What's on the horizon?

Issues including oil price rises and this year’s “bra wars”pose a threat to low-cost country sourcing. Alex Coxon looks at how purchasers can keep their offshore supplies moving

Professional purchasers sourcing goods and services offshore have probably had their fill of bad news this year. Already troubled by oil prices pushing up the cost of transport, the activities of pressure groups such as Friends of the Earth – which is lobbying to increase fuel taxes as a means of reducing transport emissions – haven’t helped.

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