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Five of Scotland’s leading textile brands are visiting China this week as part of a long term strategy to target its rapidly expanding luxury consumer market. Internationally renowned companies Begg Scotland, Holland & Sherry, Johnstons of Elgin, Mackintosh and Todd & Duncan will ...
Marchpole Holdings plc, the fast growing global luxury fashion brand management group which designs, produces and sells high quality clothing and accessories for ten world class brands (Emanuel Ungaro, Ungaro Homme, Jean Charles de Castelbajac (JCC), Jean Charles de Castelbajac...
Marks & Spencer announces the launch of a brand new made-to-measure shirt service for men. Available exclusively online, customers can order individually styled and fitted made to measure shirts. In just five steps, it’s simple to choose from a host of different fabric and ...
In October 2007, the Retail Price Index went up by 0.88 per cent over the previous month. This primarily reflected an increase of 10.93 per cent in the Clothing and Footwear Index, mainly due to the introduction of the winter stock in the market. The Recreation and Culture Index ...
Last week, a rumour was spread concerning All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) citing that due to suspension of the federal Government, the new textile policy could not be enforced. It was also said that nearly 200 mills had been closed in the country aggravating the ...
Grameen Knitwear Ltd, a local manufacturer and a hundred percent export oriented company, now can boast of acquiring the order to sell one of the high cost fabrics, the 'Coolmax Fresh Fabric' to China, which itself is one of the biggest manufacturer of synthetic ones. Coolmax ...
As Korean consumers become increasingly optimistic about the economy, department store sales posted the 3rd straight increase in August. According to Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, total sales at the three major department stores in Korea jumped solidly year-on-year ...
Toray Industries Inc announced its consolidated and non-consolidated business results for the six months ended September 30, 2007. The following summary of the business results that Toray submitted to the Tokyo Stock Exchange is unaudited and for reference only. Overview of First ...
Speakers’ at the recent ‘Protect the Brand – fighting the copycats and fakes’ conference in London, urged fashion and textile professionals across the industry to unite in a bid to dispel the consumer myth that buying fake fashion merchandise is a victimless purchase. Delegates ...
Data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows expenditure on apparel in the US rose solidly in August, its fastest rate since January 2006. Womenswear once again outstripped growth in menswear, and luxury apparel continued to do well. Luxury retailers beat expectations ...
November 20, celebrated as Vietnamese Teacher Day, on this date, Thai Tuan Textile and Apparel Company has launched its latest fashion collection of traditional long dress. The Ho Chi Minh City based company, which mainly focuses on fashion, has created this line to serve the ...
Construction bricks made from primary sludge generated by industrial waste conversion, will form the walls of a new vocational training centre for the differently-abled in Sri Lanka in an initiative that showcases innovation, environmental conservation and caring by two apparel ...
OptiTex technology has been chosen to illustrate the section on “Computers in the Textile and Fashion Industry” in the new GCSE Textiles Technology Revision Guide for 2007 by Rose Sinclair. It is being published by Lonsdale, a leading publisher of study guides in the United ...
The sales volume in the three months August to October increased by 1.4 per cent compared with the previous three months. This follows 1.6 per cent growth in the three months to September. Three-monthly growth in sales volume was 1.4 per cent for predominantly non-food stores. ...
Big Dog Holdings Inc announced that its The Walking Company (TWC) subsidiary has signed a letter of intent to purchase the assets of Natural Comfort Footwear. TWC is the leading specialty retailer of high-quality, technically designed comfort shoes and accessories. Natural ...
Who will be America’s next great shoe designer? Footwear News and Nine West have joined forces with the Fashion Institute of Technology to launch the first ever “Shoe Star” contest whereby students will compete in a series of challenges that will culminate in the naming of the ...
The rapidly approaching holiday season is typically an important shoe shopping time of year for moms looking to outfit themselves and their children for holiday parties. These shoe-shoppers are unwittingly paying as much as 40 percent at the cash register for the little-known, ...
The twelve months finishing June 2007 saw a strong rise in Uruguayan raw and semi-processed wool exports compared to the year earlier. The two main contributing factors in the hefty rise in wool exports are: on the supply side, the whole Uruguayan economy, including the ...
The Nepal Government on Wednesday awarded 33 leading exporters, international importers and heads of private sector institutions, according them with the status of Commercially Important Person (CIPs). Awards were given away by Krishna Prasad Situla, who is designated to look ...
The Government has chalked out a plan to promote Domestic Technical Textile Sector. This information was given by the Minister of State for Textiles, Shri E.V.K.S. Elangovan, in the Lok Sabha in a written reply to a question by Shri Eknath M. Gaikwad & Smt. Nivedita Mane. The ...
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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 ...