News / Apparel supply chains need fashionable revamp as times change

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Fashion brands are facing increasing pressure to revamp their business model and transform their supply chains.

Regulators are turning the screws on the sector by threatening hefty fines, and extreme weather in four major Asian production hubs could take a $65bn toll on the industry.

Weather has hit cotton production hard this year in the top growing areas: catastrophic flooding has damaged about half of Pakistan’s cotton crop; India’s cotton output is estimated to drop about ...