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Increasing domestic energy prices could deliver another blow to China's textile industry, already hurting from a strong yuan and rising labor and raw materials costs, an industry analyst has warned. Power price rises would further squeeze profit margins of the textile industry, a ...
Further reinforcing its position as the industry's top intellectual forum in the US, the Materials at WSA Expo & Conference have announced ‘The Future of Footwear Manufacturing in China', the newest addition to their educational workshop programme for the upcoming July event. ...
Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), will be organizing a Fashion Week for Spring/ Summer 2009 from July 8 to 11 at HK Convention and Exhibition Centre. It is not only an important sourcing platform for the global fashion industry, but also a showcase for design ...
Top eco-textiles certification bodies and ecology experts will speak at the fair. The fair will feature new functional fabrics and improved function identification icons. Participants will have a fruitful visit at Interstoff Asia Essential Autumn 2008 by seeing suppliers of ...
In May, consumer price index rose by 7.7 percent over the same period of the previous year. Of which, urban area and rural area was up by 7.3 and 8.5 percent respectively; the price of non-foodstuff, consumable and services expanded 19.9, 1.7, 9.8 and 1.3 percent respectively. ...
In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Heir Apparent of the State of Qatar, Qatar signed with PetroChina Company Limited (PetroChina), and Shell (China) Limited (Shell), a Letter of Intent (LOI) to commence joint preliminary studies to assess the ...
The fifth China Brand Summit that was recently held in association with World Brand Laboratory (World Brand Lab), released a list of 500 most valuable Chinese brands. Every year the influential labels are selected by the jury members to bring them at par with global companies. ...
In May, Producers' Price Index (PPI) for manufactured goods up by 8.2 percent from the same month last year; purchasing prices for raw material rose by 11.9 percent. PPI for means of production increased 9.2 percent over last May. Of the total, PPIs for raw materials industry and ...
Buoyed on by the success of the previous Fashion Access (FA), the next event, scheduled 2 - 4 October 2008, will focus on the upcoming season under the slogan 'Let's Go Summer 2009'. The earlier event, held at the end of March 2008, heralded the growing importance of the twice-a...
The rapid rise in international offering prices has led to Chinese mills shifting much of their buying interest back to domestic cotton from imported. Local cotton merchants in many regions of the country are reporting that an increasing number of spinning mills are calling to ...
Soaring food prices pushed Macao's Composite CPI (consumer price index) in May up 8.95 percent year-on-year to 123.35, according to figures released Friday by the city's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). The figures showed that the price indices of food and non-alcoholic ...
China's industrial production remains robust. May output increased 16 percent from the previous year and followed 15.7 percent growth in April. This achievement was rather impressive given expectations and compared to India's industrial growth of only 7 percent in April. Energy ...
The Bangladeshi government and apparel factories' owners continued to completely douse the blaze of labor unrest at a mega industrial belt Ashulia on the outskirts of Dhaka for the fourth straight day on Tuesday. The unrest, triggered on June 27 reportedly by a trifling issue of ...
The Vietnam's Garment and Textile Association said that the country is making efforts to boost garment and textile exports up by 6 percent in the second half of the year, the local newspaper Vietnam Economic Times reported Wednesday. Vietnam suffered a 4.7 percent decrease year...
The use of plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and retail chains in Hong Kong dropped by as much as 80 percent since an environmental levy was imposed a month ago, a local retailer association has said. The number of those who visited stores with shopping bags of their own also ...
Amazon said Wednesday that it is acquiring Zappos, an online shoe retailer, for 10 million shares of Amazon stock, which was the largest acquisition in its history. The stock used for acquisition was worth about 887.9 million U.S. dollars at Amazon's current level. Amazon also ...
China's cotton planting area in 2009 has declined an estimated 11.34 percent from last year, said a report on the official website of the China Cotton Association (CCA). Based on its survey in 13 major cotton-planting areas, including Hunan and Jiangxi provinces and the Xinjiang ...
In the hills of southwest China, centuries of isolation have led the people of Miao nationality to cultivate a unique culture and dress style that few outsiders would recognize -- unless you saw the Disney animated film Mulan 2. While ethnologists fret over cultures endangered by ...
Entered into China market for 5 years,Italian Men's wear Canali opened 40 specialty stores in 25 cities.The specialty store in Hangzhou has the highest turnover.In June,Canali entered Beijing Huamao Purchasing Center. Background The firm was founded in 1934. It is specialized in ...
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Xi Jinping to lead national security commission
Xi Jinping to lead national security commission
The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee has decided that ...
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's leading group for overall reform ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
Xinhua Insight: Emerging economies able to secure steady growth
Xinhua Insight: Emerging economies able to secure steady growth
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Emerging economies are ...
China cuts retail oil prices
China cuts retail oil prices
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner announced on ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
Shell companies struggle to stay listed
Shell companies struggle to stay listed
China is planning to clamp down on back door listings. A back door ...
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
A general view of Toy Story Land at Hong Kong Disneyland is taken ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Ghana qualifies for FIFA U-20 women's World Cup
Ghana qualifies for FIFA U-20 women's World Cup
Ghana qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 women's World Cup following a 4...
Stars 'Big Three' fall short of title in 1st year
Stars 'Big Three' fall short of title in 1st year
Miami Heat's LeBron James (R) stands with teammates Chris Bosh (C) and ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...