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Pandemic Fears Over Fresh Coronavirus Cases as Supply Chain Risks Rise: The Week Ahead

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Pandemic concerns rise over new infections outside of China, and supply chain risks rise as reopened factories operate at reduced capacity.
Five new cases in Hong Kong and others elsewhere raise concerns the coronavirus outbreak could explode into a global pandemic.
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When it’s deliver-or-die, supply chains become the lifeblood of a company. To that end, the fashion industry has embraced technology to navigate today’s hyper-complicated supply chain, with myriad solutions shaping the first, middle and last mile. Call it Sourcing 2.0.

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Just when China was hoping to see an abatement in new confirmed coronavirus infections, a spike in cases in South Korea and Iran now raise concerns that the outbreak could explode into a global pandemic. Fresh cases in the two nations also speak to the many unknowns surrounding COVID-19, as the novel coronavirus is officially known,…

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