Retailers warn of challenging orderbooks amid continued high inventory
Confidence in the freight market that retailers are approaching satisfactory inventory levels may be too ...
Instant manufacture is getting ever closer: 3D printing has been much discussed in the supply chain business, with many believing it is not ready for market yet, but Adidas, at a pop-up shop in Berlin, has been testing a “make your own top” system. Customers can design their own sweaters using computers and a body scan. The tops are knitted at the shop, finished by hand and washed and dried all within four hours – although at the equivalent of $215 each, they are not cheap. The company says it wants half its products to be made and delivered in a faster time frame by 2020.
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