Sourcing Journal Radio

Sourcing Journal Radio is thought leadership brought to life. Each podcast episode provides apparel industry executives with a platform from which to showcase their personalities and share their perspectives on a range of engaging topics, enabling listeners to consider new points of view and plot their next steps.

Business
Fashion & Beauty
Technology
1
Inside SJ Denim's Fall Issue: A Decade of Denim
In this episode, Sourcing Journal executive editor and denim expert Angela Velasquez chats with Lauren Parker, director of Fairchild Studio, about the latest issue of SJ Denim and the industry at large.
12 min
2
Mitigating Retail Cybersecurity Risk
20 min
3
Material Innovation and Verification in Circula...
Min Zhu, senior director, technical services and operations, US & Canada Softlines, of global testing and certification company SGS, and Haley Gershon, marketing manager of SGS Beta (formerly Beta Analytic), a leading Carbon-14 testing lab for biobased materials that SGS acquired in November 2024, discuss why biobased materials need verification.
14 min
4
Inside SJ's Logistics Report: The Technology Issue
Lauren Parker, director of SJ and Fairchild Studios, dives into SJ's "Logistics Report: The Technology Issue" with two Sourcing Journal editors, logistics editor Glenn Taylor and business editor Meghan Hall, business editor. They discuss what's now, what's next, and what it all means for your business.
24 min
5
AGI Denim Scales Clean Tech Across Operations t...
7 min
6
Inside SJ Denim's 'Made in America' Report
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal's executive editor and denim editor, chats with Lauren Parker, director, Fairchild Studio, about what Made in America denim really means
9 min
7
Why Fashion Should Focus on Data Management to ...
13 min
8
Can Leather Supply Chains Be Forest Friendly?
Fernando Bellese, senior director for beef and leather supply chains, WWF, discusses how the Deforestation-Free Leather Fund is improving the sustainability of leather supply chains.
15 min
9
Inside SJ's Material Innovation Report 2025
Alex Harrell, Sourcing Journal's sustainability and innovation reporter, chats with Lauren Parker, director, Fairchild Studio, about what's new and what's next in material innovation,
16 min
10
Supima x Spanx: Inside the Cotton Shapewear Col...
Spanx’s Supima Collection Delivers Its Signature Shaping Technology with a Cotton Twist
12 min
11
Inside SJ's Tech Report: The Human Issue
In analyzing Sourcing Journal's Tech Report, business reporter/tech editor Meghan Hall discusses the symbiotic relationship between man and machine.
13 min
12
Addressing Tariff Tumult with Diversification
Why Gelmart is Prioritizing the Philippines Amid Diversification Push
10 min
13
The True Cost of Tariffs
Ian Fredericks, president and CEO of Hilco Consumer-Retail, chats with Lauren Parker, director, Fairchild Studio, about how tariff worries — real and perceived — are affecting shopping behavior, inventory and pricing, and what companies can do to prepare.
36 min
14
Adapting the Global Sourcing Playbook for Agility
How Interloop Limited is Diversifying and Mitigating Sourcing Risks
17 min
15
Tapestry Talks Luxury in the Digital Age
Yang Lu, chief information officer at Tapestry, explains Tapestry's test-and-learn digital strategy to meet customers where they are, and why “iteration is the new perfection.”
20 min
16
Can Sustainability Survive? Unpacking SJ's Sust...
Sourcing Journal's sourcing and labor editor Jasmin Malik Chua, and sustainability & innovation reporter Alex Harrell discuss SJ's new Sustainability Report and how companies are keeping the sustainability dream alive.
20 min
17
Tariff Turmoil: What Now? What Next?
Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal’s features editor and resident tariff expert, on where things stand now, where they might go, and all the implications.
15 min
18
Small Parts, Big Impact: Making Billions of Fas...
In this episode, Brian La Plante, senior manager, sustainability, of the Japan-based YKK Fastening Products Group, discusses addressing sustainability's "full hierarchy of circularity."
14 min
19
Closing the Loop on Polyester
How Reju is Rebuilding Fashion Systems for Circularity
10 min
20
Highlights from Sourcing Journal's Logistics Re...
SJ's Logistics Editor walks us through report highlights, including industry obstacles, opportunities and change.
18 min
21
Future-Proofing Fashion Supply Chains
15 min
22
Measuring the Impact: Data's Role in Sustainabi...
How the Trust Protocol is Measuring Cotton’s Impact
10 min
23
Evaluating the Cotton Market and Global Economy
How Tariffs, Downstream Demand and Inflation Could Impact the Cotton Market
9 min
24
Tariffs, Trade and Turmoil: Highlights from the...
Peter Sadera, SJ's editor in chief, chats with Lauren Parker, director, SJ and Fairchild Studios, about SJ's recent Fall Summit and the resulting Companion Report wrapup.
14 min
25
Why U.S. Companies Can't Ignore EU ESPR
ESPR is one of the most comprehensive sustainability regulations so far in the world. Min Zhu of testing, inspection and certification company SGS chats with Lauren Parker of SJ and Fairchild Studios to offer insights.
12 min