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Essays for the merchandising desk.

Practical, opinionated, and short. Notes on textile product costing, multi-currency, and the slow death of the spreadsheet.

Why garment exporters are quietly leaving Excel

Excel costing templates have run the merchandising desk for two decades. Here is why they are being replaced, and what comes next.

A step-by-step costing walkthrough for export-house merchandisers. From fabric consumption to buyer quote in the right currency.

FX math is where margin disappears between quote and invoice. Here are three places it goes, and how to keep it from going there.

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