Do Current Consumer Attitudes Foretell Apparel's Future?
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...
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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
- Dec 16, 2020
- 6 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Nov 20, 2020
- 5 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Oct 15, 2020
- 5 min
Should The Denim Industry Worry About Knitwear?
Anecdotal evidence suggests that consumer demand for mass-market jeans has plummeted during the Covid pandemic. In contrast, demand for...
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Robert Antoshak
- Jul 10, 2020
- 7 min
Selling Garments Should Never Be The Same
We live in such difficult times. It's like the world has been turned upside down. What worked before is now failing. Darkness has...
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Robert Antoshak
- Nov 21, 2019
- 6 min
So, Is Near-Shoring A Thing?
In case you hadn't noticed, our industry is changing. For many companies, extended supply chains are out; sustainability is in. Cheap is...
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Robert Antoshak
- Oct 17, 2019
- 6 min
What Price Fast-Fashion and the Future of Clothes?
"Since the invention of the mechanical loom nearly two and a half centuries ago, fashion has been a dirty, unscrupulous business that has...
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Robert Antoshak
- Aug 18, 2019
- 5 min
Can Global Supply chains Ever be sustainable?
It's an old story. I've heard it from proponents of Made-in-USA production. How can our industry be truly sustainable if it maintains...
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Robert Antoshak
- Jun 2, 2019
- 7 min
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...
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Robert Antoshak
- Apr 20, 2019
- 7 min
How does Slowing Global Economic Growth Affect Apparel?
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...
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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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