Our trade servicing activities with cotton textile mills have supplied us with in-depth knowledge of cotton processing in Asia, Europe, Latin America and South Asia and a clear understanding of textile mills’ capabilities and product lines.

Further downstream, our COTTON USA Mark licensing program and our sales promotions with major brands and retailers around the world have given us a clear understanding of the needs of buyers who purchase textile, apparel and home fashion product. 

With this experience and the needs of cotton product sellers and buyers in mind, we can generate a virtual map of the supply chain for key mills that are current or potential users of U.S. cotton or cotton products, beginning with the spinner and leading through each stage of processing to key retailers in CCI program countries, which include most of the world’s major consumer markets.

We offer the following benefit packages to qualified textile and finished product manufacturers and to brand owners and retailers around the world. Priority for these services will be given to COTTON USA Mark licensees and retail promotion partners.

Benefits to COTTON USA Mill Partners:

• Priority access to COTTON USA SCM supplier events at global trade exhibitions includingTexworld, Interstoff Asia, Intertextile Shanghai, Colombia Moda, Colombia Tex and the networking events sponsored by CCI at such shows. Note that each show may differ, so the exhibition of the products happens on a case-by-case basis.
• Priority access to private sourcing fairs sponsored by CCI for Buying Delegations organized by CCI.
• Promotion of your cotton products in CCI’s SCM  supplier database on CCI’s Web site.
• Promotion of your cotton products within The COTTONWORKS® Fabric Library by Cotton Incorporated.  Access to technical and fashion services offered by Cotton Incorporated in select countries.
• A cost-free license to use the COTTON USA Mark.

Benefits to COTTON USA Brand and Retailer Partners:

• Priority for these services will be given to brands and retailers with a turnover in excess of $5 million.
• Full access to the COTTON USA supplier database.
• Priority access for qualified buyers to supplier events, such as networking receptions during trade shows. 
• Participation in Buying Delegations to targeted supplier countries.
• Customized sourcing services to identify partners with specific specialized products.
• A cost-free license to use the COTTON USA Mark.
• COTTON USA marketing support via advertising campaigns and retail sales promotions in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, China & Hong Kong, South America, Europe and the Andean Region.
  
  
  • Listen to Rob Martin of John Lewis UK explain how the sourcing expertise of Cotton Council International (CCI) has benefited his company in an exclusive interview. 

Rob Martin
Manager of Cavendish Textiles, Internal Sourcing Department
John Lewis UK

  (Click the photo above to hear the interview.  Click this link to view the transcript.)

Please visit www.cottonusasupplychain.com, send an e-mail to scm@cotton.org or contact your local CCI regional representative for more information on how to join and capitalize on the benefits of the COTTON USA Supply Chain Marketing program.