Kohl’s Department Stores invites customers to join the fight against breast cancer this spring with a new collection from the Kohl’s Cares cause merchandise program. The newest collection, designed by Jennifer Lopez, will be ...
Bangladesh will make an action plan for implementing various compliances related to the readymade garments (RMG) sector. At the Social Compliance Forum (SCF) meeting on RMG sector, chaired by Commerce Minister Ghulam Muhammed Quader, it ...
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Indian garment manufactures have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mauritius exporters to strengthen the cooperation between the two countries in the field of fashion and textiles. The Clothing Manufacturers Association of ...
The ambitious textile and apparel export target of US$ 95 billion set by the Government under the recently announced Strategic Trade Policy Framework (SPTF) 2012-15 is unachievable, Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers & Exporters ...
Tags: PRGMEA, Apparel, Export Target
The Southern African Clothing & Textile workers’ Union (SACTWU) has pledged R1m towards a COSATU-run fund, to unionise farm workers. SACTWU General Secretary, Andre Kriel, made the announcement at a recruitment planning meeting of ...
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The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold in response to this week’s rejection of a labor contract between the International Longshore and ...
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Pampered pups are prancing around New York City poised to compete in the Westminster Kennel Club's 137th Annual All Breed Dog Show. Last year a perky little Pekingese named Malachy won Best in Show. Sure, the little furball was handsome but ...
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Motorcyclists do it. Construction workers do it. And the rule for more and more skiers and snowboarders is: Not without my helmet! While it used to be mainly small children and safety fanatics who used ski helmets, many winter sports ...
Tags: Hohenstein, Hygienic Properties, Helmets
Over the past two decades, the average age of motorcycle riders has increased, and a new report shows that injury rates have risen at an even greater rate for older riders. Older bikers are three times as likely to be seriously injured in ...
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Indian apparel industry is hoping for the withdrawal of excise duty on clothing and elimination of distinction between branded and unbranded products in the Union Budget 2013-14, to be presented by the Finance Minister later this month. ...
Tags: apparel industry, excise duty, clothing and elimination
Blackburn Rovers has confirmed a new partnership that will see the club’s kit sponsorship move from Umbro to the Nike brand from the start of the 2013-14 season. The Umbro sponsorship, which has been in place since 2007, will ...
More than 3,000 mid-level readymade garment (RMG) factory workers in Bangladesh received fire safety training under the crash programme launched by Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). About 3,359 workers ...
A woman’s underwear drawer costs three times more than a man’s. The average woman’s knicker drawer holds a jaw dropping £836 worth of lingerie, whereas, the price of a man’s underwear drawer is a cheaper ...
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Indian textile machinery manufacturers are eyeing 15 percent growth by the end of 2014 due to the rise in demand for textile machineries in domestic as well as in international markets. Secretary of the Mumbai-based Textile Machinery ...
As in previous years, the renowned Techtextil and Avantex Innovation Awards will be given on the occasion of the Techtextil trade fair in Frankfurt am Main, which this year takes place from 11 to 13 June. “Techtextil is the ...