About HGI
Turning Supply Chain Insights Into Action
Hertzman Global Intelligence provides a powerful resource for executives in the fashion industry—allowing them to proactively respond to unprecedented supply chain risks, an increasingly challenging regulatory environment and a rapidly changing global production outlook. HGI digs into the supply chain to provide an unbiased and comprehensive analysis of global trends, industry data and predictive forecasts. Our 360-degree analysis of the geopolitical, macroeconomic and environmental factors pressuring business outcomes empowers you to boost efficiency, mitigate risk and make decisions with confidence.
About Our Team
Edward Hertzman
Founder, HGI
Edward Hertzman is a serial entrepreneur who has launched multiple businesses across several industry verticals including media, fitness, wellness and sourcing.
Edward got his start working as a top executive for major sourcing companies worldwide, including Synergies Worldwide and Pearl Global. Since then, he has partnered with globally recognized retailers and wholesalers worldwide, with special expertise in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and China.
In 2009, in response to a gaping need in the industry, Edward founded Sourcing Journal and grew it to become the most prominent trade publication devoted to apparel and textile supply chains worldwide. He ultimately sold Sourcing Journal and its sister publications to Penske Media Group in 2017, remaining president of Sourcing Journal for another six years.
His vast network of resources and unique industry vantage point have enabled Edward to become a regular contributor to media outlets such as Bloomberg, Fast Company, Nasdaq, WSJ, The New York Times and CNBC as well as a prominent speaker at industry conferences such as Shoptalk, NRF, Magic, Manifest, TD Cowen’s Future of Consumer Day and vendor days for companies including Asmara and Synergies Worldwide.
In addition to HGI, Edward is the founder of Athletech News and Active Source Lab.
Caletha Crawford
Head of Content Strategy, HGI
Caletha Crawford is a veteran fashion business publishing executive and consultant with more than 20 years covering the global apparel supply chain. Most recently, she was publisher of Sourcing Journal, where she leveraged her deep industry knowledge to lead business development, strategic content and events. Prior to that role, she was editor in chief and publisher of Earnshaw’s, the leading children’s apparel trade publication.
Caletha has also consulted with myriad children’s apparel and juvenile products companies, working closely with both emerging and established design entrepreneurs on wholesale strategies, branding, merchandising and marketing.
She is also an adjunct faculty member of Parsons School of Design where she teaches apparel business principles and has spearheaded a range of fashion business education events and programming in collaboration with the New York City Economic Development Corporation, LVMH and Teen Vogue.
Fashion trade events and factory visits have taken her to Hong Kong, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Peru and Colombia. Her work has appeared in Texworld Thread, Kingpins Quarterly, KidX, Green Retailer, Gift Shop and Baby & Children’s Product News.
Join the HGI Community Today
HGI members receive the following benefits:
Monthly Calls
HGI hosts discussions with key industry insiders to provide insights and their real-time perspectives on the top concerns facing the soft goods supply chain. Through the executives and experts embedded in all aspects of upstream and downstream operations, we help our members understand what’s next in our rapidly evolving industry and walk away with actionable insights.
Weekly Briefings
Delivered right to your inbox, these briefings deliver HGI’s latest in-depth features to keep you up to date on the realities behind the headlines with firsthand accounts about their impact on people, processes, policies and profits.
Reports
HGI reports bring clarity to often opaque operations. We deliver quantitative insights through proprietary data and analysis to allow you to track industry trends, develop reliable forecasts and substantiate decision making. HGI produces four reports a year focused on the following categories: sustainability, trade, retail and supply chain outlook.
For Decision-Makers Driving the Future of Supply Chain
HGI’s audience over-indexes in executives in the following sectors:
Raw Materials Suppliers & R&D
Product Development
Merchandising
Sourcing & Procurement
Supply Chain
Production
Innovation
Sustainability
Social Compliance
Product Testing
Quality Assurance
Logistics
FP&A
Investment Community
Policy
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