The Magazine Apparel Sourcing

Supply Chain

Are you LEAN in Product Development???

I had the pleasure during the past edition of the Apparel Sourcing Show of giving a presentation about two basic concepts for our apparel industry. The first one is the beginning of the productive chain for any garment… that is, where ideas are “born” to later be transformed into a reality: product development…

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Raw Material

U.S. and world cotton economic outlook

August 1 marks the beginning of the new crop year with regards to USDA’s statistical reporting. The new U.S. crop, estimated currently at 18.84 million bales, 6.7 millions bales more than the previous year. U.S. offtake is expected to be 19.1 million bales …

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Monthly Financial Report

After falling a large part of May and the beginning of June, the NY nearby rebounded during the most recent trade commercial. Advancing the past days and surpassing the limit of 3 cents/pound on June 9th, NY nearby recovered the 6 cents/pound lost during …

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A quick overview of stitch types

With a global economy, it is important to have a universal standard for communicating construction requirements. Seams and Stitches classifications began as a government response to the need for procurement starting in 1926. The final government …

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