How we manage purchases and production in China.
China presents itself as an excellent opportunity when it comes to manufacturing or buying our product.
The total scale of production in China and the huge number of Chinese products and suppliers mean...
A new global and digital customer has changed the rules of the market with their desire to immediately buy the garment they have just seen on social networks or that their favorite influencer is wearing. They want that item...
If fashion and retail are to achieve their goals in the digitalization of their supply, they must increase their focus and go beyond the core areas and processes of their supply chain. If they have chosen to transform their...
China continues to be the factory of the world, but it updates its production model.
New changes appear on scene at the world’s biggest manufacturing hub.
If we talk about the “factory of the world”, we are undoubtedly talking about China....
In this new article we continue to analyze the incredible process of the return of apparel and fashion manufacturing from Asia to nearby locations. I have called this budding phenomenon "the neorelocalization of fashion production" to distinguish it from...
The return of fashion manufacturing in the vicinity is uncovering a series of needs and new objectives regarding the operating model, organization, CSR and sustainability, supplies and structure of the textile and fashion industry.
The productive muscle of fashion in...
This is the third and last article in the series, based on the detailed report The State of Quality Inspections in the Global Supply Chain: 2018 Edition by Sourcing Journal & Inspectorio, about the current quality level of fashion...
We began the previous article by stating, "To ensure sales and to achieve planned profitability, it is no longer enough for today's fashion brands to be on the cutting edge. In seconds, from anywhere in the world, even without...
No report or content on digitization and its impact on the fashion, textile and apparel industry would be complete without a focus on production automation. Obviously, this would lead to a thorough revision of the sourcing strategy with a...
The Institut für Textiltechnik - ITA - is one of the leading research institutes in the field of materials, production processes and products for technical applications of textile structure. Together with the international consulting firm McKinsey and several technology...
Even as the fashion industry and sector are facing an unstable and complex reality, we recognize that supply professionals have high hopes that they will be able to generate and develop the tools and structural responses to successfully manage...
E-commerce platforms know full well that generating a better consumer experience through customization optimizes the customer loyalty ratio and creates a much more fluid purchase process, allowing customers a much more agile and satisfying product selection, spending less time...
Gabriel F. Iribarren (Ripley): “Latin America needs political stability to compete in sourcing”.
Gabriel Farias Iribarren is a specialist in textile sourcing. With over twenty years’ experience in the fashion industry, he has been a Director for China and South...
Although low-cost sourcing origins remain a fundamental part of the global apparel supply chain, there is a growing trend of nearshoring and relocation. This ongoing process is driven by the pressure that companies and fashion brands face to increase...
New developing countries want to challenge China for the title of “the factory of the world”.
“Together with dynamic and very versatile countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia and Thailand, Southeast Asia consolidates itself as a new and powerful...
To establish a measure of the current state of quality inspections, industry professionals surveyed in the report referenced in the previous post - Quality in Global Fashion Supply - were asked to confirm their most important challenges both with...
Natural Textile Fibers
In the last few months, I have received several questions through the blog regarding natural textile fibers. Evidently, from the perspective of fashion consumers...
