From Field to Shelf

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

We live in an age of uncertainty. You know the story: pandemic, supply chain disruption, a war, tensions over Taiwan, and accelerating...

Say I work for a brand, and I'm looking for some shortcut to boost market share. What factors help me to sell my products? It's a...

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

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...

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

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...

In the famous 1976 movie "Network," a distraught fictional American television news presenter, Howard Beale, had a breakdown on live TV....

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

Having worked in the cotton business for many years, one of the things I’ve noticed about various clothing brands when pressed about...

Years may change, but some things stay the same. For sure, many of the problems we faced as an industry last year still plague us at the...

Have you ever wondered why so many companies in our supply chains like to talk about how much water they've saved or how little energy...

In case you hadn't noticed, our industry is changing. For many companies, extended supply chains are out; sustainability is in. Cheap is...

"Since the invention of the mechanical loom nearly two and a half centuries ago, fashion has been a dirty, unscrupulous business that has...

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...