Few conversations about the apparel industry don’t include Bangladesh.
Previously, it was about holding up Bangladesh as the benchmark for poor quality, even worse compliance, and dreadful logistics.
While the ports are still a challenge, the nation’s manufacturers have been working to improve what they can improve, and that’s the quality of their products, the efficiency of their production, and of course, investing in cleaner and greener processes.
Even after COVID dealt the nation’s apparel industry a devastating blow, manufacturers were up and running again quickly, with capacity back to 80 percent by August, and increasing each month since.
Still, the media and NGOs tend to focus on what Bangladesh was, rather than what it is becoming.
Buyers Are Seeing A DIfferent Picture
However, when you speak with buyers who have hands-on experience in the market, increasingly you start to hear a different story – one that more often focuses on emerging opportunities and success stories.
