BRAND AND MANUFACTURERS SHOULD RETHINK SUPPLY CHAINS IN A TIME OF VOLATILITY
April 1st, 2018
The uncertainty of potential tariffs affecting the clothing and textile sector — and a Trump administration that appears poised to levy more of them — loomed large over a meeting held by the American Apparel & Footwear Association, in Washington DC, on April 25.
But the mood improved as speakers pivoted to discuss the innovations that can come from business seasons of ambiguity. One speaker compared the rapid rate of change in the garment industry to the sudden changes the United States and other countries faced in the wake of the Cold War, when its ...
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