Apparel

RFID Helps Canadian Leather Goods Dealer Replenish Items on the Sales Floor

November 9, 2012

Canadian luxury leather goods retailer Danier Leather is piloting a radio frequency identification system at three of its Toronto-area stores, intended to ensure that products are replenished on the sales floor as they are sold to customers, as well as reduce the number of labor hours related to counting inventory.

APL Logistics Opens Quality Assurance Center in Bangladesh

October 12, 2012

APL Logistics

APL Logistics has opened its first Quality Assurance Centers in Bangladesh, in Dhaka and Chittagong. The company has a 30,500-square-foot center in Gazipur, Dhaka, along the Dhaka-Chittagong highway.

Centric Fashions PLM Solution for Proenza Schouler

August 24, 2012

Centric Software

Proenza Schouler has chosen the product specification, material management and calendar management modules of the Centric 8 product lifecycle management system for apparel and luxury goods companies.

Coalition Measures Environmental Impact of Apparel Products Supply Chain

August 1, 2012

Environmental Leader

Walmart, Nike, Target, JC Penney, Levi's and fellow members of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition have unveiled the group's index for measuring the environmental impact of apparel products across the supply chain.

Apparel Factory Coalition Enhances Software, Platform for Handling Manufacturing Audits

June 22, 2012

Fair Factories Clearinghouse

Fair Factories Clearinghouse, a non-profit organization that helps major brands and manufacturers collaborate to ensure cost-effective, well-informed business transactions and improved workplaces worldwide, has enhanced its software and collaboration platform that support a new approach for manufacturing audits.

Try This On - Apparel Makers See Bangladesh as Next Hot Spot for Sourcing

April 10, 2012

McKinsey Quarterly

In 2010, China dominated European and U.S. markets for ready-made garments, accounting for about 40 percent of the import volume in each region. A recent McKinsey survey, however, found that 86 percent of the chief purchasing officers in leading apparel companies in Europe and the United States planned to decrease levels of sourcing in China over the next five years because of declining profit margins and capacity constraints.

Should Kiva Customers Be Concerned that the Provider Was Taken Over by Amazon?

March 26, 2012

Storefront Backtalk

When Amazon announced its $775m cash deal to buy Kiva, a robot automation fulfillment center player, it put many of its existing retail clients in a bind. This includes current Kiva clients - Walgreens and Saks, among others - plus other recent (and possibly current) customers, such as Gap, Crate & Barrel, Staples, Dillard's, Toys 'R' Us and Office Depot.

Case Study Shows Ralph Lauren Embraces Airfreight Optimization

March 12, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

With $12bn in brand revenue, Ralph Lauren was facing the challenge of coping with rapid growth, both at the wholesale and retail levels. Complicating matters were the apparel leader's broadly diverse customer base, geographic coverage and product array.

Tools Expanded for Deploying RFID in Retail Apparel

March 1, 2012

Checkpoint Systems Inc.

Celestica's Supply Chain Collaboration Center

February 17, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

Apparel

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the apparel industry — which consists of companies that manufacture clothing, accessories and footwear. Learn how apparel companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.