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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...
Robert Antoshak
Mar 15, 20217 min read
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Will A Troubled Presidential Transition Add To Apparel Industry Woes?
(Co-Authored with Fashion+Sustainability advisor, Thomasine Dolan Dow.) As Americans, we're concerned that the presidential transition...
Robert Antoshak
Dec 16, 20206 min read
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U.S. Political Divisions Complicate Fashion's Future
Oddly enough, when writing this month's column, I originally intended to discuss likely economic recovery scenarios and how those could...
Robert Antoshak
Nov 20, 20205 min read
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Economic Inequality and its Impact on Apparel Demand
There seems to be growing concern over the future of capitalism – at least the American variety – so says The Washington Post in a...
Robert Antoshak
Jun 2, 20197 min read
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Tariffs and The Cost to Sustainability
In a world of trade wars, disrupted supply chains, and rising raw material costs, can the apparel industry afford sustainability? For...
Robert Antoshak
Oct 28, 20184 min read
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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...
Robert Antoshak
Sep 4, 20173 min read
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The Spear of Globalization and a World Divided
Protestors were arrested in Brussels recently for pelting trade officials with confetti, upset over the latest round of Transatlantic...
Robert Antoshak
Sep 1, 20166 min read
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