From Field to Shelf

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...

(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...

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

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

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...

Have you heard the latest? Cotton is dirty. That’s right, cotton uses more pesticides than any other crop, is responsible for countless...

Environmental groups need to be careful about what they wish for: push too hard, and they’ll get what they want, only with unintended...

First, there was Brexit. Then there was Trump. Now we have talk of undoing trade agreements and potential trade wars. On top of this...

There are two distinct tiers of today’s textile and apparel industry to approach consumers. One tier embraces intricate far-flung global...

It’s about time. Someone has finally produced a compelling documentary about the ills of the global garment industry. I’m speaking about...

[Editor's note: I wrote this back in 2014, but we're still faced with the same muddled message about cotton today.] As you read this...