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Tariff-Smart, Capital-Preserving Sourcing Solutions

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AOL Sourcing eliminates the impossible choice between cash flow preservation and supply chain excellence, transforming North American retail and consumer products companies' greatest operational challenges into competitive advantages through strategic global sourcing partnerships and innovative financial solutions. With three decades of China sourcing intelligence and diversified global production networks, AOL Sourcing delivers supply chain excellence while preserving working capital.

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Key Solutions:

  • Industry-leading 90-day payment terms for qualified businesses

  • Zero deposit manufacturing partnerships

  • Strategic dual-source manufacturing (onshore & offshore)

  • FTZ and Class 3 bonded warehouse operations

  • Tariff navigation and trade policy expertise

  • Complete sourcing support from design through production

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Leadership Team includes Larry Nusbaum (CEO/COO), a 25-year consumer brand and sourcing veteran with extensive private equity experience, and Andrew Moser (CMCO), who brings 35+ years of commercial finance and retail trade expertise as former Executive VP and Chief Lending Officer at major financial institutions.

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Strategic Partnership Network AOL Sourcing collaborates with premier partners including D.B. Group (FTZ/logistics operations), Gateway Trade Funding (financing solutions), Los Angeles Apparel (domestic manufacturing), and Glencoe Advisors (transaction advisory), creating a comprehensive ecosystem for retail success.

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Collaborative Opportunities AOL Sourcing partners with industry organizations such as the Retail Marketing Society to deliver strategic insights on global trade developments and supply chain optimization.

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For more information, visit www.aolsourcing.com

Center for Professional Studies

Fashion Institute of Technology

 

The Center for Professional Studies, in FIT’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies, offers over 600 training programs annually responding to the specific educational needs of close to 8000 professionals and companies in fashion and its related businesses. The college’s relationship with industry leaders, successful graduates, and professional faculty enables FIT/CPS to offer training that is pertinent to the demands of today’s marketplace. Programs, offered throughout the year, cover a vast selection of relevant topics and skill-building subjects: 

 

Hot Topics Programs featuring business skills essential to fashion. 

 

Professional Development Certificate Programs

Brand Management Experience

Color: Fashion Products/Color: Image and Style

Fashion Events Planning

Fashion Styling

Image Consulting

Pet Product Design and Marketing

Product Development Manager/Certified Technical Designer

Retailing: Customer Experience Manager/Retailing: E-Commerce and Social Media

Wardrobe Technician and Costume Design Specialist 

 

Collaborative Opportunities The Center for Professional Studies/FIT co-markets selective events jointly sponsored with industry trade groups such as the Retail Marketing Society. 

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For more information, visit http://www.fitnyc.edu/ccps/index.php

 

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The Robin Report is a knowledge-based, multimedia information and consulting platform driving strategic growth and vision at the intersection between new-world and legacy retail sectors and related consumer product industries. Provocative, outspoken, opinionated and unbiased, its daily content feed is the trusted source of knowledge, insight and analysis to provide retail and related industry leaders the context they need to help guide their businesses. The Robin Report delivers thought leadership content, strategic events, consulting and industry awards. The Robin Report Advisory Board is comprised of the most influential and well-respected leaders and shapers of the retail industry, past and present.

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Robin Lewis is the founder and CEO of The Robin Report. He is an author, speaker, and consultant for the retail and consumer products industries. He is frequently requested by C-level management for advice, consultation and strategic presentations: among them are Bloomingdale’s, JC Penney, Macy’s, VF Corp, Kohl’s, Charming Shoppes, Estee Lauder, Iconix, Footlocker, and Ralph Lauren, as well as financial firms such as The Carlyle Group, Goldman Sachs and others. He is the co-author of "The New Rules of Retail," published by Palgrave-McMillan, and is often quoted in leading trade and consumer publications.

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For more information, visit www.therobinreport.com

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