Supply Chain

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#BoFLIVE: The Future of Fashion's Supply Chain

21 October 2020 • By BoF Team

21 October 2020 • By BoF Team

How are brands and manufacturers building supply chain resilience in response to the pandemic?

BoF Professional Exclusive

#BoFLIVE: The Future of Fashion's Supply Chain

How are brands and manufacturers building supply chain resilience in response to the pandemic?

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How Can Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Adopt Responsible Logistics Strategies?

15 October 2020 • By BoF Studio

15 October 2020 • By BoF Studio

Sharing DHL’s global insight on responsible logistics strategies, as well as the experience of entrepreneur and designer Emily Bode, BoF identifies how smaller businesses can reimagine logistics to do good and mitigate harm.

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How Can Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Adopt Responsible Logistics Strategies?

Sharing DHL’s global insight on responsible logistics strategies, as well as the experience of entrepreneur and designer Emily Bode, BoF identifies how smaller businesses can reimagine logistics to do good and mitigate harm.

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How Fashion's Sustainability Targets Measure Up

14 September 2020 • By Rachel Deeley

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How Fashion's Sustainability Targets Measure Up

After weathering the initial shock of the coronavirus crisis, many fashion companies have started to publish their sustainability goals for the next five to 10 years. But these initiatives risk falling short of an industry-wide imperative to drastically reduce environmental impact within the next decade.

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At Zilingo, Pivoting for Growth in a Pandemic

1 September 2020 • By BoF Studio

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At Zilingo, Pivoting for Growth in a Pandemic

Founded as a fashion and beauty marketplace in Southeast Asia, Zilingo is now investing in new operational capabilities to serve its B2B community and create opportunities for growth post-Covid.

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Who Wants to Buy Europe's Failing Fashion Brands?

10 August 2020 • By Robert Williams

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Who Wants to Buy Europe's Failing Fashion Brands?

An online retailer chasing growth, a supplier-turned-retailer, and a worried Italian government are among the unlikely cast of investors shelling out for brands including Warehouse, Naf Naf and Corneliani. The assets are small fish, but the deals could hint at bigger transactions to come.

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Inditex Pledges to Maintain Workers' Rights Throughout Its Supply Chain

5 August 2020 • By Reuters

5 August 2020 • By Reuters

In a joint agreement with global workers' union IndustriALL, the Zara owner has committed to ensuring health and safety standards are met and workers' rights to unionise are maintained.

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Inditex Pledges to Maintain Workers' Rights Throughout Its Supply Chain

In a joint agreement with global workers' union IndustriALL, the Zara owner has committed to ensuring health and safety standards are met and workers' rights to unionise are maintained.

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Is Forced Uighur Labour in Your Supply Chain?

23 July 2020 • By Brenton Johns

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Is Forced Uighur Labour in Your Supply Chain?

Fashion brands need to urgently clean up their supply chains as the US and Europe move to legislate against the alleged use of forced Uighur labour in China. Yet some players are still burying their heads in the sand.

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Weakened Demand at Stores Signals More Trouble for Garment Suppliers

6 July 2020 • By Reuters

6 July 2020 • By Reuters

With retailers looking to sell old inventory and seasonless basics, new orders for factories in garment hubs like Bangladesh are down by as much as 45 percent compared to last year.

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Weakened Demand at Stores Signals More Trouble for Garment Suppliers

With retailers looking to sell old inventory and seasonless basics, new orders for factories in garment hubs like Bangladesh are down by as much as 45 percent compared to last year.

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How to Avoid the Next Supply Chain Shock

29 May 2020 • By Sarah Kent

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How to Avoid the Next Supply Chain Shock

Disruptions caused by Covid-19 have redoubled concerns about vulnerabilities in fashion’s manufacturing base, accelerating efforts to build more resilient and efficient operations.

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Coronavirus Crushes Asia’s Garment Industry

19 May 2020 • By Reuters

19 May 2020 • By Reuters

As retailers around the world cancel orders, factory owners in Myanmar, Bangladesh and Cambodia shut down thousands of factories and sent home workers with little or no pay.

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Coronavirus Crushes Asia’s Garment Industry

As retailers around the world cancel orders, factory owners in Myanmar, Bangladesh and Cambodia shut down thousands of factories and sent home workers with little or no pay.