From Field to Shelf

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

Cotton isn't in the fabric of our lives anymore. Polyester holds that distinction today. Why is that? Price is a major factor; globally,...

[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...