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The World Swimming Federation has banned non-textile suits following its congress here in Rome yesterday, specialised website swimnews.com said. It means that swimsuits made from plastic derivatives such as polyurethane will be banned. According to swinnews.com only seven out of ...
Manchester United announced that it has reached a significant global partnership and principal sponsorship agreement with Aon Corporation, the world's leading risk advisor and human capital consultant, to take effect from the start of the 2010/11 season. Terms of the partnership ...
During the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne and the World Rowing Championships in Poznan, New Wave Sportswear in Germany - official FISA - Partner and manufacturer of functional shirts - will provide to all athletes Thermo Cool garments for enhanced performance and thermoregulation. ...
Wage negotiations in some textile sectors are still in progress, the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) said on Tuesday. Sactwu conducted wage negotiations this time of the year in 12 centralised and 73 individual plants in the textile, leather, ...
New Service Marks First Industry-Wide Program to Address Rigorous Demands of Measuring Whiteness of UV-Enhanced Textiles, Paper, and Plastics Jul 29, 2009 —Datacolor, a global leader in digital color management technology, has announced it is introducing the industry’s first ...
Paris, Rome, London follow. Hong Kong and Sao Paulo break into the Top 10 Barcelona and Miami surge. Mumbai outdistances Delhi. Austin, Texas. July 20, 2009. Milan has upended New York after a five year reign as the Top Fashion Capital in the Global Language Monitor’s annual ...
The US based Starbucks stores will sell Rwandan-made textile products, Managing Director of L’Usine Textile du Rwanda (Utexrwa) has revealed. Raj-Rajendran said in an interview with Business Times that Fair Winds Trading, an artisan promotion company will supply of the customised ...
First ever textile policy, which would be announced shortly, will focus on enhancing domestic capabilities for efficient use of resources through skills development, technology up-gradation and provision of infrastructure facilities. Federal Minister for Commerce, Makhdoom Amin ...
Fast Retailing Co., operator of the popular Uniqlo casual clothing retail chain, has been awarded this year's best corporate communications prize by the public relations arm of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren). Fast Retailing received the annual prize for public ...
Pakistan Federal Minister for Textile Industry Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan said, in the following three years, Pakistan textile export will increase to 25 billion. He said, the policy of our textile industry development of the following three years has already made. So we ...
We might be tempted to think, in this day and age, that a move as stupid as this one could not happen in our enlightened business world. However, the CEO of American Apparel (AMEX: APP), seems to think otherwise. According to a story provided by Gawker.com; "American Apparel's .....
The Chief of the European Fashion and Textile Export Council, Mr Reinhard Doepfer has said that there is a likelihood that nearly 33 percent of the 42,000 retailers in Russia could go bust by the end of this year. This has come about due to a tightening in consumer spending by ...
US retail stocks pushed last week, increasing by 1.4% and establishing a new high for the year despite worries over decreasing spending during economic downturn. The S&P Retail Index rose up to 359.42 last Thursday, but couldn’t sustain all the gains through the afternoon and ...
US Rep. Jim McDermott (Democrat-Washington) has recently introduced legislation that would provide duty-free or reduced duty treatment to certain apparel products from the Philippines that are generally not produced in the US. These products include men's and boys' cotton knitted ...
Exports of clothing from India slipped by 15.4 percent in the first quarter (April-June) of the current fiscal (2009-10) to touch US $2.41 billion. In comparison, India had shipped apparels worth $2.85 billion in the same period of the previous fiscal year (2008-09). In the month ...
In view of Nepal's government increasing salaries of civil servants, the affiliated All Nepal Trade Union Federation (ANTUF) has sought a 100% increase in the worker allowance and 40% hike in basic salary . President of the Garment Association of Nepal (GAN), Prasanta Pokharel ...
US Rep. Earl Blumenauer (Democrat-Oregon) and Sen. Ron Wyden (Democrat-Oregon) introduced legislation on 10 July that would provide duty-free treatment to imports of certain recreational performance outerwear. Recreational performance outerwear is defined in the legislation as ...
Bangladeshi garment exports hit a record high in the last fiscal year, official figures showed Wednesday, helped by low prices that undercut rivals in the region. The strong performance confounded initial fears orders would fall dramatically due to the demand-sapping effects of ...
Retailers are lowering prices to attract customers, a trend noticeably strong at food and clothing stores as well as restaurant and fast-food chains. Low-price products must be welcome to households that are tightening their purse strings in the face of summer bonus cuts and the ...
Anyone remotely connected with fashion will know that since the dawn of celebrity mania – and circa the launch of 'Grazia' in particular – any self-respecting editor's mailbox will be full to bursting with new merchandise worn or indeed carried by the world's favourite A-listers, ...
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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 ...