Apparel

RFID Helps Canadian Leather Goods Dealer Replenish Items on the Sales Floor

November 9, 2012

Canadian luxury leather goods retailer Danier Leather is piloting a radio frequency identification system at three of its Toronto-area stores, intended to ensure that products are replenished on the sales floor as they are sold to customers, as well as reduce the number of labor hours related to counting inventory.

APL Logistics Opens Quality Assurance Center in Bangladesh

October 12, 2012

APL Logistics

APL Logistics has opened its first Quality Assurance Centers in Bangladesh, in Dhaka and Chittagong. The company has a 30,500-square-foot center in Gazipur, Dhaka, along the Dhaka-Chittagong highway.

Swisslog Autostore: An In-Depth Review of Automated Split Case Picking Technology for Distribution Centers

October 10, 2012

Swisslog Logistics

AutoStore is one of the more interesting solutions for semi-automated storage and retrieval of split case products.

New Rules for a New Decade: A Vision for Smarter Supply Chain Management

September 5, 2012

IBM

Today's new economic environment is increasingly more volatile, complex and structurally different than in years past, and in few places is this more apparent than in the movement of goods and services.

Centric Fashions PLM Solution for Proenza Schouler

August 24, 2012

Centric Software

Proenza Schouler has chosen the product specification, material management and calendar management modules of the Centric 8 product lifecycle management system for apparel and luxury goods companies.

Capitalizing on the Power of the Smarter Consumer

August 2, 2012

IBM

Smarter consumers want retailers to listen to them, know them and empower them - at the same time that these consumers are becoming more difficult to know.

Coalition Measures Environmental Impact of Apparel Products Supply Chain

August 1, 2012

Environmental Leader

Walmart, Nike, Target, JC Penney, Levi's and fellow members of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition have unveiled the group's index for measuring the environmental impact of apparel products across the supply chain.

Apparel Factory Coalition Enhances Software, Platform for Handling Manufacturing Audits

June 22, 2012

Fair Factories Clearinghouse

Fair Factories Clearinghouse, a non-profit organization that helps major brands and manufacturers collaborate to ensure cost-effective, well-informed business transactions and improved workplaces worldwide, has enhanced its software and collaboration platform that support a new approach for manufacturing audits.

Online Shopping Customer Experience Study

June 6, 2012

Commissioned by UPS

This report will provide retailers with the necessary insights into what steps they must take to satisfy their customers, thereby increasing customer loyalty as well as the lifetime value of customers.

Border Hassles That Put the Canadian Market Out of Reach: What Your Business Should Know

May 29, 2012

Purolator International

While both the U.S. and Canadian governments have taken significant steps to facilitate the flow of goods, there are regulatory protocols that must be complied with for a U.S. business to successfully ship goods to Canada.

Apparel

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the apparel industry — which consists of companies that manufacture clothing, accessories and footwear. Learn how apparel companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.