From Field to Shelf

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...

Although we're not out of the woods yet regarding the pandemic and an anemic economy, brands are stirring back to life. But with this...

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...

The year 2020 may go down in history as an inflection point, a time of significant change when so much went so wrong. But from out of...

(Co-Authored with Fashion+Sustainability advisor, Thomasine Dolan Dow.) As Americans, we're concerned that the presidential transition...

Oddly enough, when writing this month's column, I originally intended to discuss likely economic recovery scenarios and how those could...

Anecdotal evidence suggests that consumer demand for mass-market jeans has plummeted during the Covid pandemic. In contrast, demand for...

(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...

Are we witnessing the end of globalization? The simple answer is no. But, there is a more nuanced answer that I'd like to suggest:...

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...

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...

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...

There seems to be growing concern over the future of capitalism – at least the American variety – so says The Washington Post in a...

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...