CBX Retail Sourcing Report – Q1 2016
[vc_row class=”custom_no_margin bottom_padding_40″][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40px|text_align:center|color:%23113363|line_height:40px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”text_bold”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”6/12″ el_class=”left_column”][vc_column_text]2015 was the year that oil prices tanked – from US$120 a barrel in July 2014 to below US$40 a barrel in December 2015. OPEC countries have continued pumping oil to keep...
CBX Retail Sourcing Report – Q4 2015
[vc_row class=”custom_no_margin bottom_padding_40″][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40px|text_align:center|color:%23113363|line_height:40px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”text_bold”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”6/12″ el_class=”left_column”][vc_column_text]The USD is expected to gain strength as a rate hike approaches in September. Developments in the Greek saga are likely to support higher levels of volatility in the EUR. Chinese policy...
CBX Retail Sourcing Report – Q3 2015
[vc_row class=”custom_no_margin bottom_padding_40″][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40px|text_align:center|color:%23113363|line_height:40px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”text_bold”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”6/12″ el_class=”left_column”][vc_column_text]The global manufacturing sector remained in a soft growth patch at the end of the second quarter, with June seeing a mild deceleration in the rate of output expansion to a...
CBX Retail Sourcing Report – Q2 2015
[vc_row class=”custom_no_margin bottom_padding_40″][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40px|text_align:center|color:%23113363|line_height:40px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”text_bold”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”6/12″ el_class=”left_column”][vc_column_text]Environmental concerns are picking up in global supply chains: while much of the focus is still on labor conditions, recent updates show that brands and retailers are starting to take the environmental...
CBX Retail Sourcing Report – Q1 2015
[vc_row class=”custom_no_margin bottom_padding_40″][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40px|text_align:center|color:%23113363|line_height:40px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”text_bold”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”6/12″ el_class=”left_column”][vc_column_text]The big news continuing into 2015 is plummeting oil prices and their far reaching impact. A key driver of this trend is ongoing weakening in the Chinese manufacturing sector, highlighted by weak...
