Could The Cotton Crash of 2022 Signify The Next Recession?
Worried about the economic outlook? Then, buckle up because the cotton market has called the next recession, which may already be upon...
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Opinion about the global market for cotton, textiles and apparel.
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Robert Antoshak
- Feb 19, 2022
- 6 min
Do Rising Cotton Prices Really Harm Apparel Companies?
Note: This article was published last year in sourcingjournal.com, and cotton prices have moderated since then. Even so, inflation...
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Robert Antoshak
- May 24, 2021
- 6 min
A Boat Got Stuck and Other Calamities
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Mar 15, 2021
- 7 min
The Good and Bad of Globalization
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Dec 28, 2020
- 3 min
A New Year, A New Blog
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Mar 14, 2020
- 5 min
Why Is Cotton Always The Apparel Industry's Punching Bag?
Having worked in the cotton business for many years, one of the things I’ve noticed about various clothing brands when pressed about...
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Robert Antoshak
- Nov 23, 2018
- 9 min
The Challenge for Cotton Amid a Changing Consumer Landscape
Have you heard the latest? Cotton is dirty. That’s right, cotton uses more pesticides than any other crop, is responsible for countless...
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Robert Antoshak
- Dec 17, 2017
- 4 min
Maybe It’s Time For A Single Cotton Sustainability Standard
Environmental groups need to be careful about what they wish for: push too hard, and they’ll get what they want, only with unintended...
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Robert Antoshak
- Sep 4, 2017
- 3 min
Understanding Sustainability in an Unstable World
First, there was Brexit. Then there was Trump. Now we have talk of undoing trade agreements and potential trade wars. On top of this...
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Robert Antoshak
- May 16, 2016
- 5 min
How to Sustain Cotton's Competitive Advantage
Cotton isn't in the fabric of our lives anymore. Polyester holds that distinction today. Why is that? Price is a major factor; globally,...
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Robert Antoshak
- Jun 24, 2014
- 7 min
Cotton's Muddled Message
[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...
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