Category: General

Fire again at Ctg garment factory
2 more KTS victims die
The Daily Star
Our Correspondents, Ctg

Properties worth over Tk 5 lakh were gutted in a devastating fire at a garments and sweater factory at the city’s busy GEC intersection on Wednesday night.

However, there was no casualty since the incident occurred when the workers had left the factory after work.

Meanwhile, two workers of KTS textile and garments factory, who sustained severe burns in the February 23 fire, died yesterday raising the death toll in the worst-ever factory fire in the country to 63. Read more about Fire again at Ctg garment factory …

Dresses, whites and wedges make us want warm weather
Bergen Record
By CATHERINE HOLAHAN
STAFF WRITER

Warm-weather looks have migrated from the New York runways to the New Jersey mall racks.
But while the sight of capped sleeves and short pants has many women looking forward to higher temperatures, the task of determining what’s hot can cool the most avid female shopper’s enthusiasm for the new season. Read more about Dresses, whites and wedges make us want warm weather …

Indian City Bustling Again After Bombings
By MATTHEW ROSENBERG Associated Press Writer
WINK TV

The Associated Press
VARANASI, India Honking cars competed with pushcarts in narrow alleys and devout Hindus offered prayers on the banks of the Ganges River on Thursday as Hinduism’s holiest city bustled again after bombings that killed 20 people.

With the end of a general strike that shut markets and schools and kept traffic off roads to protest Tuesday’s blasts, the city’s vibrant street life was back Read more about Indian City Bustling Again After Bombings …

”Ethical Shopping, Ethical Clothing” Series to Help Inform Consumers
CSR Wire

Because of growing consumer interest in the complex social and ethical issues surrounding the manufacturing of clothing, OrganicClothing.blogs.com has published a three-part blog series “Ethical Shopping, Ethical Clothing” to help provide consumers with information for informed purchasing decisions.

(CSRwire) FAIRFIELD, IA – OrganicClothing.blogs.com in collaboration with LotusOrganics.com is pleased to announce the publication of a three-part blog series titled “Ethical Shopping, Ethical Clothing.” This three-part blog series carefully and thoroughly examines the major issues related to shopping ethically and what constitutes ethical clothing. Read more about ''Ethical Shopping, Ethical Clothing'' Series to Help Inform Consumers …

Neoprene Suit Could Save Women’s Lives
ABC News

THURSDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) — A neoprene suit, similar to the bottom half of a diving wetsuit, can help save the lives of women suffering obstetrical bleeding during childbirth, a leading cause of death among women giving birth in developing nations.

“In our research, women who appeared clinically dead, with no blood pressure and no palpable pulse, were resuscitated and kept alive for up to two days while waiting for blood transfusions,” study director Suellen Miller, an international maternal health expert and director of the Safe Motherhood Programs at the University of California, San Francisco’s Global Health Imperative, said in a prepared statement. Read more about Neoprene Suit Could Save Women's Lives …

Garment firms ask for a breather
Saipan Tribune
By Agnes Donato-Reporter

Thursday, March 09, 2014
The local apparel industry asked the Legislature yesterday to revisit a proposal that would reduce garment taxes and fees.

The tax breaks, according to the Saipan Garment Manufacturing Association, would keep factories afloat while they were waiting for the Headnote 3(a) amendment.

The Headnote 3(a) bill would grant U.S. insular areas equivalent treatment to free trade partners by extending to all products, including textile and apparel, the requirements that eligible products contain at least 30 percent U.S. and local content.

The bill is pending in the U.S. Congress and is not expected to be acted upon until after the midterm elections in November 2014 Read more about Garment firms ask for a breather …

Rs 30 million campaign for garment workers
Sunday Times.lk, Sri Lanka
By Dilshani Samaraweera

This week the garment industry launched a Rs 30 million public-private partnership to uplift the image of garment workers in the island.

The local image building campaign, titled ‘Abhimani’ (pride), is aimed at elevating the social position of thousands of working women in the garment sector, from the marriage market to the job market. Read more about Rs 30 million campaign for garment workers …

Creating Virtually Unique Fashions Online
E-Commerce Times

“Sure, there’s such a company. I heard of something like this way bac , even as far back as the bubble. This, after all, is precisely what the Intern t is for.” This is the thought that naturally comes to mind, when hearing abo t e-commerce startu StyleShake, which enables any visitor to the site to design their own clothes and order them online. Yet, surprisingly, online clothing design has sprouted just a few small businesses. Read more about Creating Virtually Unique Fashions Online …

The Statesman

NEW DELHI, March 9: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has said there is an urgent need to revive textiles and garment industry and urged the government to maximise fiscal policy support and also ensure interest subvention scheme so that the two sectors come out of the current recession.
Read more about Assocham for more sops to textile …

KUB plans to sell garment maker
By Sharen Kaur
sharen@nstp.com.my
Business Times – Malaysia, Malaysia
March 9 2014

KUB Malaysia Bhd plans to sell all its shares in KUB Tekstil Sdn Bhd, a garment maker, for RM15.7 million to reduce debt and finance future investments.

The loss-making company is undergoing a revamp by selling its non-core business and focus on a few main ones.

The group is planning to expand its energy and information and communications technology (ICT) divisions, which will drive its growth for this year. Read more about KUB plans to sell garment maker …