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According to sources, the country is scheduled to host the next regional handicrafts confab which will be held in 2009. This was announced by the deputy of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) at the just-concluded 30th Confab of Regional ...
Teijin Limited announced that Teijin group companies spearheaded by Teijin Fibers Limited will increase their use of PURITY, an environmentally friendly polyester polymers containing no heavy metals, and will also license production of PURITY to environmentally-oriented companies...
ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing LLC and Thai Paraxylene Company Limited (Thai PX) announced the successful start-up of the first licensed application in Thailand of ExxonMobil's new Olgone technology. The Olgone process implemented at Thai PX's Sriracha petrochemical ...
Get your healthy back with lululemon athletica. The Vancouver-based retailer is opening a new 3,500 sq. foot space that gives Highland Village yogis, runners, dancers and health enthusiasts a place to get decked out in the most stylish athletic clothing without sacrificing ...
A research team from Nagoya University has made a sparkling discovery! For the first time a natural diamond has been unearthed in Japan! This precious stone was found in the volcanic rocks of Ehime Prefecture. Tomoyuki Mizukami, one of the members of the research team, said that ...
The Wet Seal Inc a leading specialty retailer to young women, announced John Luttrell has resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The Company also announced it has appointed Steve Benrubi, currently the Company's Vice President and Controller, as ...
With a view to catering to high-end fabric applications, Aditya Birla group's Grasim Industries is planning to commercially launch its third generation viscose fibre 'Excel' in October. Trial production of the textile fibre has already started at the company's Nagda plant in ...
Spinning mills have obviously still gaps in supply and need for near dates until end of the year 2007. Enquiries reaching the trade were correspondingly terminated. However, the offering prices for available cotton were on replacement basis so high, that contracts could only be ...
Starting with just one store in 1993, the fashion house is now a leading retailer in the GCC with headquarters in Dubai and retail network of 63 Splash stores and 54 brand stores across the region. Splash showcases popular in-house collections for men and women such as Ms, Nexus, ...
Designers preparing to reveal their latest collections at this month’s London Fashion Week have been made to sign contracts prohibiting the use of models who are younger than 16. Those aged 14 and 15 have been banned from the catwalks of the event for the first time. The move pre...
American women have come out of the closet with a secret - most own about 19 pairs of shoes and some have hidden purchases from their partners. A poll of 1,057 women by the US' Consumer Reports National Research Center for shopping magazine ShopSmart found US women on average own ...
Shoes are one thing that women just cannot resist! No matter what they can afford, a lady can just not take her eyes or heart away from a striking pair. Well, London-based Harrods, known for its unique shoe creations, has added one more temptation in its bag of goodies! This ...
NEW DELHI: With the plus-size apparel market forecast to grow by at least 15% in India, for big retailers the accelerated demand for outsize clothing represents a huge opportunity to generate new sales. Companies such as, Pantaloon Retail, Westside and Madura Garments have ...
DHAKA -- Hundreds of Bangladeshi textile workers armed with sticks and stones attacked buildings near the capital on Friday and clashed with police, incensed by a rumor that a colleague had died inside a factory. About 100 people were injured in the clashes with police, prompting ...
London: Laura Ashley PLC, the British clothing retailer known for its floral designs, said Monday that its fiscal first-half profit more than tripled after reorganizing the business. Net income for the 26 weeks through 28 July rose to 4.2 million pounds (US$8.4 million; €6.8 ...
KARACHI: Banks have assured the textile industry to give serious thought to its proposal of two-year moratorium on payment of outstanding loans, however such an action could be on case-to-case basis instead of extending it to the whole sector. A delegation of All Pakistan Textile ...
From 13 to 20 September 2007 Munich is hosting the 15th International Textile Machinery Exhibition. Picanol will be present with 15 weaving machines at this event, including its new generation of OptiMax rapier weaving machines. The OptiMax machine was only recently introduced in ...
Takata, Japan’s largest maker of auto safety equipment is planning to set up first production base for seat-belts in India. Mr Hirohisa Takamuku, General Manager, Overseas Business Management, confirmed to Fibre2fashion, “Takata Corporation needs to get official approval from the ...
BISFA– the internationally recognised authority on technical standards and test methods in man-made fibres – has issued two new and updated standards on test methods for: • Polyester staple fibres; and • Textured filament yarns. The new standards – replacing older ones first ...
The ratification process for Indo-Chile Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) has been completed in New Delhi recently after the visit of the Chilean President to India. This is based on the PTA signed between India and Chile earlier last year. Both sides have also issued customs ...
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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 ...