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It’s a dead end for electric vehicles
Can we switch to electric cars? The simple answer is no – and the complicated answer is also no. On paper, switching from OVs (oil-fuelled vehicles) to electric cars and…
Swatch Upping the Ante in the “Swiss Made” Game
How Swatch’s decision to stop supplying parts to competing watchmakers will affect the industry as a whole. “The supermarket era is coming to an end,” says Swatch Group AG’s chief…
Trouble in Paradise – Exposing the holes in Li & Fung Operation
Li & Fung still knows how to project an optimistic, assured, and even commanding face to the world. Walking into the lobby at the company headquarters in Hong Kong or…
The Shift of Sock Supply Chain
You might not know it, but 80% of the 20 billion made-in-China socks are manufactured in the holy land of wholesale, Yiwu. However that may all be about to change.…
Sourcing for the Silver Screen
Interview: Tony Zheng, Senior Procurement Manager at Warner Bros What are the responsibilities of the Warner Bros Shanghai Office? The main focus of the WB Shanghai office is to…
Coffee Companies to Source More from Vietnam
International companies are expanding in Vietnam, the world’s largest producer of robusta coffee, to ensure supplies after local traders failed to fill contracts, according to Louis Dreyfus Commodities SA.Disputes between…
Pantaloons, Globus and other Indian retailers look to increase sourcing from Bangladesh
With India allowing duty-free entry of Bangladesh textiles, retail giants like Pantaloons, Globus and Turtle have started exploring opportunities in Bangladesh. While Pantaloons and Globus are looking at sourcing textile…
LMVH buys its crocodile supplier Heng Long
LVMH said it plans to buy Heng Long International Ltd., a Singapore-listed supplier of crocodile skins and leather, for US$123.9 million. For four generations, the Koh family has quietly built…
Alibaba rolling Buyer Voice to address buyer issues
After suffering an infiltration of storefronts set up to defraud global buyers that it uncovered in February, Alibaba has rolled out a number of initiatives to make it easier for…
Gamesa local procurement strategy in Asia
Gamesa’s expansion in manufacturing has seen it build factories in the world’s leading wind energy markets, from Spain — which supplies Europe and North Africa-, to the United States, China,…
