By Susan A. Nichols
...A lot of retailers won’t give the Western Hemisphere a second look. They’ll stay in China or pull up stakes to move into Vietnam, Bangladesh or elsewhere. But there are those who are thinking about a “China plus one strategy,” says Julia Hughes, president of USA-ITA, an association that represents importers and retailers of textile and apparel products. “We’re hoping to reintroduce a discussion about the Americas,” she notes.
