The Power of Information

In today’s ultra competitive world, information is power. This is especially true when it comes to cotton and using information on cotton’s behalf.

Within our Global Product Supply Chain division, Cotton Incorporated researches and distributes a wide range of invaluable information we use to leverage cotton’s position throughout the entire global supply chain.

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Multiple publications, designed to cover cotton from the farm through retail, are readily available for download from Cotton Incorporated’s consumer website: www.cottoninc.com.

Supply Chain Insights describes important developments throughout the supply chain and covers pertinent topics, ranging from macroeconomic influences on apparel spending, to implications of consumer laundering habits. The Monthly Economic Letter provides timely analysis of the cotton market, detailing the latest updates to world supply and demand and trade figures, while offering potential implications for cotton prices.

An overarching goal of these publications, as with all of our market research initiatives, is to give cotton a competitive advantage over other fibers by providing strategic insight regarding consumer preferences for cotton, and then suggesting how this information could be used to increase cotton sales. Please visit our website today to see all of the information we have to keep you informed about cotton.

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Cotton is the Natural Choice in Oil Sorbents

Wisconsin-based Sellars recently announced the launch of EverSoak Oil Only Pads – sorbents made with 80% cotton, that now carry the Cotton Incorporated ABSORBLEND trademark.
“We wanted to create a sorbent that not only performed better, but was better for the environment,” says John Sellars, EVP – Marketing. “Cotton linters proved to be the ideal source material.”
Using cotton staple could have become expensive and would have needed to go through a bleaching process, but the new product is able to avoid these costs by using linters.
Linters are short fibers that remain on the cottonseed after the ginning process removes the longer fiber. This product is up to 50% more effective than polypropylene alternatives and has the unique ability to float, which makes them able to neutralize the damage of oils and oil-based chemical spills on water.

More information on the product can be found at the company’s website:
www.sellarscompany.com

 

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