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Decathlon, the renowned French sports goods company, has disclosed its ambitious plans to double its procurement of goods from India, aiming to reach a monetary value of $3 billion in the next five years. This strategic move will enhance India’s contribution…
Product discovery and sourcing platform RangeMe has fully launched its global service to retailers in Australia, New Zealand, and the wider APAC region, allowing businesses to access 200,000 international suppliers. A number of businesses are already using…
Factories in Vietnam produced 44 percent of Adidas footwear volume in 2017, up from 31 percent in 2012. The chief executive of Adidas expects a shift in its sourcing of footwear from China to Vietnam to continue although he shrugged off concerns on Wednesday…
Like all good things, global sourcing was a seductive morsel that led to a kind of economic gluttony that has had huge ramifications. Most of them for the worse. While the idea of sourcing at a lower cost than a business could make themselves on paper looks…
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