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COMMENT: The decline of the buying office

2014-12-16 18:05:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Twenty years ago major garment importers and retailers began to move away from independent agents to set up wholly-owned buying offices where every middleman performed the same work. Fast forward to 2014, and the range of services has soared in both number and complexity. The challenge, now, is to quantify the level of performance - and commission, writes David Birnbaum.

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