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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...

Robert Antoshak
Apr 20, 20207 min read
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Can Global Supply chains Ever be sustainable?
It's an old story. I've heard it from proponents of Made-in-USA production. How can our industry be truly sustainable if it maintains...

Robert Antoshak
Aug 18, 20195 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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Tariffs and The Cost to Sustainability
In a world of trade wars, disrupted supply chains, and rising raw material costs, can the apparel industry afford sustainability? For...

Robert Antoshak
Oct 28, 20184 min read
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The Spear of Globalization and a World Divided
Protestors were arrested in Brussels recently for pelting trade officials with confetti, upset over the latest round of Transatlantic...

Robert Antoshak
Sep 1, 20166 min read
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The Impact and Unforeseen Implications of the Multi-Fiber Arrangement
As many of you may recall, there was a time when global trade in textiles and apparel was regulated by a system of quotas operated under...

Robert Antoshak
May 24, 20121 min read
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