
What’s the biggest challenge facing the apparel business today? Inflation, inflation, inflation. Everyone we’ve talked to, in every step along the supply chain, is worried about the impact that rising raw materials costs - particularly the price of cotton, which comprises the lion’s share of all apparel sold in the US - will have on cost of goods sold in 2011. The Concern Is Real. Cotton prices have risen 140% in the past year. This threat to margins, which had just begun to recover … [Read more...]





