Established in 2000 in Indonesia, Asmara has grown into a global product development and sourcing organization for large and mid-sized European and USA lifestyle brands & retailers such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Tom Tailor, etc. Asmara will ...
Tags: Textile, United Kingdom, Asmara
The Sportlifestyle company PUMA announced at its stakeholder meeting "Talks at Banz" that it will sign the Bangladesh Fire and Safety Agreement set up by global trade union IndustryAll this week to ensure that the company's six supplier ...
Tags: PUMA, Bangla Fire
The eight developing countries that constitute the D-8 group can enhance cooperation in petrochemical sector by investing their surplus funds in projects of other member countries, Abdolhosain Bayat, Managing Director of Iran’s ...
Tags: Textile, Iran, petrochem sector
The European countries are happy with the measures taken by the Bangladesh Government to ensure workplace safety in the country’s readymade garment manufacturing (RMG) units, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has said. ...
Tags: Apparel
The textile exporters' fraternity has suggested various measures to the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) for the revival of sinking indigenous industry. The roundtable conference on Pakistan's largest ...
The textile exporters’ fraternity has suggested various measures to the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) for the revival of sinking indigenous industry. The roundtable conference on Pakistan’s ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Apparel
The apparel manufacturers in the US have expressed concern over increasing labor cost in the country as several global apparel brands are sourcing garments from other countries with low production cost North Carolina-based apparel ...
Tags: Apparel Makers, Apparel
Japan will extend a sum of Tk 1 billion (US$ 10 million) to Bangladesh for reconstruction of readymade garment (RMG) manufacturing factories in Bangladesh that are in dire state. The loan will be issued by the Japan International ...
Tags: RMG Building
The Clean Clothes Campaign welcomes the European Parliament resolution of 20 May 2013 on health and safety in the Bangladesh garment industry, which sets out the Parliament’s expectations of multinational textile retailers to ...
Tags: CCC Hails European, Safety Accord
The garments factories located in Western and Eastern Java of Indonesia have opted for relocation to central Java because of its cheaper labour costs. Major reason cited for the relocation of garment factories to central Java is that the ...
Tags: Garment Units, Lower Labour Costs
World 2013/14 cotton trade is forecast to decline 12 percent from a year ago, to 39.5 million bales, due to a combination of lower exportable supplies and China’s policy-driven lower demand for foreign cotton. The 2013/14 ...
"No one should suffer or die to make clothing. Just the opposite, they and their families should prosper. That's how it is with our supply chain. "That's how it can be with others. Let's not make this harder than it is. And let's not ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) has urged the new incoming PML-N Government to formulate new policies to boost the country’s exports. A new policy designed by taking all stakeholders into confidence could boost the ...
Clean Clothes Campaign activists are set to stage protests across Europe on 24th May calling on major brands to pay compensation for fire and building collapse victims in Bangladesh. The protests take place exactly one month after the Rana ...
The recent incidents in Bangladesh, including Rana Plaza building collapse, Tarzeen and Spectrum fire accidents, have negatively impacted the growth of readymade garment (RMG) sector of the country. The clothing manufacturers of Bangladesh ...
Tags: RMG Sector, Bangladesh