This is an excerpt from Thursday’s (3/4) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest.
Ordering apparel inventory is hard. In normal times, retailers order inventory upwards of six months in advance, hoping what they ordered isn’t out of fashion by the time it hits the shelves. Although consumer preferences changed rapidly, at least overall demand was steady and predictable.
COVID has and continues to rampage through the apparel industry, suppressing demand for pretty much...
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