http://www.just-style.comLatest AAPN industry news - from just-style.com© 2009 All content copyright just-style.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:07:10 GMTSat, 21 Nov 2009 02:07:10 GMTjust-style.com - RSS feedjust-style.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20It's no secret that the Dominican Republic - Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) has failed to meet its once highly touted benefits on the region's textiles and apparel trade. But many industry observers are now abandoning the notion that it will ever do so, writes Ivan Castano Freeman.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=105297Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:52:00 GMTThe American Apparel Producers' Network (AAPN) is making it easier for retailers and importers to find apparel and fabric suppliers around the world via its new website, which uses the very latest in Web 3.0 technologies.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=105056Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:09:00 GMTAn opportunity for US textile manufacturers to meet with apparel makers and retailers is being offered at AAPN's Annual Meeting in September, where the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) will also be present.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=94554Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:52:00 GMTThe apparel industry in the CAFTA-DR area has the potential to grow its share of the US market from 10% to 20% - but only if the countries involved start working together, according to speakers at the recent Apparel Conference of Americas.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=94093Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:43:00 GMTFive US organisations have joined together to launch the Apparel Conference of the Americas, which is being hosted by ProNicaragua in Managua, Nicaragua from 5-7 June.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=93441Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:30:00 GMTAn insight into design and product development, balanced sourcing, China, branding, and CAFTA were just some of the topics thrown into the mix at this year's AAPN annual meeting.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=90836Tue, 20 Sep 2005 10:00:00 GMTGuatemala's proximity to the United States is being hailed as a key to the survival of the region's apparel industry. But its ability to deliver on the speed-to-market promise depends on more than location. Reducing cycle time in product development, manufacturing, logistics and distribution, along with vertical integration with mill and trim suppliers are all part of the mix, executives were told earlier this month.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=92491Mon, 23 May 2005 12:57:00 GMTSpeed to market is the only key to survival for companies in the western hemisphere Kirkor Balco, VP corporate sourcing, group manufacturing, Liz Claiborne Inc told executives from Guatemala's apparel and textiles industry on Wednesday.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=67766Thu, 06 May 2004 09:39:00 GMTTurkey was the setting for the 19th IAF World Apparel Convention which, not surprisingly, turned its attention to the removal of quotas at the end of 2004. The consensus was that companies must use the right tools and models to meet the new open market challenges. Those who are ready to meet these changes will survive; those who aren't, won't.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=92734Tue, 08 Jul 2003 12:33:00 GMTWhat will come of China in the WTO and a world without quotas? With China's entry into the WTO and the final phase-out of quotas scheduled for 2005, sourcing strategy is a heightened priority for manufacturers, brand marketers and retailers. Bobbin taps into their current plans and perspectives on the future.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=92955Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:44:00 GMTTop executives from a wide range of leading apparel and soft goods firms reveal their top investment plans for 2002 in this eye-opening feature. Executives representing a diverse mix of apparel and soft goods enterprises were asked about their plans for information technology, capital expenditures and other outlays in the year ahead. Here is what they had to say. http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=92954Mon, 21 Jan 2002 14:18:00 GMTA new service that promises to help designers, product developers and retailers to speed up the process of sourcing has been introduced by AAPNetwork (the American Apparel Producers' Network). All too often, contractors and their customers waste time by poorly communicating the details and status of product development. And they lose money on volume overnight mail, repeated samples, long faxes, e-mails and late nights. Which is wherehttp://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=74950Mon, 18 Dec 2000 13:01:00 GMTMike Todaro is to rejoin the staff of the American Apparel Producers' Network (AAPN) after a one-year leave as director of Marketing for Ai. Todaro resumes his positions as managing director of the AAPNetwork; managing director of the American Garment Council; and president of the @usawear Apparel Group, LLC. Sue Strickland, executive director of the AAPNetwork said: "We are looking at significant changes to our mission and reach and Mike can help take us there."Todaro's agenda includes a new committee to review Caribbean and Latin American opportunities and continued efforts working with universities, associations, and trade shows. The American Apparel Producers' Network is a non-profit trade association for sourcing of designs, fabric, trim, supplies and makers of apparel and sewn products. AAPNetwork is still the only trade group in America offering free e-mail broadcasts to source apparel production.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=78158Mon, 06 Nov 2000 12:48:00 GMTU.S. apparel contractors have become very resourceful in their diversification beyond the cut-make-trim business. It's been a necessary evolution in their uphill battle to stay in the game in the face of abandonment by many of their traditional customers. There's no way to sugarcoat the facts. The U.S. apparel contracting industry was forced to swallow a bitter pill when NAFTA went into effect on Jan. 1, 1994.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=92292Mon, 13 Dec 1999 17:11:00 GMT