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Girls with curves, the Levi’s Red Tab collection has something new for you. Curves, as the name suggests, has been specially designed for girls who love their shapely forms, offering jeans and tops that celebrate their curvy silhouettes and the Levi’s brand youthful confident ...
The impact of the economic crisis on the textile, garment, leather and footwear sectors has been dramatic. Since June 2008, over 8,200 factories have closed and an estimated 11.5 million workers have lost their jobs. As many as a further 3 million jobs are estimated to be at risk...
Cheryl Cole, British pop singer and television star, was placed the world's best dressed woman by Glamour magazine, knocking Kate Moss, last year's winner into second on the list. Singer Cheryl Cole from British group Girls Aloud poses at the launch of the new "Samsung Purple ...
America is in the early stages of a massive structural change, with people moving toward borrowing less, saving more and being far more careful with their spending. With the country both overbanked and overstored, the adjustments that the economy will have to go through will be ...
Boston Proper, a multi-channel specialty retailer of women’s apparel and accessories, announced the launch of a new e-commerce Web site in conjunction with Fry, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MICROS Systems Inc and a leading e-commerce solutions provider. The latest version ...
Clothing retailer Reitmans (Canada) Ltd. said Wednesday that waning consumer confidence hurt sales in the fourth quarter, while profit plummeted 75.8 per cent to $9-million on the impact of Quebec income tax reassessments. The women's clothier said its earnings amounted to 13 ...
JD Sports Fashion unveiled plans yesterday to take Bank, its fashion chain, nationwide – pitching it directly against rivals such as Sir Philip Green’s Topshop and Topman. Bank, which targets male and female shoppers in their teens to early twenties and for which JD paid £18.5 ...
Neo Fashion Incorporated, a defunct garment factory in San Antonio, in the United States, is working on a plan to revive the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island’s once billion-dollar garment industry on a smaller scale. The company is working to get the military into ...
U.S. cotton acreage in 2009 is expected to decline for the third consecutive season. Based on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Prospective Plantings report that surveyed farmers at the beginning of March, producers intend to plant only 8.8 million acres to cotton in ...
The US will soon approve the proposal to provide, tariff free export of products produced in the Economic Opportunity Zones (EOZ’s) in Pakistan for a period of 15 years. A meeting of businessmen and all concerned ministries would be called for planning a concrete strategy ...
Black faces have featured on US Vogue's cover for three months in a row. This is unprecedented - and a sign that the Obama effect has changed American fashion. But is it a lasting trend, and will it mean more black models on the catwalk? It is a sign of a quiet revolution in an ...
Oscar winning movie Slumdog Millionaire has helped rejuvenate global interest for Indian goods such as apparel and jewellery. According to an e-commerce firm Alibaba.com, which sells products online globally, the movie had bolstered demand for Indian goods significantly in the ...
Terra PowerSports announces the immediate online availability of the Spring 2009 ICON motorcycle apparel collection. The new collection including men's and women's motorcycle jackets and pants, motorcycle helmets, and motorcycle boots and accessories builds on ICON's solid ...
Spanx is the shapewear brand known for revolutionizing the hosiery industry and changing the way women wear clothes. Founder Sara Blakely wanted to find a way to share her slimming secrets with even more women, so she created ASSETS, a chic shapewear line to help women look ...
Carolyn O'Brien used to glide into Nordstrom, let the fashion moment seize her and buy whatever was in her price range, with little concern for sales or discounts. These days, she combs the racks at Macy's or JCPenney, where coupons and discounts mean savings of 40 percent or ...
Amid mounting claims of “protectionism”, a new survey shows the world’s leading textile and garment importers have abolished more barriers to trade in the past six months than ever before. The new, 2009, edition of the Clothesource Guide to Apparel Trade Rules surveyed rule and ...
Vietnam will reduce some tariffs on goods and services to push up demand in the face of an economic slowdown, according to a decision signed by the prime minister. Value-added tax (VAT) on garment and textile products, cement, and motorbikes will be reduced by 50 percent between ...
Federal Minister for Environment, Hamidullah Jan Afridi Tuesday said that he will arrange a meeting of textile associations and other concerned stakeholders with the Prime Minister to ensure that environment friendly units may get carbon credits. Talking to media during his visit ...
Spain's Inditex, Europe's largest clothing retailer, plans to start opening stores of its flagship Zara brand in India next year as part of its aggressive expansion into the fast-growing Asian market. MADRID - The company, which opened its first shop in China in 2007, expects to ...
Integrating India with Global fashion, two celebrated Fashion and Design icons have come together with Lakme & IMG at Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Fall - Winter ‘09 to bring alive a show for the first time in the history of Indian fashion weeks. Christened as ‘Mai Mumbai,’ this ...
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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 ...