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The Right Places to Look for Cost Reductions
Explore Apparel Magazine (Jan 21 2013)
Where is the opportunity to reduce costs in the supply chain? The fashion industry has driven about as much cost out of the product itself as we are going to. We keep looking for more ways to reduce material and labor costs, but these are not the right cost components. The room for further improvement in those categories is marginal at best and volatile at worst. The right places to look depend in part on where you do business. The luxury market has different rules from the specialty and commodity markets. Across the spectrum, however, business process improvements, sustainability initiatives ...
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Red Prairie Commerce Suite 2012 Focuses on Customer Loyalty
Explore Apparel Magazine (Jun 28 2012)
The scalable suite of solutions helps retailers deliver on the vision of "Buy Anywhere Fulfill Anywhere" across the growing number of customer touch points.
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Brooks Brothers Uses Analytics to Raise Online Conversion by 26 Percent
Explore Apparel Magazine (May 8 2012)
Brooks Brothers, the classic American retailer, has partnered with Monetate to leverage customer data and make real-time changes to its website that improve customer relevance and increase ecommerce revenue. The retailer created a successful product badging campaign to highlight product attributes and help customers better understand each item. Learn how the retailer's partnership with analytics firm Monetate also helped increased revenue per visit by 34 percent.
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The Low-cost Sourcing Buck Stops at China
Explore Apparel Magazine (Apr 24 2012)
With rising costs and tightening capacity in traditional low-cost or low-wage manufacturing hot spots such as China and Vietnam, where to source is one of the biggest questions for executives in the global apparel and footwear industry.
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The North Face Keeps 49,000 Plastic Bottles out of Landfills
Explore Apparel Magazine (Feb 6 2012)
In 2010, the percentage of recycled fabric used in production was 6 percent; in 2011 that number rose to 7 percent and the company’s goal is to achieve 30 percent recycled inputs by 2015.
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Fruit of the Loom Manages Products with YuniquePLM
Explore Apparel Magazine (Jan 25 2012)
Fruit of the Loom will use Gerber Technology's YuniquePLM to unite its Vanity Fair, Russell Athletic and Spalding divisions under one system for the creation and communication of product tech packs, tracking of individual responsibilities and workflows and communication with global suppliers. (Read Full Article)
Partnership Enables Actionable Monitoring of Social Media, Reviews and More
Explore Apparel Magazine (Jan 19 2012)
Reflexis' and Impetus' combined solution enables retailers to monitor reviews, product buzz, and customer comments in real time and respond with best-practice action in their supply chain and stores. (Read Full Article)
SAP Encourages Serious Look at Sustainability
Explore Apparel Magazine (Dec 15 2011)
The business software enterprise unveils new tool to help companies track their products' carbon and water footprints. Colloquially called product footprinting, SAP’s offering, co-created and co-launched with international food products conglomerate Groupe Danone, helps companies to manage the carbon and water footprints of their products and to comply with industry regulations. For example, Danone – the fastest-growing food products company in the world – tracks 35,000 products each month and identifies the impact of each product component, such as the cup and lid for each container of yogurt it produces. (Read Full Article)
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Tommy Bahama Focuses on Supply Chain Collaboration
Explore Apparel Magazine (Dec 6 2011)
Tommy Bahama deploys PTC's FlexPLM Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software to improve operational efficiencies by enabling seamless supply chain collaboration. (Read Full Article)
Beyond the Zombies: Financing SMEs to Strengthen Trade
Explore Apparel Magazine (Nov 17 2011)
Banks on both sides of the Pacific just aren’t lending — especially to borrowers perceived as a risk, without a stellar balance sheet, or lacking significant capital reserves. In this economy, it’s the small and medium-sized enterprises that suffer most. While the giants of industry have money on the sidelines, the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on both sides of the Pacific are hurting, unable to secure capital or credit when they need it the most. In China, lending has slowed dramatically. The Wall Street Journal reported in September that, according to central bank data, while new yuan (RMB ... (Read Full Article)
Five Reasons for Small to Mid-size Manufacturers to Adopt PLM
Explore Apparel Magazine (Nov 17 2011)
By implementing a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system, companies both large and small benefit by simplifying and shortening each phase of the product development process. (Read Full Article)
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Demandware Announces Digital Commerce Management
Explore Apparel Magazine (Nov 16 2011)
Demandware reveals framework for open cloud strategy to deliver highly-branded commerce across all applications, channels and devices. (Read Full Article)
Lectra announces PLM implementation at La Jolla Group
Explore Apparel Magazine (Nov 9 2011)
Lectra, provider of integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials—textiles, leather, industrial fabrics, and composite materials—, has announced the successful implementation of Lectra Fashion PLM at La Jolla Group. Headquartered in Irvine, CA, La Jolla Group, Inc. is one of the world’s biggest producers of surf, skate, motocross, and youth lifestyle apparel, whose portfolio includes iconic brands such as O’Neill Clothing USA, Rusty Clothing and Metal Mulisha Clothing. (Read Full Article)
New Sourcing Platform Links Buyers with Socially Responsible Manufacturing
Explore Apparel Magazine (Oct 26 2011)
Fabrisource.com is a sourcing platform whose mission is to put an end to sweatshops, child labor and pollution and help build a sustainable textile community by connecting apparel companies with socially responsible manufacturing sources around the world. Eswara believes that most buyers of textiles, clothing and footwear want “sweat-free” products but, he says, “they find it difficult to navigate the complex global environment in which manufacturing of these goods takes place.” (Read Full Article)
Fashion Designer David Chu to Implement Visual 2000 Enterprise Software
Explore Apparel Magazine (Oct 26 2011)
New York-based DC Design International (DCDI) has begun implementation of Visual 2000’s End-2-End fashion software, replacing a legacy ERP system and adding new PLM and supply chain management capabilities to streamline business processes and reduce costs. DCDI will implement the solution across the LINCS by David Chu, Mallory & Church, and David Chu Bespoke fashion lines. DCDI is focusing first on implementation of the Visual ERP™ suite, which will be used to manage core business operations inc (Read Full Article)
s.Oliver to Streamline Design and Development with PLM
Explore Apparel Magazine (Oct 26 2011)
Dassault Systèmes (3DS), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, has announced that s.Oliver has selected Dassault Systèmes’ (3DS) ENOVIA Version 6 PLM solution as its global platform for design and development. The solution will provide s.Oliver’s approximately 300 users in Germany and more than 550 users worldwide with access to up-to-date information relating to the company’s products. (Read Full Article)
The ERP-PLM Investment: How Best-of-Breed Systems Deliver Best-in-Class Execution
Explore Apparel Magazine (Oct 25 2011)
In apparel companies, ERP and PLM must work together to deliver a continuum of visibility into the business and enable management to attain required performance objectives. (Read Full Article)
Unified ERP: The Backbone of The Modern Apparel Company
Explore Apparel Magazine (Oct 25 2011)
In a break from the past, many apparel companies today are opting for a more unified and modern ERP solution, one that incorporates much of the traditional PLM functionality as well as some supply chain management capabilities. (Read Full Article)
"Digital Directives" Aim to Revolutionize E-Commerce
Explore Apparel Magazine (Oct 19 2011)
Retailers gathered at a recent conference developed seven recommendations that could improve their experience and relationship with e-commerce providers.
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RedPrairie Adds Former Governor to Board of Directors
Explore Apparel Magazine (Oct 18 2011)
Find out which former governor, who oversaw a $50 billion state biennial budget, will lend his voice and experience to RedPrairie's board. (Read Full Article)
RedPrairie Adds Former Governor to Board of Director
Explore Apparel Magazine (Oct 18 2011)
Find out which former governor, who oversaw a $50 billion state biennial budget, will lend his voice and experience to RedPrairie's board. (Read Full Article)
Nouvolution's PLM Software Stands Alone or Integrates With its ERP
Explore Apparel Magazine (Oct 18 2011)
Nouvolution's PLM solution is designed to accelerate time-to-market by allowing design teams to develop new products faster, track critical timelines, manage supplier relationships and enhance creativity. (Read Full Article)
HanesBrands Promotes Treasurer to CFO
Explore Apparel Magazine (Oct 6 2011)
The brand sticks with an internal candidate after conducting an exhaustive search. (Read Full Article)
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