All Trade & Sourcing articles – Page 11
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News briefsJack Wolfskin pushes digitization of its supply chain logistics
Jack Wolfskin integrated a forwarder booking API into the cloud-based SCM software OSCA from Setlog, a German provider of customized supply chain management (SCM) solutions, into its transportation process earlier this year. The brand’s suppliers have since been able to transfer new transport bookings via the interface directly into the ...
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ArticleItalian tanners issue warning about rising raw material costs
The Italian tanners’ association, Unic, is warning about the “destabilizing” impact of a sharp increase in the price of raw materials. In recent weeks, the cost of raw hides and skins has increased in “a generalized and almost unreasonable way,” while tanneries face a sharp decrease in demand, Unic said ...
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ArticleVietnam predicts $20 billion in leather and footwear exports in 2021
Vietnam’s Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (Lefaso) expects its industry to achieve exports of more than $20 billion this year after suffering from a decline last year due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on supply chains, consumption and trade. Last year, Vietnam’s export turnover of footwear and handbags ...
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ArticleTaiwan’s 2020 exports: It’s all about e-bikes
How did Taiwan’s valuable bicycle and e-bike unit and value exports master challenging 2020 - the so-called “Corona Year One”? Export statistics published by the Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA) provide detailed information.
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ArticleBSI calls on German government to revise Supply Chain Act
In a public statement, the German Sporting Goods Industry Association (BSI) criticizes the German government’s draft law on due diligence (we reported earlier), which has just cleared the first legislative hurdles. The bill aims to force companies to comply with human rights in their supply chain. It targets the textile, ...
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ArticleGermany plans to protect human rights with Supply Chain Act
On March 3, the German federal government approved a bill that aims to force local companies to respect human rights in their global supply chain. Parliament is expected to pass the draft legislation, commonly referred to as the Supply Chain Act, by the middle of the year. The legislation is ...
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ArticleVF Foundation releases first Impact Report
The VF Foundation, the philanthropic arm of VF Corp. established in 2004 with global headquarters in Denver, has released its first report detailing the positive impact its financial grants and philanthropic partnerships have had on more than four million people in 53 countries over the past year. From April 2019 ...
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ZDHC Gateway integrates Open Apparel Registry Facility ID
ZDHC is deepening its collaboration with the Open Apparel Registry (OAR) by implementing the OAR’s Facility ID in the ZDHC Gateway platform via an API connection. The OAR is a free, neutral, open-source tool that maps garment facilities worldwide and assigns unique facility IDs. The OAR thereby enables to identify ...
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ArticleSAC and Higg release a new value-chain tracker
About 500 brands – among them Walmart, Patagonia, Nike, H&M, Zalando, Benetton and VF Corp. – will be using the latest version of the Higg Brand & Retail Module (BRM) for the next two years. Developed by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) and Higg, the BRM is designed to evaluate ...
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News briefsPerformance Days and Reed launch global digital sourcing platform
Design & Development Textile Consult, the organizer of Performance Days in Munich, and Reed Exhibitions’ Functional Fabric Fair powered by Performance Days, its U.S. counterpart since 2018, have announced the launch of Performance Days Loop. The new digital platform provides access to a comprehensive, 365-day marketplace for functional fabric manufacturers ...
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News briefsKuehne + Nagel buys Chinese freight company
The Swiss logistics group Kuehne + Nagel has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the Chinese freight forwarder Apex International Corporation. According to the German Handelsblatt, experts value the transaction between US$1.5 billion (about €1.2 billion) and US$2 billion (€1.6 billion). This is the largest acquisition in the history ...
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Pelican Products hires VP of worldwide supply chain
On Feb. 1, Jeffrey Goldberg assumed his position as vice president of worldwide supply chain at U.S. protective case manufacturer Pelican Products. In this new position, Goldberg is responsible for supply chain policies, strategies and practices that help achieve Pelican’s global manufacturing goals. His focus is on supplier quality monitoring/management ...
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ArticleDelivery problems take their toll on multichannel supplier Rose Bikes
After an extremely successful 2020 fiscal year with a 34 percent increase in sales, the Corona pandemic’s economic effects are now hitting German B2C bicycle supplier and retailer Rose Bikes. The Bocholt-based company speaks of a “lack of delivery reliability on the part of Asian component manufacturers. This has direct ...
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ArticleReGenerative Agriculture: How natural ingredient sourcing can create a climate positive garment
ReGenerative Agriculture (ReGenAg) is becoming a buzzword with several brands: Patagonia is using this type of cotton, Finisterre is sourcing the wool, Timberland – the leather, while The North Face (TNF) has already launched product using this wool but is currently integrating the cotton within their supply chain. The trend ...
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News briefsWoolmark launches online sourcing guide
The Woolmark Company has launched the first edition of The Wool Lab Digital, a new online platform for its fabric and yarn sourcing guide for use by suppliers as a digital showcase and by buyers as a key sourcing service. The release of the digital tool coincides with the 10th ...
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News briefsPentland Connect cross-brand ordering platform attracts 1,200 retailers
With online shopping picking up during the Corona pandemic and retailers adapting to an unpredictable retail climate, Pentland Brands has expanded its B2B online offering through its Pentland Connect retail platform. Retailers can now order products from across the brand’s portfolio 24/7. According to the group, since its relaunch this ...
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K2 Sports upgrades North American B2B e-commerce with Elastic Suite platform
Emerald Holding, organizer of the Outdoor Retailer and Surf Expo trade shows, among others, announced that U.S. snowsports and outdoor company K2 Sports is now using Emerald’s Elastic Suite B2B e-commerce and digital merchandising solution for its U.S. and Canada markets. Emerald had just completed the acquisition of PlumRiver Technologies, ...
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ArticleAnti-dumping duties on e-bikes from China do not benefit EU manufacturers as expected
Due to the anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Chinese e-bikes announced in mid-January 2019, e-bike exports from China to the EU shrank by 84 percent to 105,803 units the same year compared to 2018. While this double-digit decline was entirely at the expense of e-bike manufacturers in China, who were ...
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News briefsSchöffel launches digital brand experience for retailers
Schöffel has opened a “Digital Brand Space,” making its entire brand world a virtual experience. The German outdoor company’s retail partners can enter the digital, three-dimensional space at any time and from anywhere in the world and access information and photo and video material from the Schöffel collections. The brand ...
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Fair Labor Association members will likely not source from and produce in the Xinjiang region
The Fair Labor Association (FLA) has prohibited its member companies from sourcing from and producing in the Xinjiang region, in northwest China, due to growing concerns over human rights and labor violations. The region is home to several ethnic minority groups, including the Uyghur people. Last year, the FLA advised ...
