CHINA GRIPS ITS PLACE IN APPAREL SUPPLY CHAIN, FOR NOW
February 18th, 2024
China still enjoys its dominance in the global garment supply chain, despite the “friendshoring” and “nearshoring” strategies used by western companies leveraging the geopolitical tension between China and the West in recent years.
A key reason is China’s longstanding track-record as a reliable clothing and textile supplier to global markets: “China is one of our top five largest sourcing markets. We have long-standing relationships with many Chinese suppliers,” said Michael W Schultze, director of global supply chain at the Danish fashion retailer ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.