 In This Issue
February 2013 |
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| Magazine Sections |
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| Cover Story: |
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| Full Figures, Front and Center |
| 01/30/2013 |
| Author: Jessica Binns, Contributing Editor |
| The traditionally ignored plus-size shopper is getting the aspirational treatment these days, with major advancements in style enabled by drastically improved fit technology. |
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| Editor's Note: |
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| Brick and Mortar: Like Onshoring for Your Brand |
| 01/30/2013 |
| Author: Jordan K. Speer |
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| The Market: |
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| The View from Wall Street: State of Apparel and Luxury |
| 12/19/2012 |
| Author: Jordan Speer, Editor in Chief |
| Brands, luxury, fast fashion, accessories and athletic wear are showing strength and offer great opportunity for significant growth, said Omar Saad, senior managing director and partner at ISI Group, speaking last month at Apparel's Business & Technology Leadership Conference in New York City. |
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| To Buy or Not to Buy? |
| 01/23/2013 |
| Author: Christian Chensvold |
| With a host of apparel leasing businesses cropping up, the question now is open to a third possibility. |
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| Retail Intelligence: |
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| Top 10 Takeaways from NRF’s Big Show |
| 01/24/2013 |
| Author: Jordan K. Speer |
| From the impact of mobile technology and RFID to big data and the state of the domestic and global economies, find out what were the big issues at NRF's Big Show. |
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| Supply Chain: Case Study: |
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| Alternative Apparel Gets Comfortable with a New ERP System |
| 01/30/2013 |
| A casual lifestyle apparel company sees more accuracy and efficiency in its warehouse operations after deploying Infor’s Lawson M3 solution.
PLUS: Vendor Viewpoint – Interview with Robert McKee, Global Fashion Industry Strategy Director, Infor |
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| Sourcing & Logistics: Case Study: |
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| Evy of California Sources Worldwide |
| 01/30/2013 |
| Author: Masha Zager |
| Mass producing children’s clothes is a high-stakes business, and on a tight margin, no one involved can afford to make mistakes. Evy of California keeps all its vendors on the same page with the NGC software suite.
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| Concept-to-Spec: |
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| New Versalis Leather Cutter Offers Speed, Flexibility and Waste Reduction |
| 01/18/2013 |
| Author: Jordan Speer, Editor in Chief |
| It's all about improved algorithms, remote support, hides recognition and auto-nesting, among many other features sported by the new cutting solution. |
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| Fiber-to-Fabric: Case Study: |
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| In Apparel and In Spaceships, Big Solutions Can Come in Small Sizes |
| 11/20/2012 |
| Author: Gene Barbee and Jim Prim |
| One of the developers of NASA's first lunar lander helps a Canadian outerwear company laminate in warmer climates. |
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