AAFA’s Outgoing Chair Colin Browne Talks Supply Chain, Inflation, Near-Shoring and the Metaverse

Colin Browne, Under Armour’s chief operating officer and the outgoing chair of the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) sat down with FN on Thursday to catch up on the industry’s hottest topics during last week’s Executive Summit in Washington, DC. For Browne, who stepped down from his position with the AAFA on Friday, the last two years were filled with both change and ambiguity for the industry and the world. “The speed of change we’ve experienced over the last two years just demonstrates how quickly the world continues to evolve and how quick and nimble we need to be moving forward because we don’t know what may happen next,” Browne told FN. “I’ve learned that you have to be an optimist because the alternative is just not very attractive.” Here, Browne discusses hot button topics such as supply chain, near-shoring, inflation, and the metaverse. FN: What is the latest update you can give on the shipping crisis and supply chain? Do you see specific actions starting to take place? Browne: It’s interesting because you don’t hear a lot about it at the moment from a consumer point of view, it’s not really front and center of the news anymore. But here’s still over 100

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