Adidas continues Cambodia purchasing growth; manufacturers call for wage cut June 24, 2020 Cambodia’s Garment Manufacturing Association has asked the government to suspend the country’s minimum wage as companies struggle to deal with falling demand. While the apparel industry has done poorly recently, shipments from Cambodia to the U.S. have not suffered as much as others from the C... Read more →
PVH, H&M cut imports as Bangladeshi apparel faces COVID-19 demand drop June 10, 2020 Bangladesh’s apparel industry has faced significant challenges due to cancelled orders from retailers across Europe and the Americas during COVID-19. That resulted in manufacturing output falling by 55.6% in May according to industry associate BGMEA. U.S. seaborne imports of apparel from Bangl... Read more →
H&M and PVH Most Exposed to Bangladesh Sustainability Compact May 18, 2017 The Bangladesh Sustainability Compact meets today as part of an ongoing push to improve conditions for workers in the apparel industry. Progress so far has been slow, The Economist says, with continued governmental pressure needed. Buyers of Bangladeshi production can also help improve standar... Read more →
Back to School Imports Lag Spending, Denim is Out August 5, 2016 The National Retail Federation believes spending on ‘back to school’ items will jump this year. The import data says otherwise – kids apparel shipments fell 14.6% in June and 13% in July. Shirts underperformed t-shirts, and denim is in a long term decline, falling 14.6% in June, 14.1% in July ... Read more →
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