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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...

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...

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...

An Independence Day for American Textiles

America celebrated its Independence Day on July 4th. Well, yippee. It's challenging to get too excited about traditional American...

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...

How Textiles Made the World

With the pandemic weighing so heavily on our industry, I got to thinking if there were lessons from the past that could help illuminate...

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