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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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