We analyzed in the previous post the process of digitalization in the sector and how to implement it. We also mentioned that in the next post we would list and analyze the four main applications of digitization according to...
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...
"Faster and more versatile fashion during each season is the key to creating an attractive offer for future customers and to achieving the desired success in today's volatile market. Only if fashion brands move from the traditional and historical...
See it now, buy it now or it won't be a chance.
Perhaps, wanting to "see now - buy now" goes far beyond a need for instant gratification: in the temporary world of fast fashion -and now ultra fast fashion- the...
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...
"In an environment where brands and fashion retailers are cornered by customers' demand to constantly drop prices, by sudden shifts in customers' preferences and by the pressure to create more and more options - alternative designs - companies 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...
The textile industry in India
The Indian apparel industry, which is the second largest contributor to the retail industry after the food industry, is immersed in the middle of profound and disruptive changes and of course it grows, not only...
What will be the new stop of the fashion sourcing caravan?
McKinsey asks the same question in the report "The apparel sourcing caravan's next stop: Digitization". As you can see, the very name of the report gives us the answer....
Retail supply data & Perspective.
CBX Software's Retail Sourcing Report provides research and analysis to inform about sourcing and purchasing decisions for retailers, brands and other sourcing professionals.
Each quarterly edition includes an overview of key information that impacts global sourcing,...
The production costs of garments and fashion accessories in Asia have increased steadily and considerably over the years, so producing in Asian origins is no longer as profitable as it used to be. Asian factories have been efficiently managing...
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...
Textile industry, today.
Now, in the second half of this year 2016, as a six-monthly balance, I would like to share with you the vision and expectations of professionals and businessmen of the textile industry that I was able to...
For some time now, we have been observing an increasingly nationalist dialectic in public opinion. This leads irremediably to a protectionist position that has been adopted by several countries with projects such as "Made in China 2025" and "Made...
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...
