“We are facing a very serious problem in terms of increased cotton prices,”
After a decade of deflation, the cost of producing apparel is on the rise. Prices for cotton are up about 55% from a year earlier, and costs are rising for other raw materials as well as transportation and labor. Recession-scarred retailers, which have only recently recouped their profit margins, will try to pass at least some of the price increase along to shoppers. Cotton prices...
Read MorePeople are Tired of the Big Guys Whining
Submitted by Apparel Search Viewer HELLO ALL YOU WHO ARE IN THE WORLDS APPAREL…..I AGREE KEEPING ONES MIND ACTIVE AND BEING CREATIVE IS A NECESSITY FOR A FRUITFUL LIFE OR AT LEAST IN MANY CASES A TUTITY FRUITY ONE AT LEAST HAHAHHAAHAA….I JUST TALKED TO SOME VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE A FEW DAYS AGO AND THERE COMMENT WAS WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF...
Read MoreProposed Design Piracy Law Moves Forward
December 01, 2010 On Dec. 1, the Senate Judiciary Committee adopted a version of the proposed law to protect fashion design. Senate Bill 3728, known as the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act (IDPPPA), was introduced last August by Sen. Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.). The current version of the proposed law, which seeks to extend copyright protection to fashion designs, has...
Read MoreCommunicating about Color
Article Author:Rick Roth Print burgundy please. Sure, you mean a dark purple, like the wine? No, not that purple, more reddish. You mean like Harvard Crimson? I don’t know what that looks like, more like Boston College. You mean maroon? I don’t know. Well, a real dark maroon, but brighter. You mean very dark red? No, that’s too brown. More like wine. Now would that be...
Read MoreRIP American Apparel?
American Apparel may be in trouble. The company, headed by the controversial founder, Dov Charney, has seen it’s stock fall significantly recently. The company just released its most recent financial results, which shows that the company’s stock has nosedived another 30-percent. That shows a 66-percent loss in the last year. With trading at $0.80 a share, you’d have to sell 15 shares...
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