All articles by Isatou Ndure

Isatou Ndure

Isatou is a Senior Reporter covering the retail and apparel supply chain industry. She investigates complex industry challenges and how they impact brands, workers, and consumers. When she's not writing, she's interviewing industry experts, attending international events or exploring the latest developments shaping the sector.

Hugo Boss maintains guidance despite Q2 sales and profit drop

Hugo Boss' Q2 earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) fell to €59m ($67.9m), resulting in an EBIT margin of 6.5%…
10 reasons why brands should consider UK manufacturing now

The idea that “UK manufacturing is too expensive” has been repeated so often that many brands treat it as a…
TradeBeyond: Why supply chain traceability fails at scale and the fix

Traceability has become a fixture of supply chain strategy, but for many brands it still does not scale beyond early…
Fashion Roundtable calls on new PM to back British-made uniforms

The letter, published on Substack, requests a meeting with the Prime Minister before the details of the "Number 10 North"…
Lenzing to shutter UK, Austria production as it resets textiles business

The Austrian manufacturer will phase out production at its fibre plants in Heiligenkreuz, Austria, by the end of 2026 and…

The road to UK textile EPR starts with product data

EPR for textiles is no longer a question of if but when. That was the message from panellists speaking at…
‘Read the fine print’: What the tariffs really mean for US apparel

On the surface, last week looked like relief for US fashion sourcing teams: one tariff regime expiring, seemingly replaced by…
Week in Review: The week tariffs went into overdrive

If you blinked this week, you missed a tariff announcement. Fresh off a World Cup that had the world talking…
Why India and Mauritius are winning over UK fashion buyers

When Just Style sat down for an interview with Source Fashion director Suzanne Ellingham, she told us that India and…
Speaking finance: The new language of sustainable sourcing

At Source Fashion’s “Speaking your CFO’s language on sustainability” panel, industry leaders argued that sourcing and sustainability professionals need to…