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11 February 2023

Logistics overview 2023

Supply chains worldwide will continue to be caught between politics, economics and ecology in the future. Whether there will be more regionalization or nearshoring remains to be seen. The question will linger: Who will win and who will lose in this increasingly tense competition? [Supply Chain Webinar 2023 - Supply Chain Under Pressure – Logistics Management]

29 December 2022

Supply chains avoid China

More and more companies are shifting their supply chains away from China. Apple plans to make some MacBooks in Vietnam next year, Nikkei reported, while major international automakers aim to gradually shift production away from China, according to the Financial Times.

29 December 2022

Logistic 2022, What a difference a year makes

The scales tipped in new directions across the supply chain in 2022 as market dynamics shifted in response to the pullback in consumer spending on goods, inflation and, now, concerns of a recession. [Supply Chain 2022: From Scarcity to Surplus - Sourcing Journal]

15 November 2022

Efforts to avoid catastrophic climate change are failing, as COP27 climate summit reports show. What it means for fashion

The world has no credible path to avoid climate catastrophe, and greenhouse gases will exceed agreed limits by 2030. Extreme weather, high temperatures and rising sea levels threaten raw material production, workers' rights, and supply chains. Some of the largest fashion manufacturing centers, including Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, are among the countries most vulnerable to climate deterioration [What Are Fashion's Climate Risks| BoF]

28 October 2022

Fires: there is a security problem in fashion supply chains

Fires continue to engulf the fashion industry: in India, in East Delhi, clothing factory and then in Kerala, at Choice Footwear Material; in Vietnam, a Nike supplier. These factory fires once again demonstrate the urgent need for a legally binding safety agreement for the apparel and footwear industry, according to Ineke Zeldenrust, international coordinator of the Clean Clothes Campaign. [Why do fashion factories keep going up in flames? – SJ]

10 October 2022

Retailer crisis impacts workers

This article of @voguebusiness explains that retailers are busy right-sizing their inventory. That doesn’t bode well for garment workers, who may be even more vulnerable amid rising prices and stagnant wages than they were early in the pandemic. [Retailers, facing an inventory crisis, are cancelling orders again – Vogue]

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