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The Great Sourcing Hedge: China Plus
When a sourcing executive considers placing orders, price, delivery, quality, and reliability become critical in purchasing decisions....

Robert Antoshak
Apr 16, 20235 min read
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A New Year, A New Blog
The year 2020 may go down in history as an inflection point, a time of significant change when so much went so wrong. But from out of...

Robert Antoshak
Dec 28, 20203 min read
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How The Apparel Industry Can Become Exceptional
(Co-Authored with April Kappler, consultant to the cotton and textile supply chain.) Thomas Hobbes, the 17th Century English philosopher,...

Robert Antoshak
Aug 11, 20208 min read
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The Apparel Industry Is About To Change
Two recent articles left me wondering about where our world, let alone our industry, will end up once the Covid-19 pandemic eases. The...

Robert Antoshak
May 15, 20208 min read
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Does Covid-19 Mark the End of Globalization?
Are we witnessing the end of globalization? The simple answer is no. But, there is a more nuanced answer that I'd like to suggest:...

Robert Antoshak
May 1, 20206 min read
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So, Is Near-Shoring A Thing?
In case you hadn't noticed, our industry is changing. For many companies, extended supply chains are out; sustainability is in. Cheap is...

Robert Antoshak
Nov 21, 20196 min read
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Can Global Supply chains Ever be sustainable?
It's an old story. I've heard it from proponents of Made-in-USA production. How can our industry be truly sustainable if it maintains...

Robert Antoshak
Aug 18, 20195 min read
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Cotton's Muddled Message
[Editor's note: I wrote this back in 2014, but we're still faced with the same muddled message about cotton today.] As you read this...

Robert Antoshak
Jun 24, 20147 min read
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