All the experts agree: Garment FOB prices will rise in 2011, ceterus parabus (all things remaining the same). This must be one of the silliest statements on record, since these same experts also agree that in 2011 little… Read More
In 1980 China was an economic basket case, trying desperately to climb out of the Cultural Revolution hole. 30 years later, China is now the world’s presumptive second largest economy. One man Deng Xiaoping changed the course of China.… Read More
The global garment industry has always been politicized. However, in the past the politics was limited to trade — countries trying to protect their own export markets or their own domestic suppliers. Recently, the rules of the… Read More
There is a growing consensus among industry professionals, academics, governments, and international institutions that corruption is the greatest impediment to economic development.
Frankly, I would go further. I believe corruption to be the only… Read More
