Tuesday, February 24, 2015

A Fashion Compliance Legal Checklist


Have you seen the primer on Fashion Law on Open Source Fashion written by Deanna? 


  Check out this article to get a basic overview of what every startup #fashion business needs to know about!  http://bit.ly/1afKWaQ

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Supporting AGOA Renewal & Trade With Africa


Whether you like it for US business or for Sub-Saharan African ones, the question that supporters are trying to explain to Washington right now is: 



I’ve been getting a lot of emails lately regarding support for the renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) including a call to action to pledge support for the Act’s re-authorization which is set to expire in September 2015. 

I even found in my Inbox a wonderful piece by Steve Lamar, Executive Vice-President of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), which mentioned how the dysfunction in Washington DC (i.e., our wonderful government) is hurting U.S. businesses engaged in international trade with Africa because the delay in AGOA renewal restricts the ability to make viable business projections and decisions about sourcing.  Steve’s op-ed piece can be found here

Lastly, today I found another article written by the folks over at McKinsey & Company chiming in on the growth opportunity in Africa.  You can access their article here.

So with all of the supporters, it begs the question – What is Washington waiting for?

For more on this subject, check out these articles and others I’ve written as well to learn more about the AGOA trade agreement and it’s renewal.

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