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2025 Apparel and Footwear Pulse series

Insights on supply chain dynamics and performance

Across 2024 and 2025, Deloitte surveyed 99 global vertical brands within the apparel, footwear and accessories sectors, with a specific focus on supply chain dynamics.

Introducing the Apparel and Footwear Pulse series

Across 2024 and 2025, Deloitte surveyed 99 global vertical brands within the apparel, footwear and accessories sectors, with a specific focus on supply chain dynamics. This survey spanned a diverse range of industry segments, geographies, channels and sizes. Leaders from these organizations provided detailed responses to more than 50 questions—covering supply chain performance, capabilities, challenges, priorities and strategies.

Having analyzed the survey data, we’re now thrilled to launch the Apparel and Footwear Pulse series. This series will combine insights from the survey with perspectives from industry and supply chain specialists across Deloitte. Stay tuned for compelling insights designed to help you navigate and optimize your supply chain in today’s ever-evolving apparel and footwear industry sector.

Our first installment in the series provides an overview of the survey and the performance benchmarking. The second installment explores key value chain challenges faced by brands, top priorities and operational capabilities. Look forward to further publications being added over time to cover areas such as growth strategies.

Part I: Performance benchmarking

Explore key elements of the survey, from the respondents and their market offerings to channel mixes, annual revenues and more. Also included is an overview of brand performance across several key performance indicators (KPIs) such as inventory turns, gross margin and forecast accuracy. The data encompasses both historical performance and future expectations.

Download part one

Part II: Challenges, priorities and operational capabilities

Delve into critical value chain challenges faced by brands, priority areas and capabilities needed for operational resiliency. You’ll gain insight into sourcing practices, collaborative supply planning, and purchase order management—with real-world observations on leveraging them in parallel for greater value delivery.

Download part two

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