Economists don't expect many of the cotton farmers who had abandoned their traditional crop for others like corn to rush back into cotton and drive up the supply.
Then there is the outer-garment rule, intended to thwart someone somehow hiding contraband in a jacket.. I wore a thin cotton sweater on my flights back from rural Australia.
The London Business School grad is the fourth generation of the storied Birla clan, whose roots go back to 1857 in cotton trading in Rajasthan state.
Because American Giant's supply chain can be traced all the way back to the US cotton fields, with fabric being specially woven and dyed for it, getting a new shipment of raw materials wasn't as simple as making a phone call and waiting for an overnight delivery.
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He had no hand gun but he carried his rifle slung across his back on a piece of cotton plow line.
Clothing retailers continue to be hit by high cotton costs at a time shoppers are pushing back against retail price increases.
Cotton brought in the tying of flies, harking back to Dame Juliana and endorsing a craft that has enjoyed a long and challenging existence.
So did the job-destroying mechanised cotton pickers in the southern states and the demand for strong-back labour in northern ones.
Easing oil prices, apart from triggering sales, will also help these companies gain back some lost operating margins on the account of high cotton and oil prices.
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The Daniels led three times through Tyrone Kirk, Dan Cotton and a Danny Brooks own goal, only for the Gingerbreads to hit back each time through Danny Hargreaves, Brooks and Lister.
"We came back and said, 'We're going with all organic cotton within five years, '" says Smith.
Gap this month told investors it expects pressure from higher cotton costs to ease, helping it return to expanding merchandise margins, especially in the back half of 2012.
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