From Field to Shelf

An article authored by Laura Husband on just-style recently about artificial intelligence (AI) got me thinking about how the technology...

When a sourcing executive considers placing orders, price, delivery, quality, and reliability become critical in purchasing decisions....

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

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...

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

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, recently paid a visit to Taipei. She was warmly greeted by President Tsai...

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...

Worried about the economic outlook? Then, buckle up because the cotton market has called the next recession, which may already be upon...

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...

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

Note: This article was published on February 8, 2022 in just-style.com, a couple of weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine. Report from the...

Note: This article was published last year in sourcingjournal.com, and cotton prices have moderated since then. Even so, inflation...

An agreement negotiated between Washington and Beijing during the Trump Administration calling for increased imports of American goods by...

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...

Supply chains. Have you ever heard so much about supply chains? It's all over the media. Name a publication and there's a story about...

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...

Inflation has caused concern for many people in our industry. What's worse is what happens if the economic rebound experienced early this...

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

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...

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