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5 Things We Expect During This Year’s Singles’ Day

Last year, Alibaba’s Tmall and Taobao Platform Singles’ Day recorded RMB120.7 billion (US$18.11 billion) in sales on Singles’ Day, up 32.3% from 20...

Mills Pour More Investment in Vietnam

The abrupt end to the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations doesn't seem to have had much impact on Vietnam. The country is still...

Volume Orders Find a New Home in Vietnam

While the Chinese suppliers are being forced to cater to smaller orders and move up the value chain, Vietnamese suppliers are happily picking up the b...

Italian Fancy Yarns Find Their Way into China

It's a challenging market, but Italian spinners have finally found a way into China's complex supply chain.

Faster is Better, but is it Worth the Price?

Brands and retailers are wrestling with finding the right balance between speed and transportation costs. The big win: having the right product, in th...

China Looks to Stable Cotton Prices

By mid-August China had sold an estimated 2.2 million tons of cotton from its stockpile, with the sales close rate at about 90 percent. However ...

China’s Legacy Purchasing Meeting Model Starts to Change

Competition is forcing even the most stalwart companies to seek more agile inventory management.China’s legacy retail purchasing model has come ...

China’s Massive Online Market Shifts Gears

The combination of a huge population and high e-commerce penetration rate has laid a solid foundation for China’s online retail development. In the f...

How La Chapelle Wins by Giving the Customer What She Wants

La Chapelle has built a fast growing billion-dollar retail company by following their customers’ tastes, rather than fashion trends. As the...

China Sees an Up Tick in Textile Exports – and Profits

The sun is once again shining on China’s textile sector. The industry that the nation was allegedly planning to abandon in favor of higher tech ...

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