As with the toilet-paper frenzy at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and drivers pre-emptively filling their tanks on reports of the US-Israel attacks on the Middle East, the first sign of a supply shock is often panic buying.

As with the toilet-paper frenzy at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and drivers pre-emptively filling their tanks on reports of the US-Israel attacks on the Middle East, the…

The ripples from a petroleum shock have been quietly spreading into the apparel trade, says David Fickling for Bloomberg Opinion.