Sourcing Journal

“By focusing on high-quality, relevant data, the Trust Protocol helps its members to build credible sustainability claims that can withstand scrutiny." - the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol's Deepika Mishra Watch this video for a look at how the Trust Protocol is collecting and disseminating field-level data about cotton: https://bit.ly/3ZOa82Z

Climate change is forecasting a grim future for the Global South. Download SJ's Sustainability Report to learn more: https://bit.ly/3BjOD1b

Congressional leadership on Tuesday released the details of a bipartisan spending bill, known as a “continuing resolution,” that will allow the government to avoid a shutdown if passed by the House and Senate before funding runs out this weekend.

AI's role is not to replace people, but to help them do their jobs more efficiently and smarter. Watch this video with Browzwear to hear what should—and shouldn't—be automated and how to get the most out of AI: https://bit.ly/3NYLOWr

Since launching in July 2023, SUPIMA’s AQRe Project traceability solution has onboarded more than 160 brands. Read the Traceability in Action whitepaper to learn how brands like Everlane and Brooks Brothers are using the platform: https://bit.ly/48D6pJx

The third quarter at JCPenney wasn’t all bad news, but it wasn’t all that great either.

The import deluge keeps flowing into the West Coast ports. The Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles both handled a remarkably near-identical number of containers in November as the twin gateways endure a rush of cargo ahead of a presidential transition expected to usher in new tariffs and potential second dockworker strike on the East and Gulf Coast.

U.S. economic improvement will continue in 2025. That’s the verdict from the December 2024 Institute for Supply Management (ISM) semi-annual forecast, based on a survey of purchasing and supply management executives in both manufacturing and in services. The ISM Supply Chain Planning Forecast found that 60 percent of respondents expect revenue in 2025 to increase 4.2 percent, versus the 0.8 percentage point increase reported for 2024. The next ISM forecast is slated for May 2025.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office’s annual “Shop With a Cop” event last week drew droves of last-minute gift-givers out to the area’s shopping centers and malls. But behind the scenes, the county’s Organized Retail Theft Task Force (ORCTF) was conducting a crackdown on opportunistic shoplifters.

“It’s been no secret that this incoming administration likes to play with trade policy.” - Cotton Incorporated’s senior economist Jon Devine Watch this video to hear what tariffs could mean for the global cotton market, from retaliatory duties to order placements: https://bit.ly/4gHfML6