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The Apparel Industry
$1.7-trillion
$1.7-trillion
Global
$351.35 billion
$351.35 billion
The United States
Industry Challenges
Overproduction
Around 40% of clothing produced each year goes unsold, with a significant portion eventually ending up in landfills.
Waste
The average US consumer throws away 81.5 pounds of clothes annually, resulting in 11.3 million tons of textile waste.
Offshoring
In the last 30 years, the U.S apparel manufacturing industry lost 850,000 jobs with less than 95,000 jobs remaining.
Labor
Aging workforce, high employee turnover rates, and labor scarcity is costing money, resulting in lost time and opportunity.
“We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.”
– Thomas Fuller
Our Value to the Industry
Speed to Market
Speed to Market
Offshore production cycles are long, limiting the ability to respond quickly to market demands.
Sustainability
Sustainability
Long supply chains encourage overproduction which increases pollution.
Augmented Labor
Augmented Labor
Augmenting a workforce with robots helps solve the growing issues with high turnover rates, production downtime and labor scarcity.
We live in a Finite World
We live in a Finite World
The current apparel industry is inefficient, unsustainable and was created with the assumption that all of our resources are infinite. Our solutions are designed for a finite world.
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