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Environmental impacts of the clothing industry
The manufacture of polyester and other synthetic fabrics for clothing is an energy-intensive process that requires large amounts of crude oil and releases many pollutants into the air and water.
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AFRICA: Makers face tough times as US demand slows
Africa's garment exports are plummeting as US buyers look elsewhere, says the industry. African exporters focus on the US market to benefit from duty-free incentives under the African Growth and Oppor...
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Guess expands PLM to manage its global sourcing
Contemporary fashion brand Guess? Inc has extended its use of PLM (product lifecycle management) software to manage its global sourcing operation. The company is connecting its global sourcing and PLM...
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Grocery-aisle glamour
How did a clothing line launched by Loblaws become Canada's No. 2 brand? The creative mind behind Joe Fresh takes stock of its success—and the challenges it faces this year. In a mere three years, Joe...
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U.K. February Retail Sales Drop Four Times as Much as Forecast
U.K. retail sales tumbled more than four times faster than economists forecast last month after unemployment rose and the recession deepened. Sales plunged 1.9 percent from January, the biggest declin...
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Lectra Announces its Latest Innovations for the Textile Industries at the 2009 IMB Trade Show
Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials-textiles, leather, industrial fabrics, and composite materials-, is pleased to participate in t...
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Indian textile and clothing exports continue their decline
The Indian textiles sector, the country’s largest employer after agriculture, continues to take a pounding amid a worsening export performance. The bottomlines of Indian textiles and clothing (T&C) fi...
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First Arab Textile Manufacturers Forum held in Cairo.
The Arab Federation for Textile Industries (AFTI) participated in the organization of the first Arab Textile Manufacturers Forum that was held in Cairo last week. The first session of the forum covere...
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India and Turkey to discuss textile trade safeguard dispute
India and Turkey will hold discussion in the first week of April on a dispute relating to a three-fold hike in import duty by the Turkish authorities on Indian cotton textile. The talks, to be held in...
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EU clears 800 mln euros for Spain's textile sector
The European Commission on Tuesday approved 800 million euros ($1.1 billion) of public funding for the Spanish textile and clothing sector. The European Union's executive arm said the funds would prom...
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Portugal launches 850 mln euro textile sector plan
Portugal's government has announced plans to spend 850 million euros ($1.2 billion) on a support package for the textile and footwear sectors, to help boost exports, obtain financing and prevent job l...
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Indian textile manufacturers explore investment in Tunisia
A five-member Indian delegation visited Tunisia recently to explore industry-level cooperation in textiles. Tunisia exported textiles, mostly garments, worth $4.7 billion annually and mainly to the Eu...
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Oriental Weavers sees free trade unravel
As whispers of protectionism began to unsettle the export-import business, Oriental Weavers, one of the world's largest carpet makers, reset its looms and recast its prices to compete in an increasing...
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Egypt - New 'Italian' Weaving Mill Successfully Inaugurated
Earlier this week the new 'Albini' weaving mill was inaugurated in the Borg El Arab Industrial Zone, West of Alexandria. The Mill was established to manufacture high quality shirting fabrics made from...
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41% decline in China Cotton imports
China's February imports of cotton has declined by 41% to reach 93K Tons as world demand of textile and apparel products has collapsed due to the World economic crisis.
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Italy to resume Aid talks with Italian Fashion Leaders
Italy's government will resume talks on Thursday with the nation's fashion leaders regarding financial aid to the sector, a spokeswoman for the ministry told Dow Jones Newswires Wednesday. Industry Mi...
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Strategies for Apparel Retailers in the year 2009
As the end of the first decade of the 21st century approaches, we find a slowing economy and a world heading for recession, but what does it mean to consumer? Let's take a minute to consider what appa...
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Chinese Apparel Industry Repositioning Itself
The Chinese textile industry has indeed hit a bad patch with several factors working against its competitive edge that it has all along enjoyed and helped it to position itself as numero uno in the wo...
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Stowe Mills gone - Legacy will live on
With the closing of R.L. Stowe Mills last week, the Belmont Historical Society realizes history is transforming minute by minute. The last one hundred years when Belmont's textile mills dominated the...
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India challenges Turkey cotton safeguard at WTO
India has challenged a move by Turkey, its second-biggest market for textiles, to shield Turkish industry from surging cotton yarn imports, a document on the World Trade Organization (WTO) website sho...