Discussion Topics
• Current status for the Apparel Supply Chain market - where are pain points intensifying and where are you seeing improvements?
• If your company produces multiple categories, which is the slowest and most expensive?
• Are the pain points shifting to different components or categories?
• Updates on retail pricing consequences. Have you passed through all of your price increases to the consumer or are you absorbing some of the costs?
• Do you plan for additional price increases for Q4 & Q1'23?
•Timeline to normalizing the apparel / footwear supply chains - ports / container ships, trucking and last mile deliveries?
•Has timing improved? Have container prices improved?
•Are retailers continuing to accept late deliveries? Are retailers still buying early?
•Winners and losers across apparel and retail industries.