The move was announced as part of the retailer’s commitment to Vice President Kamala Harris’ Call to Action to create economic opportunity in the northern Central American countries of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. It marks a total growth commitment of $150m by Gap Inc to the region by 2025.
While Gap Inc’s current production in Central America supports an estimated 8,200 manufacturing jobs in the region, primarily held by women, the increased purchases are expected to lead to about 5,000 more.
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Expanding its sourcing capabilities in its own backyard will also help to drive increased flexibility and speed to market.
The San Francisco-based company said earlier this year it will ramp up production in Latin America as it looks to recover from financial losses linked to supply chain disruption.
Speaking to analysts in the wake of the group’s fourth-quarter results, CEO Sonia Syngal said Gap Inc will grow its Mexico and Central America sourcing in 2022, adding over the longer term, the company is looking at “de-risking” its supply chain by “rebalancing sourcing to rely less on single countries of origin and building deeper relationships with near-shore vendors.”
Meanwhile, the latest figures to come out of the US Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA), show both Honduras and Mexico were overtaken by Pakistan in the ranking of top ten apparel suppliers to the US as the South Asian sourcing hub continues to become an increasingly important partner to the country.
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By GlobalDataGap Inc to scale Central America sourcing as it backs VP Harris’ Call to Action
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