Top stories this week on just-style include a look at why now is the time to start planning to make digital part of your strategy, how brick and mortar companies cannot compete online, Sri Lanka’s apparel manufacturers warn they may need more time to honour current orders, and the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety suspends another six garment factories.
Texprocess 2017 – Digitalisation takes shape in fashion value chains
The digital pieces of the fashion supply chain puzzle are starting to come together, according to executives at the recent Texprocess apparel technology trade show in Frankfurt, Germany. And they advise that not only does digitalisation have the potential to provide agile support for existing products and reduce time to market for new ones – but that now is the time to start planning to make digital part of your strategy.
How millennials (and actually, everyone) want to shop
Brick and mortar companies cannot compete online. If they try, they will lose, and they will lose hard, writes Emma Birnbaum. Here she takes a closer look at why brick and mortar is not dead, but is just being mishandled.
Bangladesh violence over union formation attempts
Workers at Bangladesh-based Azim Group’s Orchid and Savar factories in Chittagong are said to have been subjected to violence, threats and coercion for wanting to form a union in the workplace.
Sri Lanka apparel makers see delays following floods
Just days since floods and landslides ravaged parts of Sri Lanka, the country’s apparel manufacturers are warning they may need more time to honour current orders. But they are also confident the sector will recover so that 2017 exports are not seriously affected.
Bangladesh Alliance suspends another six factories
The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety has suspended the operations of another six garment factories for failing to prioritise remediation.
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