Sourcing

There’s an urgent need for Ethiopia to yank off from a never-ending cycle of low productivity and high labour turnover if the country wants to remain an attractive location for the global textile industry in spite of rising labour costs.

The unique opportunity presented by the availability of high-quality local fibres, the rich array of handwoven, hand-processed or industrial textiles produced on the continent, and the strength of the demand for African designs means that the sector is ripe for new investments and policies. Unless, the West reads “ripe for investment” as “ripe for plunder.”

The Sewn Products Equipment & Suppliers of the Americas (SPESA) played host to the 38th World Fashion Convention of the International Apparel Federation (IAF). The President of the SPESA, Michael McDonald, takes time out to tell texfash.com how the event went by, and the context in which it was held in the US.

The flagship Munich Fabric Start, along with Bluezone, Keyhouse and The Source, will now be held in June and September 2024 and in a shortened format.

reVIEW from Munich Fabric Start came to a successful close Thursday, emerging as a pivotal platform for timely orders for Autumn/Winter 2024/25 with key discussions around sustainable sourcing and pricing.

The first annual Better Buying Commercial Compliance Tracker provides a baseline measure of the extent buyer purchasing practices meet the definition of commercial compliance.

Key players from the Latin American Colombia and US will converge in the salubrious city of Medellin on 18–19 October for PI Apparel to explore the technologies and practices changing the face of the Colombian fashion industry.

The sourcing fash frat once again gets the opportunity for reordering or for rapid collection development as the reVIEW gets going on 13 September at Munich to showcase collections for Autumn/Winter 24/25

There is an urgent need for sourcing brands to interrogate their supply chains in military-ruled Myanmar as human and worker rights abuse is endemic and on the rise, says a report even as it calls for heightened human rights due diligence or consider responsible exit from the country.

US apparel-fashion importers are increasingly diversifying their sourcing base following the deteriorating US-China bilateral relationship and there’s mounting concern at the uncertain macroeconomic outlook, according to the just-released Benchmarking Survey by the United States Fashion Industry Association.