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MFG.com Textiles and Apparel Marketplace Kicks Off Year with More Than $100 Million in Online Sourcing OpportunitiesGlobal Sourcing | Business Wire | 19 January 2010 New Global Sourcing Platform, Multiple Languages Better Connect Buyers, Suppliers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thousands of textile and apparel brands are using the Internet to reap the benefits of online sourcing. For example at MFG.com, the largest global sourcing marketplace for manufacturing, its MFG.com Textiles & Apparel Sourcing ... |
Stanford Graduate School of Business Research: Outsourcing May Be Slowing Down Apparel FirmsGlobal Sourcing | Business Wire | 14 January 2010 STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Most companies in the fashion industry are firmly entrenched in a business model that involves outsourcing production and distributing products through cheaper, “slow boat” channels. However, as reported in today’s Stanford Knowledgebase, new research at Stanford Graduate School of Business suggests that while... |
Threads & Heirs Men’s Line to Launch Exclusively at Macy’sGlobal Sourcing | Business Wire | 28 October 2009 Debut Threads & Heirs Collection Includes Designs by Ruffian in Partnership with LF USA NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Macy’s (NYSE: M) announced the launch of the new men’s fashion brand, Threads & Heirs, which will be exclusively available at 200 Macy’s stores nationwide and on macys.com in March 2010. Produced by LF USA’s Oxfo... |
US: Caché chooses NGC for PLM and global sourcingGlobal Sourcing | Just Style | 30 September 2009 Women's sportswear retailer Caché has selected the PLM and global sourcing solution from New Generation Computing (NGC) as its platform for improving speed to market, collaboration and efficiency throughout the product development and production process. |
US: Steady growth seen in global apparel manufacturingGlobal Sourcing | Just Style | 25 September 2009 Revenues in the global apparel manufacturing industry are forecast to grow at an average annual rate of 3.5%, to $476.8bn from 2008 to 2013, according to forecasts from market research firm IBIS World. |
SOURCING: Is fast fashion starting to fade?Global Sourcing | Just Style | 8 September 2009 Fast fashion has for years been hailed as the "next big thing." But a glance at any major clothing store in Europe or North America would suggest fast fashion has already taken over the industry. |
THAILAND: VF to open sourcing office this month - reportGlobal Sourcing | Just Style | 4 September 2009 Clothing giant VF Corporation is expected to open its new Thai sourcing office in Bangkok this month, reported local media. |
SOURCING: Marginal suppliers need a radical re-thinkGlobal Sourcing | Just Style | 21 August 2009 In the current recession, factory owners are transferring business away from their marginal suppliers to their core operations, creating a major problem in countries where the garment sector is a lifeline. |
US: Apparel network makes sourcing search easierGlobal Sourcing | Just Style | 17 August 2009 The American Apparel Producers' Network (AAPN) is making it easier for retailers and importers to find apparel and fabric suppliers around the world via its new website, which uses the very latest in Web 3.0 technologies. |
US: The Talbots inks Li & Fung sourcing dealGlobal Sourcing | Just Style | 13 August 2009 Women's wear retailer The Talbots has signed a buying agency agreement with consumer goods sourcing specialist Li & Fung. |
AUSTRALIA: Target, Kmart to use Core sourcing solutionGlobal Sourcing | Just Style | 12 August 2009 Retailers Target Australia and Kmart Australia are seeking to streamline their global sourcing of private label merchandise by acquiring the CBX system offered by Core Solutions. |
GERMANY: Adidas imposes tough leather sourcing rulesGlobal Sourcing | Just Style | 29 July 2009 Sportswear giant Adidas has responded to Greenpeace claims connecting the sourcing of leather with rainforest destruction by unveiling a set of stringent supplier requirements. |
US: ecVision boosts sourcing tool, wins Fung Capital dealGlobal Sourcing | Just Style | 17 July 2009 ecVision has secured an investment from Fung Capital USA, the private equity firm headed by the bosses of sourcing firm Li & Fung, and unveiled enhancements to its XpressCommerce sourcing tool. |
US: Family Dollar names Boyanowski SVP global sourcingGlobal Sourcing | Just Style | 29 May 2009 Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores Inc has named Kevin Boyanowski as senior vice president of global sourcing. |
US: Liz Claiborne puts Warner in global sourcing postGlobal Sourcing | Just Style | 5 May 2009 Peter Warner has been promoted to the post of senior vice president of global sourcing and operations at apparel retailer Liz Claiborne Inc, where he will help the company as it hands its sourcing business over to Li & Fung. |
Guess, Inc. Expands Deployment of Dassault Systèmes’ PLM Solutions to Manage Its Global Sourcing OperationGlobal Sourcing | Dassault Systèmes | 31 March 2009 03/31/2009 Leading Contemporary Fashion Brand Adopts Industry’s First Integrated Apparel Development and Sourcing Solution to Drive Brand Value, Reduce Costs and Improve Lifecycle ManagementLOWELL, Mass., March 31, 2009 — Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, ... |
ANALYSIS: Will others follow Liz Claiborne’s sourcing shift?Global Sourcing | Just Style | 24 March 2009 Does the move by Liz Claiborne to wind up its sourcing department and buy all its offshore garments through Hong Kong-based Li & Fung mark the end of the trend for sourcing direct? |
JAPAN: China sourcing cuts could raise costs for US, EU buyersGlobal Sourcing | Just Style | 4 March 2009 Apparel buyers in the US and Europe could face higher costs in Bangladesh and South East Asia if Japan goes ahead with possible moves to shift "a third of its clothes and textile buying from China," a new study says. |
US: Jerry Leigh to use e-SPS as global sourcing platformGlobal Sourcing | Just Style | 10 September 2008 Jerry Leigh, a multi-faceted apparel company that develops licensed products for the nation's top retailers, has selected New Generation Computing's (NGC) e-SPS software for global sourcing and visibility across all of its divisions. |