The Gazette (Montreal), Canada
Expo hightex. Contending with low-cost imports
The Gazette
Published: 19 hours ago
The Canadian textile industry now has a road map with directions to its future in the changing world marketplace
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Author: Indonesia Grament
Garment sales rise by record 30% this season
Garment sales rise by record 30% this season
Daily Times, Pakistan
By Razi Syed
KARACHI: The sale of ladies and children garments hit a record about 30 percent increase during this season as compared with last year’s at different shopping centres and markets in Karachi this Ramazan.
The owners and officials of the outlet said last year during Ramazan, sales of readymade garments recorded some 20 percent increase. “This Ramazan we noticed increased sale of ladies and children’s varieties,†they added.
The garments and clothes’ traders in the city’s main markets including Tariq Road, M A Jinnah Road, Saddar, Paposh Nagar, Liaquatabad, Clifton, Hyderi Market, Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Gulistan-e-Jauher said the general prices of ladies and children garments remained at the same level but they offered slightly higher rates for quality material. Read more about Garment sales rise by record 30% this season …
Andhra woos garment makers to Sircilla
Business Standard, India
B Krishna Mohan / Chennai/ Hyderabad October 8, 2014, 0:56 IST
With pressure mounting due to the deaths of weavers, the state government, which has got into a damage control mode, is wooing garment manufacturers to Sircilla in Karimnagar with sops like land at nominal costs, infrastructure and subsidised power. The industries department, last week, interacted with seven garment makers for setting up units in this town.
Lankan garment industry urges exchange rate, inflation control
Lankan garment industry urges exchange rate, inflation control
Sunday Times.lk, Sri Lanka
By Dilshani Samaraweera
Sri Lanka’s garment industry says it needs exchange rate stability and the rate of inflation brought down, to do business.
“The rate of inflation needs to be brought down to at least 10 percent – 12 percent minimum, over the next 6 months. It needs to be brought down to a single digit, but immediately, this minimum level needs to be met. The other important thing is exchange rate stability. With the rupee depreciating at this rate companies cannot plan for the future,†said Ajith Dias, Chairman of the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF), the garment industry representative body. Read more about Lankan garment industry urges exchange rate, inflation control …
Garment factory ransacked over death rumour
Garment factory ransacked over death rumour
Star Report
The Daily Star, Bangladesh
Angry workers ransacked a garment factory near CEPZ yesterday following the rumour of death of a fellow worker allegedly assaulted by factory officials on Friday.
Sources said officials of Bandar Knitting (Pvt) Limited near Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) allegedly assaulted factory worker Mujibur on Friday for having fault in his work. He was sent to a local clinic for treatment Read more about Garment factory ransacked over death rumour …
Bangladesh garment exports fall sharply
Bangladesh garment exports fall sharply
1 day ago
AFP
DHAKA (AFP) — Bangladesh’s garment exports were down nearly a quarter in July as political turmoil and labour unrest wreaked havoc on the sector, which is crucial to the impoverished nation’s economy, data showed.
Bangladesh exported garments worth 692 million dollars in July, down almost 24 percent from the same month a year earlier, the Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association said on Saturday.
“We’ve had months of political turmoil and labour unrest since the middle of last year, which prompted the top global buyers to place export orders elsewhere,” association president Anwarul Alam Chowdhury Parvez said. Read more about Bangladesh garment exports fall sharply …
Textile mills cut production on rising input costs
Neeraj Thakur / New Delhi October 07, 2014, 0:38 IST
Business Standard, India
Textile mills across India are reducing their capacities due to unfavourable market conditions.
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Textile, footwear firms gear up to weather recession
Ika Krismantari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Despite a looming economic recession in the United States and some European countries, Indonesia’s textiles and footwear industries are upbeat on cushioning adverse impacts by reducing production costs and diversifying export markets.
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Bangladesh sets minimum wage for garment workers
Bangladesh sets minimum wage for garment workers
NDTV.com, India
October 5, 2014
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh on Thursday fixed a minimum monthly wage for textile workers at 1,662 taka ($25) following months of protests that have often halted production at many factories, officials said.
They said the new wage structure was recommended by a government-appointed wage commission and was agreed to by the factory owners and workers’ unions. Read more about Bangladesh sets minimum wage for garment workers …
Danish Garment Corporation starts Production in Vietnam In 2014
Danish Garment Corporation starts Production in Vietnam In 2014
ScandAsia.com, Thailand
Mascot in Vietnam looking for a production manager for its new factory.
Denmark’s biggest producer of quality work wear, Mascot International A/S, is now getting ready to start producing in Vietnam from its own factory in Vietnam. Mascot is currently constructing 15.000 m2 production and warehouse facilities in Hai Duong, 50 kilometers from Hanoi. The factory will be managed by Mascot’s own subsidiary, Mascot International Vietnam. Read more about Danish Garment Corporation starts Production in Vietnam In 2014 …