The changing sourcing landscape
As long as the economic downturn continues, apparel businesses are going to be more motivated by short-term survival than by great long-term strategies believes Mike Flanagan. Here he asks whether recession is changing the rules – and takes a closer look at some of the sweeping generalisations doing the rounds.
COMMENT: Is recession rewriting the sourcing rulebook?
3 March 2009
As long as the economic downturn continues, apparel businesses are going to be more motivated by short-term survival than by great long-term strategies believes Mike Flanagan. Here he asks whether recession is changing the rules – and takes a closer look at some of the sweeping generalisations doing the rounds.
GUATEMALA: New jeans supplier to fill fast fashion gap
23 February 2009
A new regional production source for quick-response fashion jeans and other apparel has been set up at the former Koramsa plant in Guatemala City, offering retailers and brands what is thought to be the first fully-integrated vertical supply chain from raw cotton to finished jeans in the Western hemisphere.
US: Li & Fung to take on Liz Claiborne’s sourcing ops
23 February 2009
Hong Kong-based sourcing giant Li & Fung is to take on Liz Claiborne’s sourcing operations in a deal worth up to $83m as the US clothing firm switches its focus onto its core brand and retail businesses.
NETHERLANDS: Retailers accused of using unethical suppliers
13 February 2009
Supermarket retailers including Carrefour, Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, and Wal-Mart are facing new allegations of workers' rights violations in their supply chains.
US: China’s share of apparel imports reaches all-time high
18 November 2008
China’s share of US apparel imports reached their highest ever level in September 2008, a new analysis says, contradicting earlier fears that China was becoming uncompetitive.
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