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News and regulatory updates for merch buyers
Seven updates that change what a buyer has to plan, price or prove, with the deadline stated in each one.
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Recent updates
Short reads on the changes that land in a procurement file.
Two of these are regulatory rather than commercial. The corporate sustainability reporting directive changes what a large buyer has to collect about the merchandise it distributes, and the move of Portuguese e invoicing to a single system changes how an invoice is issued and what happens when one is rejected. Both carry deadlines, and both are easier to plan for than to absorb late.
The colour story is the one that reaches a design team. The Pantone colour of the year sets a direction that arrives in requests from every sector at once, and the practical question is always the same: which fabrics will be dyed to it, and how many weeks before the season needs the stock.
The remaining updates are about practice rather than rules. How AI is being used in procurement, what the circular economy means for a product with a mixed material bill, and what the trend data shows for the year ahead are covered here with the part that affects a decision placed first.
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