Manufacturing

Fashion to Die For

13 September 2018 • By Robb Young

Kalpona Akter is worried for her life. Her support for the Bangladeshi garment workers who produce more than $30 billion worth of fashion for Western retailers every year puts her at odds with powerful factory owners and the country’s ‘industrial police.’

Fashion to Die For

Kalpona Akter is worried for her life. Her support for the Bangladeshi garment workers who produce more than $30 billion worth of fashion for Western retailers every year puts her at odds with powerful factory owners and the country’s ‘industrial police.’

Faded Department Store Brands Search For New Identity Online

15 August 2018 • By Cathaleen Chen

Faded Department Store Brands Search For New Identity Online

Brands and the licensees that make their clothes are rewriting the rules of retail as they work together to court the modern consumer and compete online.

Social Goods | Black Women Dominate September Covers, Retailers Abandon Sweatshop Safety Scheme

8 August 2018 • By Kristina Ezhova

8 August 2018 • By Kristina Ezhova

This week, a glut of big name magazines have chosen black women to front their September issues, while a German retailers' alliance formed to improve working conditions in Asian factories is crumbling.

Social Goods | Black Women Dominate September Covers, Retailers Abandon Sweatshop Safety Scheme

This week, a glut of big name magazines have chosen black women to front their September issues, while a German retailers' alliance formed to improve working conditions in Asian factories is crumbling.

News & Analysis

Tiffany & Co. Has Built a Secret Lab of Shiny Dreams

18 July 2018 • By Bloomberg

18 July 2018 • By Bloomberg

The renowned jewellery brand is using a 21st century workshop to speed its rebound from oblivion.

News & Analysis

Tiffany & Co. Has Built a Secret Lab of Shiny Dreams

The renowned jewellery brand is using a 21st century workshop to speed its rebound from oblivion.

News & Analysis

Burberry Investors Question Destruction of $38 Million in Goods

13 July 2018 • By Bloomberg

13 July 2018 • By Bloomberg

The British fashion house physically destroyed finished products worth £28.6 million ($38 million) in 2018, according to its latest annual report.

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Burberry Investors Question Destruction of $38 Million in Goods

The British fashion house physically destroyed finished products worth £28.6 million ($38 million) in 2018, according to its latest annual report.

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Why Steven Alan Entered a Licensing Deal With Jachs NY

10 July 2018 • By Chantal Fernandez

10 July 2018 • By Chantal Fernandez

The New York retailer is partnering with Jachs NY to bring back his classic styles while he focuses on downsizing and strengthening his own stores.

Why Steven Alan Entered a Licensing Deal With Jachs NY

The New York retailer is partnering with Jachs NY to bring back his classic styles while he focuses on downsizing and strengthening his own stores.

New Threat to Retail: Rising Commodity Prices

5 July 2018 • By Kristina Ezhova

New Threat to Retail: Rising Commodity Prices

Prices of commodities have been increasing across the board. Can the apparel industry take another hit when it is already down?

News & Analysis

Trump Spares Made-in-USA Apparel as Most Machinery Tariff-Free

15 June 2018 • By Bloomberg

15 June 2018 • By Bloomberg

The exclusion of most apparel equipment from the new tariffs has allayed fears that manufacturers would push higher costs on to consumers, but the prospect of retaliation from China is a worrying threat.

News & Analysis

Trump Spares Made-in-USA Apparel as Most Machinery Tariff-Free

The exclusion of most apparel equipment from the new tariffs has allayed fears that manufacturers would push higher costs on to consumers, but the prospect of retaliation from China is a worrying threat.

News & Analysis

Consumers Want to Eat Beef, Not Wear It, Sending Leather Prices Plummeting

12 June 2018 • By Bloomberg

12 June 2018 • By Bloomberg

More American shoppers want to cover their feet in animal-free footwear.

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Consumers Want to Eat Beef, Not Wear It, Sending Leather Prices Plummeting

More American shoppers want to cover their feet in animal-free footwear.

Global Currents

North Korea: Fashion’s Next Sourcing Opportunity?

11 June 2018 • By Melissa Twigg

Global Currents

North Korea: Fashion’s Next Sourcing Opportunity?

While denuclearisation is the focus of the historic US-North Korea Summit, shrewd Asian manufacturers will be pondering the impact on business.