Apparel

All Warehouse Management Software is Created Equal: And other Myths of Buying a Warehouse Management System

All WMS Softwares Are Created Equal: Myths of Warehouse Management Investment

October 1, 2019

Open Sky Group

Workforce Management Software: Taking the Pain out of Staffing Your Warehouse

Workforce Management Software: Taking the Pain Out of Warehouse Staffing

October 1, 2019

Open Sky Group

Time to Buy a New WMS? Or Keep the Old One?

October 1, 2019

Open Sky Group

Rent the Runway Pays Angry Customers $200 After Service Failures

September 30, 2019

Bloomberg

Fashion rental service Rent the Runway is refunding and giving out extra cash to disgruntled customers even as it warned that the service disruptions that have plagued the startup for weeks are likely to continue.

EDITOR'S Q&A

Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang Threaten to Taint All China-Sourced Supply Chains

September 25, 2019

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Multiple reports are emerging from Xinjiang about human rights abuses against the indigenous Uyghur population, including mass detentions and the use of forced and child labor in local factories.

Beating Murphy's Law on Warehouse Automation Projects

September 19, 2019

Commonwealth Supply Chain Advisors

Nordstrom Will Let You Return Your Macy’s Online Order In Store

September 6, 2019

Bloomberg

Nordstrom Inc. is trying a creative new approach for getting busy New York City shoppers in its doors: letting them return things they bought online — from other retailers.

No-Deal Brexit May Cost the British Fashion Industry $1 Billion

September 4, 2019

Bloomberg

A switch to World Trade Organization rules along with tighter controls on international shipping have the potential to hamstring the U.K. industry, the British Fashion Council said.

U.S. Cotton-Crop Conditions Deteriorate as Texas Fields Bake

August 27, 2019

Bloomberg

Conditions for the cotton crop in the U.S., the world’s biggest exporter, are deteriorating as dry weather erodes planting prospects in Texas, the top state grower.

The Hidden Gender Politics of Trump’s China Tariffs

August 26, 2019

Bloomberg

The tariffs President Donald Trump has slapped on imports are disproportionately hurting women.

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.