As the US Senate has passed the Marketplace Fairness Act on e-commerce retailers earlier this month, the brick and mortar apparel retailers are expecting a relief from the increasing competition with online retailers since the act will ...
Tags: Sales Tax, Apparel Businesses
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) welcomed the introduction of the Generalized System of Preferences Update for Production Diversification and Trade Enhancement Act (GSP UPDATE Act), legislation that would make U.S. imports ...
Tags: Apparel&Footwear, GSP Update Bill
The North American Bangladesh Worker Safety Working Group, a collaboration of six leading U.S. and Canadian apparel and retail trade associations, sent a letter to the Prime Minster of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina Wazed regarding the serious ...
American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) President and CEO Kevin M. Burke released the following statement after a meeting to discuss worker safety in Bangladesh with several Bangladesh government officials, including Foreign Minister ...
TEXbase, a leading provider of web-based compliance, quality, and materials management software solutions announced its sponsorship of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) Product Safety and Sustainability Seminar on May 14, ...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) welcomed the release of “Imports Work for America,” a study by Trade Partnership Worldwide, LLC, that measures the comprehensive net effect of imports on the U.S. economy. In ...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) welcomed publication of the 2013 Special 301 Report by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). The Special 301 Report is an annual assessment of global intellectual property ...
A leading group of trade associations and organizations announced today that the second annual "Imports Work Week" will take place during the week of May 6-10, 2013. Imports Work Week is an effort to draw attention to the essential role ...
Tags: Textile
A leading group of trade associations and organizations announced today that the second annual "Imports Work Week" will take place during the week of May 6-10, 2013. Imports Work Week is an effort to draw attention to the essential role ...
Tags: Textile, Textile Industry
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) published the twelfth edition of the AAFA Restricted Substances List (RSL), covering apparel, footwear, and home textiles. The updated RSL was released in preparation for the 2013 ...
Ed Gribbin, president of Alvanon, Inc. has been named to the board of the American Apparel & Footwear Association. The announcement was made by AAFA President & CEO Kevin M. Burke at the AAFA Board of Directors Meeting, in conjunction with ...
Tags: Apparel, Footwear, apparel industry
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) Board of Directors unanimously approved a new mission statement and strategic plan to guide AAFA’s priorities, operations, and accomplishments into the future. The vote, held today ...
Tags: Apparel, Footwear, Apparel Industry
During the 2013 American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) Annual Executive Summit in Washington, D.C., outgoing AAFA Chairman Rick Darling, Vice-Chairman of LF USA & LF Europe, turned over the chairmanship of the AAFA Board of ...
Tags: Philip Williamson
Seeing the growing demand of African textiles worldwide, a trade event, exclusively highlighting the textile and apparel products of the continent, will be hosted in South Africa’s Cape Town from April 9 to 12, 2013. Titled as ...
ecVision, the leading supply chain collaboration platform provider for retail, announced that it will continue to partner with the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) as an Elite Sponsor in 2013 and 2014. The American Apparel & ...