CONCERN RISES THAT AMERICAN CLOTHING SUPPLIES MAY SUFFER FURTHER KNOCK FROM SOUTH CHINA COVID-19 OUTBREAK
May 1st, 2021
Apparel and footwear brands, especially those in the United States, may come under increasing distribution strain as an uptick in Covid-19 cases in the Chinese clothing and textile manufacturing hub of Guangdong exacerbates already fraught global logistics. The southern Chinese province recorded 135 total infections over the period June 10–23 and a seven-day average of nine new cases as of June 23, according to data from the USA’s Johns Hopkins University. (1) While the infection rate is low compared to other countries, China is working to stamp out the ...
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