From Field to Shelf

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...

Oddly enough, when writing this month's column, I originally intended to discuss likely economic recovery scenarios and how those could...

"Since the invention of the mechanical loom nearly two and a half centuries ago, fashion has been a dirty, unscrupulous business that has...

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...

In a world of trade wars, disrupted supply chains, and rising raw material costs, can the apparel industry afford sustainability? For...

First, there was Brexit. Then there was Trump. Now we have talk of undoing trade agreements and potential trade wars. On top of this...

Protestors were arrested in Brussels recently for pelting trade officials with confetti, upset over the latest round of Transatlantic...

There are two distinct tiers of today’s textile and apparel industry to approach consumers. One tier embraces intricate far-flung global...

It’s about time. Someone has finally produced a compelling documentary about the ills of the global garment industry. I’m speaking about...

[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...

As many of you may recall, there was a time when global trade in textiles and apparel was regulated by a system of quotas operated under...