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EU-China Team Up to Settle Trade Disputes

The European Union announced on March 27 it has teamed up with China and 14 others to set up a temporary system for trade dispute appeals in place of ...

Green Shoots as China Retail Re-Opens

Retail is starting see signs of optimism as major international retailers re-open stores in Greater China.While no one is completely back to normal, t...

Apparel Faces 'Prisoner's Dilemma'

Facing the current situation where retail sales around the world are collapsing, is it better to focus on the short term and mitigate current losses, ...

How Focusing on Quality Can Hedge Against Risk

From the US-China trade conflict to the coronavirus that brought the global supply chain to an abrupt halt, we’ve seen how fragile the sup...

The Most Important Retail Success Metric

Business is besieged with metrics. Return on Investment (ROI), website visits, website return visits, shopping cart abandonment rates, and avera...

How RPA Could be a Tech Game Changer for the Apparel Industry

Automating the apparel supply chain has typically focused on robots replacing workers on the factory floor or in warehouses. Usually Robotic Proc...

The Price Conundrum

There’s mounting consumer demand for ‘better’. That can mean better fit (usually), better fabric quality (especial...

Vietnam Phase II

Vietnam is facing some potentially key impacts as part of a global shift in the supply chain. With the newly ratified EVFTA, Vietnam is poi...

It's About the Assortment

In the race to win at e-commerce, one frontier that even the biggest retailers needed to conquer was merchandise assortment. A vast produc...

Small Brands, Big Opportunities

Despite a challenging retail environment, the outlook for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has never been better. Today, digital tradi...

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