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The price of cotton fibre appears to be stabilising after a year-long climb which saw it reach record highs in March. Cotton prices fell in April for the first time in seven months, according to the latest figures from an inter-governmental group, thanks to a slowdown in demand and a switch to
Texprocess May 2011
Texprocess May 2011. Texprocess will possibly become the paramount international trade show for processing textiles and garment manufacturing. The event will feature the leading manufacturers of machinery, IT systems, plant technology and services. Texprocess is the ONLY show supported by major
From costs to the catwalk...
<p>I've been in Hong Kong this week for the 26th IAF (International Apparel Federation) World Apparel Convention, which is making a return to the city after a break of 13 years. And not surprisingly, comparisons are being drawn between the main issues concerning the industry back then and the
Vietnam export growth open to question
<p>The boss of Vietnam's textile and apparel association says the country's soaring exports to the United States could be hampered by rising production costs and labour shortages, as well as the fine details included in trade pacts currently under negotiation.</p><p>Le Quoc An, chairman of the
Here's a snapshot of 2010: The just-style.com business blog
<p>If 2009 was a year of struggle for the global clothing and textile industry, as manufacturers and retailers alike battled to cope with the depth and severity of the worldwide recession, then what lies ahead in 2010?<br /><br />Sourcing winners and losers, trade agreements, customs reform,
Honduras continues to hurt: The just-style.com business blog
<P>Four months after the political upheaval that saw the Honduran president forced into exile, the country seems no nearer to finding an end to the dispute.</P><P>Talks between ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the country's new interim government are making little progress, and until a
Trade bills snag on textiles: The just-style.com business blog
<P>Never one to mince his words, apparel industry consultant Mike Flanagan believes the US' plans to make textiles produced in Pakistan's tribal areas eligible for import into the US duty-free is an idea that's about as loopy as "telling Americans that building garment factories in Yosemite would
A rock and a hard place: The just-style.com business blog
<P>US apparel retailers and importers must feel they are caught between a rock and a hard place with a bill now heading to the Senate that plans to set up reconstruction opportunity zones (ROZs) on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.</P><P>The idea is that certain apparel and textile items made in
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