An interesting article on Wall Street Journal explores how the premium denim labels cost $300 or more. For those who buy $50 jeans from Levi’s , it is at many times unpalatable to see that the jeans are priced at $300 +. The market had started moving  in a direction since early 2000’s when a …

The retailers worldwide are resorting to increases in prices to make up for the increased costs – most of which have been attributed to the increase in cotton prices. Though the cotton prices have started to ease, the impact on the supply chain will be visible for some time to come.  As previously mentioned ,…

The denim players have seen some tough times in the last 1 and half years. With the cotton prices going through the roof (having almost doubled), the mills were  previously hard pressed to make their buyers understand the increase in costs and tried to get the prices increased. The process was slow as getting sharp…

This is a guest article by Robert Antoshak – Managing Director , Olah Inc. This week, cotton futures prices topped $2.00 per pound. A year or so ago, the big debate in the cotton world was whether cotton could reach the history-setting level of a $1.00 per pound. How things can change! For jeans and…