American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA)

Be wary of who you buy from while shopping online! Sometimes what you buy comes from an?under-the-radar?third-party vendor and not directly from a shopping website.?That can mean?sacrificing safety.?Read on with this Consumer Reports warning:?https://lnkd.in/eRdPRzaj #FightFakes

December 4 in Washington D.C., AAFA will hold a lobby day to amplify our #TradeAndCustoms + #BrandProtection #IP concerns on Capitol Hill ahead of the new year. Register also for the Trade and Customs Committee and Brand Protection Council meetings (December 3 and 5) for critical updates on trade, customs, the risky digital devalue chain of counterfeits, and the regulatory landscape as we advocate on these matters: https://lnkd.in/eTKG8576

December 4 in Washington D.C., AAFA will hold a lobby day to amplify our #TradeAndCustoms + #BrandProtection #IP concerns on Capitol Hill ahead of the new year. Register also for the Trade and Customs Committee and Brand Protection Council meetings (December 3 and 5) for critical updates on trade, customs, the risky digital devalue chain of counterfeits, and the regulatory landscape as we advocate on these matters: https://lnkd.in/eTKG8576

?? We are excited to welcome Jenny V. to American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) Brand Protection Council Co-Chair leadership circle with Brandon Scott and Zachary TOCZY?SKI. Thankful to work with each of you. #BrandProtection #FightFakes #Anticounterfeiting #ShopSafe More about AAFA's Brand Protection Council and Co-Chairs: https://lnkd.in/gM-F7DAH More on AAFA's BP work: https://lnkd.in/gZzAwKa5

???Big things are happening at?Cascale’s?Brand & Retail Forum: Brussels?where leaders from across the industry will discuss the latest policies, innovations, and strategies shaping the future of sustainable consumer goods. Join AAFA’s Chelsea Murtha as we exchange ideas to shape a healthier and more circular #FutureofFashion ???Learn more & register:?https://lnkd.in/dAhJyHwJ #BrandRetailForum #CascaleEvents #PolicyDialogueInAction #AdvocacyThatFits #SmartSustainability

Attention members worried about?#IP?and?#SmartTrade?this holiday season and into 2025. D.C. is the place to be with AAFA advocates December 3-5. We’ve got you covered with insights from CPSC, the National IPR Center, USTR, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and more. We also invite you to the can't miss roundtable discussions with over 15 platforms – Alibaba Group, Amazon, DHgate, eBay, Meta, Shopee, Temu, Tencent, TikTok Shop, TikTok, & Walmart. Ask membership, Beth Hughes, or Jennifer S. to learn more. Special thank you to our committee co-chairs including the TCC’s Hun Quach,?Levi Strauss & Co. and Hana Greenberg, Target and BPC’s Brandon C. Scott, Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co; Zach Toczynski, Levi Strauss & Co.; and Jenny V., lululemon usa inc. Register: aafaglobal.org/events

American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) Member Welcome: Debrand is North America’s most comprehensive textile sustainability and circularity hub for top apparel and footwear. Our holistic ecosystem approach for next-life logistics combines tech-enabled sortation with expert solution partnerships to deliver the highest impact possible at scale in reuse, recycling, responsible disposal, and circular textile innovations. Based in Canada with facilities across the United States, Debrand is on a mission to propel the textile industry’s sustainable future, finding ways to optimize the planet's finite resources by unlocking the potential in untapped products. To learn more about our work and impact, visit debrand.ca.#newmember

Special thank you to Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) for hosting AAFA’s Social Responsibility Meeting today! AAFA’s Nate Herman dug into topics of due diligence, traceability, sourcing diversification, and more with speakers from Wacoal America, U.S. Department of Labor, The Walt Disney Company, Elevate Textiles, and more! Next up, join us December 3-5 where we’ll bring together the Trade Policy Committee & Brand Protection Council! View 2025 events, meetings, webinars: aafaglobal.org/Events.

Special thank you to?Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP)?for hosting AAFA’s Environmental Committee Meeting today! Members were well-briefed with our experts?Chelsea Murtha,?Conor O'Brien, and speakers from?Centric Brands,?ACT (American Circular Textiles)?Group,?VesselBot-Enabling Sustainable Supply Chains, the?U.S. Department of State, and more. Tomorrow we’ll host the Social Responsibility Meeting and December 3-5 we’ll bring together the Trade Policy Committee and Brand Protection Council. In February we’ll bring the industry together around?#AAFASafe?topics in Long Beach, CA! Take a look at the 2025 events lineup:?aafaglobal.org/Events.

We are very disappointed to see that the?International Longshoremen's Association (ILA)?has walked away from negotiations for the East and Gulf Coast port contract, again. When negotiations broke down earlier this year, the ILA initiated a three-day strike in October that caused significant delays and backlogs that lasted weeks and negatively impacted American jobs and transportation networks globally. As?Stephen Lamar?shared with CNBC earlier today, “It is imperative the ILA return to the negotiating table immediately so that the parties can jointly resolve outstanding issues regarding modernization so that a long term, sustainable, and fair agreement can be finalized this year.”?https://lnkd.in/eRnCGJzz Members: join the AAFA Transportation Team for alerts & December 18 Shipping Roundtable for detailed updates:?bit.ly/3Oa9lUx & bit.ly/3Ct4VWg