, 2020
- 6 min
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....
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Robert Antoshak
- Apr 20, 2020
- 7 min
The Growth Conundrum: How Does Slowing Global Economic Growth Affect Apparel?
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...
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