Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Conducted by Descartes and SAPIO Research, the study surveyed over 8,000 consumers in North America and Europe for their perspectives on retailers’ sustainability practices around delivery operations. That’s exactly what the recent study “Retailers: Sustainability is Not a Challenge, It’s an Opportunity” concluded.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

I was informed of a recent customer case – an apparel retailer located in Denmark. The ACPaQ solution in now being introduced to North America. I asked Manhattan about recent examples of customers utilizing the company’s WES functionality. The post Welcome to A Day at ProMat 2023 appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2022

She explains, “Manufacturers across America showed remarkable resiliency and creativity in responding to … severe global supply chain issues. Those questions include: Why is now the time to bring manufacturing back to America? Many of our clients are now actively seeking domestic suppliers, investing in expanding their U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s announcement from athletic footwear designer and manufacturer New Balance of the grand opening of this company’s fifth production facility in North America. While a robust supply network presence for footwear or apparel goods across the U.S. Background. from pre-pandemic levels.

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ivalua

MARCH 11, 2015

In a recent Sourcing Journal Online article, Sourcing is Hard , Mike Todaro, managing director of the Americas Apparel Producers’ Network, quotes Barbara Zeins, an industry expert that published a short list of “9 Big FAT Garment Lies,” which we might as well call “Global Sourcing Lies,” more generally.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Services by Amazon Here are some of the key services offered by Amazon: General public: Amazon.com – an e-commerce platform offering a diverse selection of products such as books, electronics, apparel, and groceries. billion (net profit) Profit by Region/Country: North America is a major market, followed by Europe and Asia.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 31, 2014

With the rising costs of labor in China, many apparel manufacturers share that there is only a 6% differential between sewing a garment in China or manufacturing in the United States. When the added costs of transportation and inventory working capital impacts are added, there is a solid logic to bringing manufacturing back to North America.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 21, 2019

During its annual earnings call, adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted explained to investors that the company’s slow sales growth in North America was attributed to supply issues as the company expands from high-end products into a mid-price range. A real-life version of which was recently lived by adidas.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 16, 2023

Across categories — but particularly in footwear, groceries, home improvement, and apparel — more lower-income consumers say they delayed purchases than those with higher incomes. People are also trading down by going to lower-priced stores, switching to brands that cost less, or adopting a buy now, pay later approach.”

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 5, 2022

… Companies are struggling to find space for the glut of apparel, kitchen appliances and other goods filling up their supply chains.” ” To make room for new inventory, many of America’s largest retailers are steeply discounting excess goods this summer. … And it’s not just Walmart.”[2].

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

This growth was primarily attributed to the long-term project business, and regionally to North America and western Europe. From an industry perspective, the company is focused on fashion and apparel, grocery, and industrial and consumer goods. In 2021, the SCS segment revenues grew an impressive 44.5

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Logility

JUNE 8, 2021

Hostess Brands, LLC, Hybrid Promotions LLC, Insmed Incorporated, Kyjen Company, LLC (DBA Outward Hound), La La Land Creative Company LLC, Lacoste Operations, Next Level Apparel, OFS Fitel, LLC, Peet’s Coffee, Inc., Premier Farnell UK Limited, Reynolds Consumer Products Company, Rhone Apparel, Inc., GOJO Industries, Inc.,

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

You all have chosen to continue to manufacture in America where others have offshored production in the quest for cheap labor, why did you decide to stay in LA and continue being Made in America? Speaking of offshoring, over the last few years, we have seen manufacturers bring back production to America with Reshoring.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2018

The tariffs impact consumer products like luggage, handbags, baseball gloves, furniture, apparel, mattresses, electric lamps, and components in telephones and flat panel TV displays. Chief Technology Officer for Embarcadero Systems Corp (a Ports America company).

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

For some online apparel retailers, returns now average 40% of sales. Returns to online retailers now average close to 20%, and returns of apparel are often double that. Amazon offers Prime customers a seven-day “try before you buy” option on selected apparel and accessories; you pay only for what you keep.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 13, 2021

o9 added bookings across all its core industry verticals of CPG, Manufacturing and Retail with notable growth in the Food & Beverage and Fashion & Apparel sub-segments. Named as Fastest Growing Private Company in America in Inc. 5000 and Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 lists for the second consecutive year.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 12, 2021

And while reshoring or nearshoring production to decrease reliance on China can offer advantages (see this post on opportunities in the Americas ), it should be undertaken carefully. Resilinc advises companies plan for continuing power shortages in China through the first half of 2022.

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BlueYonder

MAY 5, 2017

Amid Brick-and-Mortar Travails, a Tipping Point for Amazon in Apparel. If future anthropologists want to study the rubble of early-21st-century retail, a good place to start will be what Amazon.com did to apparel shopping in the few years before and after 2017. Automation Jobs Will Put 10,000 Humans to Work, Study Says.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Google’s findings align with McKinsey data (and, for what it’s worth, my browsing history), demonstrating apparel, cosmetics, household items, and pets as categories consumers intend to splurge. When consumers are considering new brands, return policies are one of the best ways to reduce purchase risk – particularly around apparel.

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BlueYonder

MAY 5, 2017

Amid Brick-and-Mortar Travails, a Tipping Point for Amazon in Apparel. If future anthropologists want to study the rubble of early-21st-century retail, a good place to start will be what Amazon.com did to apparel shopping in the few years before and after 2017. Automation Jobs Will Put 10,000 Humans to Work, Study Says.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Jet plans to start selling apparel from niche online sellers that Wal-Mart has acquired over the past year, according to people familiar with the matter. It is expected to add clothes from ModCloth in coming months and Bonobos men’s apparel next year, one person said. One year after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. bought Jet.com for $3.3

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BlueYonder

JUNE 2, 2017

The New York Times’ article, Is China Outsmarting America in A.I.? How 3-D knitting could disrupt the apparel business. The apparel business as we know it may be on the cusp of major disruption. The race for dominance in AI.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 2, 2017

The New York Times’ article, Is China Outsmarting America in A.I.? How 3-D knitting could disrupt the apparel business. The apparel business as we know it may be on the cusp of major disruption. The race for dominance in AI.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 8, 2013

Companies like Nike and Disney have publicly stated that they are not going to Bangladesh for apparel sourcing in the future. In Thailand, workers at a factory producing Nike apparel were forced by military personnel allegedly hired by the manufacturer to sign a petition allowing them to be paid less than the minimum wage of $4 a day.

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Bristlecone

MAY 31, 2020

North America. Application support and monitoring for corporate apparel leader. Bristlecone’s supply chain and remote delivery expertise enable businesses to keep their transformation projects on track despite the pandemic. Some engagements are 100% remote, while others have an onsite component in later phases.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Other industries seeing the most reshoring include transportation equipment; computers and electronic products; electrical equipment, appliances and components; chemicals; plastic and rubber products; wood and paper products; apparel and textiles; fabricated metal products; and machinery.

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NFI

MAY 5, 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes Since 1932, NFI has grown to be one of the largest privately held and family-owned 3PL providers in North America. From apparel to footwear, NFI began to create customized multichannel solutions for customers. As eCommerce grew, so did customers’ requests to support their eCommerce fulfillment.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

”[1] Scott Deutsch, President of Ehrhardt + Partner, North America, adds, “Technology is driving changes in consumer behaviors that are undeniable. which makes Internet-connected exercise bikes, but also for more traditional manufacturers such as the athletic footwear and apparel company Nike Inc.”[3]. ”[2].

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Supply Chain Digest

OCTOBER 11, 2015

CEO Vows to Keep Producing in America, but the Math Makes Strategy Challenging

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

This dispute has left a damaging effect on our industry—causing extreme delays and millions in lost sales,” the American Apparel & Footwear Association said, as reported in the WSJ. “If In 2013, the average moves per-vessel, per-hour for ports in Asia was about 90, while European ports averaged 67 and ports in the Americas averaged 62.

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Kinaxis

JULY 24, 2015

Some apparel manufacturers in the city are already considering closing up shop and moving outside the city or importing more from foreign markets to offset the increased labor costs. Will that push them to change their current supply chain and seek our factories in countries where the cost of doing business is less?

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Techgistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Title: On-demand Apparel Manufacturing Date Filed: December 2015 2017 may well turn out to be a major tipping point in the history of apparel retail. Amazon is expected to surpass Macy’s this year to become the largest seller of apparel in America. I wouldn't be surprised to see an acquisition in this space.

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QAD

AUGUST 8, 2019

Spain manufactures textiles and apparel, footwear, food and beverages, metals, chemicals, automobiles, machine tools, medical equipment, footwear, pharmaceuticals, clay and refractory products. It also has borders on the Mediterranean Sea, Bay of Biscay and the Atlantic Ocean, and sits along the Pyrenees Mountains. Manufacturing in Spain.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

JDA is targeting Grocery, Hardline, and Fashion/Apparel retailers with this solution, which will be generally available December 26, 2013. Robinson reported total net revenues of $463.3 million in the quarter, an increase of 7.1 Truckload net revenues, however, decreased 1.3 percent in the quarter compared to Q3 2012.

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Logility

APRIL 27, 2015

For example, apparel trends, fit—active, slimming, skinny—style and color; or industry products—made with recycled material, and so on. Sales history—not just categories sales, but also the SKU’s attributes. Software that allows for classification of products helps retailers plan by many vectors.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Jet plans to start selling apparel from niche online sellers that Wal-Mart has acquired over the past year, according to people familiar with the matter. It is expected to add clothes from ModCloth in coming months and Bonobos men’s apparel next year, one person said. One year after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. bought Jet.com for $3.3

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 3, 2018

The apparel departments were smaller, and the store’s many cash registers had been consolidated into one sleek, white checkout counter that looked like it had been borrowed from the Apple store. It was now just half its size.

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