This is an excerpt from Thursday’s (4/1) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest.
This time last year, retailers such as H&M and Nike (NYSE: NKE) released statements distancing their cotton sourcing from China’s Xinjiang region. The issue is predicated on severe human rights violations that NGOs and Western democracies believe involve the forced encampment of more than 1 million Muslim Uyghurs — allegations (obviously) denied by China.
Skip ahead to last Wednesday, when...