Garment manufacturers and exporters in Sri Lanka are worried over the Wages Board's decision to raise the minimum wages in the country by up to 30 percent. Yohan Lawrence,the newly appointed chairman of the Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters ...
Tags: SLAEA, wages, profitability
After the success of the Second edition of the Source Zone Fair, the Third Source Zone Fair 2012, opened up at Apparel House Gurgaon on 5th November 2012. Shri Suhir Sekhri commented that, “Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) is ...
Tags: AEPC, Source Zone, Apparel House, textiles
Garments Shramik Sangram Parishad (GSSP), a body representing Bangladesh’s garment factory workers, has urged for reopening of Hall-Mark readymade garment (RMG) manufacturing units under the Government supervision. The garment ...
Tags: GSSP, body representing, readymade garment
There will be no impact on apparel exports from the biggest Atlantic storm to hit the US Gulf Coast, was the unanimous opinion of leaders of garment exporting organisations from various Asian clothing production hubs like India, Bangladesh, ...
Tags: apparel exports, Asian clothing, impact, biggest Atlantic storm
Increasing possibilities of a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the EU is upsetting Bangladeshi readymade garment (RMG) exporters, who are already grappling against difficulties posed by Eurozone crisis and troubles in US ...
Tags: FTA, free trade agreement, RMG, Eurozone crisis
The Eastern European nation of Belarus will resume supplying fabrics to Russian Government departments, as the Eurasian Economic Commission has lifted the restrictions imposed by it on Belarusian fabrics. In March 2012, the Russian ...
Tags: fabric, textile manufacturers, garment manufacturers, fabric industry
In the wake of recent fire accident that killed more than 110 people at a readymade garment(RMG)manufacturing unit in Bangladesh,global apparel buyers have suggested measures to avoid repetition of such incidents in future. At a meeting ...
Tags: fire accident, readymade garment, BGMEA, garment factories
APL Logistics has opened its first Quality Assurance Centre in Dhaka, and a second in Chittagong. With the new centres, APL Logistics offers a more comprehensive service offering to customers in the apparel sector. The global logistics ...
Tags: apparel sector, logistics, APL centres
The scheduled visit of a Russian business delegation, including representatives from the textile and garment industry, to Bangladesh in December this year has raised hope for the country’s readymade garment (RMG) industry, which is ...
Tags: Bangladesh, BGMEA, RMG, Russia
Fashion and leather industrial leaders expressed their confidence that Bangkok International Fashion Fair and Bangkok International Leather Fair 2013(BIFF&BIL 2013)will provide great opportunities for Thai and ASEAN manufacturers to emerge ...
Tags: Fashion and leather industrial, BIFF&BIL 2013, Rhythm of ASEAN
In response to queries received from analysts, Li & Fung Limited wishes to clarify that the value of orders placed with Tazreen Fashions Limited in Bangladesh where a tragic fire has occurred will not have any material impact on the ...
Tags: Li&Fung, financial performance, tragic fire, Bangladesh
More than twenty readymade garment(RMG)exporters from Bangladesh are suffering due to non-payment by an Indian firm for goods purchased by it. Mr.Abdus Salam Murshedy,president of Exporters Association of Bangladesh(EAB)told ...
Myanmar's UMH Garment Industries has for the first time established a garment factory in Kayin state based Hpa-an township's industrial zone. The move is expected to reduce pressure on industrial zones in Yangon and generate several ...
Tags: Garment, garment factory, MGMA, labour
With an aim to enable garment makers in Thailand to boost their international presence,CAT Telecom has launched CAT e-exhibition,which would help Thai garment producers to present their products before world market. The e-exhibition is ...
Tags: garment makers, international presence, CAT e-exhibition, TGMA
Global apparel buying firms are exploring alternative destinations to source their garments,owing to rising cost of production in China,and Bangladesh has emerged as priority for these companies to source apparels. After convening a ...
Tags: rising cost, Source Apparels, Global Buyers Prioritize, BGMEA