Leading US fashion and textile organisations have backed recent comments by president Donald Trump in which he suggested that his stringent tariff policies were “not focused on driving sneaker and T-shirt production to the US”. A joint letter – signed by the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), Council of Fashion Designers of America...
Jun 2, 2025
The American Apparel & Footwear Association, the Footwear Retailers & Distributors of America, the National Retail Federation, the Retail Industry Leaders Association, and the United States Fashion Industry Association have released a study that calls out detrimental economic impacts of Section 301 tariffs. According to the report, American...
Jan 18, 2023
34th Conference for Global Brands, Retailers, & Service Providers to Cover Trade Policy, Transportation Trends, Conscious Fashion, & More The U.S. fashion industry will convene in New York City on November 10, 2022 for the 34th Annual Apparel Importers Trade & Transportation Conference, hosted by the U.S. Fashion Industry Association (USFIA)....
Oct 28, 2022
The American Apparel & Footwear Association, Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America, National Retail Federation, Retail Industry Leaders Association, and The United States Fashion Industry Association – representing a broad swath of the U.S. business community – applaud today’s announcement of a global approach to end the campaign of...
Mar 24, 2021
The American Apparel & Footwear Association, National Retail Federation, Retail Industry Leaders Association, and The United States Fashion Industry Association responded to today’s blanket Withhold Release Order (WRO) impacting all cotton and cotton products from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR): The companies we represent remain...
Jan 14, 2021
The American Apparel and Footwear Association, National Retail Federation, Retail Industry Leaders Association, and The United States Fashion Industry Association responded to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) earlier today, on enforcement action regulating cotton imports...
Dec 4, 2020
The outlook for the fashion industry and its supply chains in a post-lockdown world continue to be challenged according to data from the annual U.S. Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) Benchmarking Survey. In association with Dr. Sheng Lu, Associate Professor Department of Fashion & Apparel Studies University of Delaware, one of the questions...
Aug 6, 2020
Our member companies have long maintained policies and compliance programs that seek to prevent, identify, and mitigate instances of forced labor. As an industry representing thousands of brands and retailers, ensuring that forced labor does not exist in our supply chains is a key priority. Following today’s launch of the NGO Call to Action, the...
Jul 27, 2020
WASHINGTON DC – today, the United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) joined with more than 60 trade associations around the globe in the textile, apparel, travel goods, and fashion industry in a statement to call for more action to address the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented...
Apr 29, 2020
As an industry representing brands and retailers, we do not tolerate forced labor in our supply chains. We work together to identify and eliminate forced labor, and conditions that can lead to forced labor, in the countries from which we source products. The industry continues to evolve and improve our existing approaches to identify, detect,...
Mar 11, 2020
American fashion industry executives are concerned about the impact of trade protectionism according to the latest study by the US Fashion Industry Association (USFIA). This week the USFIA released its fifth annual Fashion Industry Benchmarking Study, with findings showing overall optimism but with widespread concern about trade barriers,...
Jul 20, 2018
The United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) has released its fourth annual Fashion Industry Benchmarking Study, surveying 34 executives from leading fashion and apparel brands, retailers, importers and wholesalers. Although there is optimism about the five-year outlook for the fashion industry, many executives are reluctant about...
Jul 21, 2017