retail therapy
How to import duty-free with Section 321.
Some of your favorite direct-to-consumer clothing brands use this loophole to import Chinese-made products without any tariffs. | learn more
Tag: clothing
under the microscope
Two-layer graphene becomes a diamond-hard material on impact.
This is a very interesting development. Imagine ultra-thin bullet-proof clothing and other applications for armor. | learn more
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Amazon is too basic for its fashion ambitions.
Bloomberg published some interesting data and analysis about what clothing brands actually make up Amazon’s sales in the category. Maybe not surprisingly, fashion brands end up falling short. | learn more
fun facts
A 21st century couple lives in Victorian times.
Sarah Chrisman and her husband love the 19th century Victorian era so much, that they are basically living in it. Right now. In Washington state. Clothing, high-wheel tricycle, oil lamps, and all. | learn more
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Amazon patents on-demand clothing.
Last week we learned about 3D knitting enabling real-time creation of clothing. This week Amazon makes the news with its patent around on-demand clothing manufacturing. From the patent: “By aggregating orders from various geographic locations and coordinating apparel assembly processes […]
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Apparel’s near-term transformation.
Consider the legacy model of apparel: Months-long design followed by manufacturing to build up inventory, topped off with a markdown cadence at at the end of the cycle. Repeat seasonally. Much about retail apparel has started to change… consider Zara […]