{"id":30668,"date":"2026-08-25T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/us-apparel-sourcing-could-shift-to-fewer-bigger-strategic-vendors\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:00:53","slug":"us-apparel-sourcing-could-shift-to-fewer-bigger-strategic-vendors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/us-apparel-sourcing-could-shift-to-fewer-bigger-strategic-vendors\/","title":{"rendered":"US apparel sourcing could shift to fewer, bigger strategic vendors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.fibre2fashion.com\/Newsresource\/images\/312\/chatgpt-image-aug-25-5_324512.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h3>\t<strong>The diversification paradox<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> US Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) benchmarking study, based on <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> leading US fashion companies surveyed between April and June, found respondents collectively sourcing apparel from <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> countries, up from <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> in <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>. About <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent of larger companies use at least ten sourcing countries.<\/p>\n<p>Yet appetite for further expansion has collapsed. Only <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent expect to add countries, down from <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent in the previous survey; <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent expect to add vendors, down from <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent. More strikingly, <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent plan to work with fewer suppliers or vendors, versus <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent a year earlier. Only <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent reported sourcing from more than <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> countries in <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, versus roughly <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>\u2013<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent in <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>\u2013<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n        <ph name=\"Courtsey\"\/>&#13;\n    <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibre2fashion.com\/news\/apparel-news\/us-apparel-sourcing-could-shift-to-fewer-bigger-strategic-vendors-312935-newsdetails.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The diversification paradox The **** US Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) benchmarking study, based on ** leading US fashion companies surveyed between April and June, found respondents collectively sourcing apparel from ** countries, up from ** in ****. 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