The Sourcing Story: Industry Rewrote Its Geography Without Rewriting Its Dependence
The global garment industry has spent a decade reconfiguring its production geography in response to trade tensions, compliance pressures, and the demands of fast-moving online retail. New research now provides a detailed account of what has changed and what has not. Apparel assembly has moved, measurably and deliberately. The industrial inputs that make that assembly possible—fabrics, fibres, accessories—have stayed in China.