• Twenty seven buyer companies engaged in the eighth annual Better Buying Purchasing Practices Index ^TM (BBPP) ratings cycle during Q2 2024, 22 of which were repeat subscribers, able to track their progress over time. 
• 1,300 supplier ratings were received. 

There has been a small increase on last year in the overall Garment Score, which is up by 1 point on previous ratings cycle (from 66 to 67 points). Scores have remained steady in six out of seven categories of purchasing, with one category, Win-Win Sustainable Partnership seeing an increase of six points. 

Nearly 4 in 10 (38.7%) suppliers cited Planning and Forecasting as the purchasing practices category buyers need to focus on improving, far ahead of the next category, Cost and Cost Negotiation (16.7%), a priority that  has been stressed in previous ratings cycles.