Audience:
Open industry. All apparel and footwear industry professionals, regardless of AAFA membership, are encouraged to participate.
Description:
Fashion Supply Chains are critical to the success of businesses both in the US and globally, and have gone through major disruption in the past 5 years alone. In this webinar, we will dive deeper into how brands and retailers can best adapt to new ways of working that allow for more agility, flexibility and as part of that delivery better value for the customer. We will specifically look at how new digital tools, strategic vendor partnerships, and on-demand nearshore sourcing can offer a holistic solution for the US fashion industry.
Attendees of this webinar will learn:
- How to adapt the supply chain for a continually evolving domestic landscape.
- To address the consumer imperative for delivering with speed, quality and value, through changes in Supply Chain Management.
- About macro-economics and how on-demand, near-shore sourcing, and digitization are now fundamental for success.
Speakers:
Sandra Campos
Board Member
PDS Limited
A globally recognized leader in consumer retail, Sandra Campos serves on the boards of public and private company boards including PetMeds, Big Lots, PDS Limited, Daniel’s Jewelers, Fabric Commerce, and PureRed. For public companies, she is on the Audit, Capital Allocation, Nom/Gov committees. As the former Chief Executive Officer of Diane von Furstenberg and President of $1bn portfolio of brands such as Juicy Couture and BCBG, Sandra’s focus on the ever-evolving consumer landscape has transformed businesses for growth across digital and physical retail through technology, marketing direct to the consumer, and supply chain diversification.
Balancing her career between corporate roles and entrepreneurial ventures, she also co-founded the first celebrity brand management company for Selena Gomez, which included global licenses across fourteen categories. Her breadth of knowledge across the retail ecosystem ranges from software, product development, sourcing, international distributor/franchise partnerships, to marketing and ecommerce.
Mark Green
Executive Director - North America
PDS Limited
Mark Green has been a leading professional in Global Supply Chain operations over the past 23 years. He started in 2000 with Mast Industries supporting the Victoria’s Secret Stores and Catalogue businesses initially based out of Israel and the Middle East, and then with positions in Hong Kong and Sri Lanka. In 2008 he joined the Walmart Global Procurement team in Shenzhen with responsibility for Sourcing Apparel, Footwear, Jewelry and Accessories globally for Walmart USA and Walmart International Stores.
From 2012 to July 2023 Mark joined PVH as EVP Supply based out of Hong Kong where he has been leading a team building innovative and best in class Supply Chain solutions again on a global platform. Mark has been very engaged with Industry groups and was for many years on the Board of Governors of the HK American Chamber of Commerce representing the Apparel and Footwear sector.
Hatun Aytug
EVP Business Development - US
PDS Limited
Hatun Aytug is a seasoned Consumer and Retail General Management Executive with over 25 years of expertise in Product Development, Global Sourcing, Production, and Product Execution. In the past 10 years, she has focused on Creative & Design, Merchandising, Sales, Planning, and Production, leading teams through a sustainable Go-to-Market Process while building efficiencies within the functions of an organization and ensuring seamless product delivery. She is skilled in Apparel, Intimates, Accessories, Footwear, and Hard Goods and has been part of leadership teams in major companies such as Victoria's Secret, Express, PVH, Levi's, American Eagle and Ralph Lauren.
Moderator:
Nate Herman
Senior Vice President, Policy
AAFA
Nate Herman oversees AAFA’s Policy department, managing the association’s lobbying, policy, and regulatory affairs activities. Nate leads AAFA’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) program, formulating and implementing CSR policy and representing AAFA and the industry on CSR issues before governments, NGOs, and other key stakeholders. In addition, Nate develops all apparel and footwear industry data and statistics as AAFA's resident economist. Prior to joining AAFA, Nate worked for six years at the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration assisting U.S. firms in entering the global market. Nate spent the last two years as the Department's industry analyst for the footwear and travel goods industries. Nate received a Masters of Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh in 1994 and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Economics from the University of Delaware in 1992.
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