Apparel

Three Ways Visual AI Can Optimize Retail Supply Chains

January 14, 2021

Visual AI tools such as visual search have unlocked a host of sales-related advantages for e-commerce — and offer a wealth of data that can boost operational efficiencies.

'Virtually Entire' Fashion Industry Complicit in Forced Labor

U.K. to Fine Firms That Hide Chinese Imports From Uighur Labor

January 13, 2021

Bloomberg

Companies with an annual turnover of more than 36 million pounds ($49 million) will have to publish a supply-chain transparency report or face fines.

Digital Cotton and 3-D Garments: The Trends That Will Reshape Fashion in 2021

January 4, 2021

Avihay Feld, SCB Contributor

Companies both in and out of the fashion industry have been content to keep separate their newer digital and traditional analog processes — but the past year has shown us that strategy may no longer be viable.

UPS Restricts Some Packages Amid Online Rush

December 3, 2020

Bloomberg

United Parcel Service is temporarily restricting some packages it takes from big retailers such as Nike, Gap and L.L. Bean as online orders spur record deliveries ahead of the holidays.

Puma’s Newest DC Improves Service Levels

November 24, 2020

TGW Logistics Group

In the fast-moving sportswear market, one must be nimble to stay ahead of the competition. The increasing popularity of online shopping, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has brought entirely new challenges to retailers such as athletic and casual wear seller Puma. And the company has recently done some fancy footwork to make sure it stays in an omnichannel marketplace, now and far into the future.

What’s Ahead Under President Joe Biden, Industry by Industry

November 8, 2020

Bloomberg

Here’s a breakdown of how a Biden presidency may affect some two dozen U.S. industries and what might rise to the top of his agenda as he takes over from Donald Trump in January.

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Watch: The Old Holiday Retail Season Has Become Meaningless

October 27, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Alexa Driansky, senior vice president in the retail practice of AlixPartners, discusses the findings of the firm’s latest forecast for retail holiday sales in the U.S.

Manhattan Associates Introduces Allocation Solution for the Omnichannel Marketplace

October 21, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Manhattan Associates Inc., a provider of supply chain and omnichannel commerce, recently introduced Manhattan Active Allocation, an first allocation solution specifically engineered for today’s omnichannel marketplace, with a new approach to managing short lifecycle inventory.

China's Big Fashion Problem: How to Recycle 26 Million Tons of Clothes

October 20, 2020

Bloomberg

China throws away 26 million tons of clothes every year, less than 1% of which is reused or recycled.

Companies Signal Face-Mask Glut With Pinched Profit Margins

October 14, 2020

Bloomberg

Just a few short months ago, face masks were so hard to come by that companies were sending employees to safeguard shipments from government seizure or mysterious bandits. Now, the world is awash.

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.