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NEWS RELEASE: BBPPI 2024: More than 70% of BBI repeat subscribers increase their overall purchasing practices score, with Sporting Goods companies performing better than Fashion Goods companies across all categories

NEWS RELEASE: BBPPI 2024: More than 70% of BBI repeat subscribers increase their overall purchasing practices score, with Sporting Goods companies performing better than Fashion Goods companies across all categories

More than 70% of Better Buying’s 22 repeat subscriber companies have improved their overall purchasing practices score in this year’s Better Buying Purchasing Practices IndexTM (BBPPI).

Do you know how the Better Buying Purchasing Practices IndexTM was created?

Do you know how the Better Buying Purchasing Practices IndexTM was created?

As Better Buying publishes its 8th Garment Scorecard from the Better Buying Purchasing Practices IndexTM (BBPPI), our President and Co-Founder Marsha Dickson reviews the rigorous research and development Better BuyingTM carried out to create the Index, and to develop measures of impactful purchasing practices that offer a standardized way to compare buyer performance with appropriate peer groups, and reliably track progress over time.

BBPPI 2024 Garment Scorecard

BBPPI 2024 Garment Scorecard

The Better Buying Purchasing Practices IndexTM 2024 Garment Scorecard, showing overall and category scores for brand and retailer purchasing practices, based on 1,300 supplier ratings.

Has the concept of “leverage” had its day? Dr. Marsha Dickson

Has the concept of “leverage” had its day? Dr. Marsha Dickson

Better Buying’s President and Co-Founder, Dr. Marsha Dickson, argues for a new language, and a new concept, to secure human rights for workers

Better Buying 2024 ratings cycle is open for ratings until May 31st

Better Buying 2024 ratings cycle is open for ratings until May 31st

Suppliers are invited to rate their brand and retailer customers' purchasing practices on the Better BuyingTM platform by May 31st. It's 100% anonymous and your data and insights will help drive the race to the top on purchasing practices.

BBPI 2024 – Overall partnership score for Softgoods up 8 Points

BBPI 2024 – Overall partnership score for Softgoods up 8 Points

Buyer-supplier partnerships in the garment and footwear sector have improved significantly since last year, according to research published today by Better Buying Institute.

BBPI 2024 Executive Summary

BBPI 2024 Executive Summary

Summary report of Better Buying Partnership Index 2024 Report

Better Buying Partnership Index Report 2024

Better Buying Partnership Index Report 2024

Better Buying Partnership Index ReportTM 2024

BBPPI Report 2023 – BBI repeat subscribers continue to improve, but progress remains slow and uneven

BBPPI Report 2023 – BBI repeat subscribers continue to improve, but progress remains slow and uneven

Suppliers in global supply chains are reporting improvements in the percent of orders priced to cover everything the buyer is asking for, coupled with better on time payment records, but uneven progress by brands and retailers means many suppliers still struggle, according to the Better Buying Institute, which today publishes its Better Buying Purchasing Practices IndexTM

The Apparel Industry is a Real Mess, writes Dr. Marsha Dickson

The Apparel Industry is a Real Mess, writes Dr. Marsha Dickson

At least some suppliers have given up on the big legacy brands that they used to all think they wanted to work with, and many predict that these brands are destined to fail because of their inefficient, complicated, and costly operations. One observed that SME brands are his company’s preferred customers because they work more collaboratively and as true partners. When will this craziness stop?