Bangladesh garment makers ask government to extend export subsidy

The country’s garment industry, the world’s second biggest producer, currently receives a 5 percent cash incentive for exports but that is due to end on June 30.Siddiqur Rahman, the president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, told reporters on Wednesday that without the subsidy, more garment makers would go out of business. The association says that 1,200 ga…

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LA social influencers steal the West Coast fashion spotlight

LA has been a historic driver of culture through film and entertainment industries and has now arrived on the map as a fashion city. Brands including Dior, Moschino and Rebecca Minkoff have shown in LAคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. Additionally, entire brands have been made out of Coachel…

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Organic cotton certification heads into space with new GOTS project

They’re using artificial intelligence (AI) and satellite imagery to detect organic versus non-organic cotton fields, “strengthening the integrity of organic cotton cultivation while reducing fraud in organic cotton supply chains”.Also involved is Marple, a German software start-up that specialises in “developing cutting-edge machine learning and data fusion algorithms for earth observat…

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Primark embroiled in claims of Myanmar supplier worker abuses

Testimonies given to the newspaper claim workers employed by GY Sen, which supplies Primark, were locked inside their factory by supervisors who tried to prevent them from joining anti-coup protests.Workers claimed their supervisors had sought to prevent them from missing work to take part in protests in the main city Yangon on 18 Februaryคำพูดจาก Read more

US unveils tariffs on France over tech tax but delays collection

The office of US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer found France’s digital services tax was discriminatory and “unfairly targets US digital technology companies,” and will impose 25 percent punitive duties on $1.3 billion in French products.However, it will suspend the tariffs until January 6, 2021 while discussions continue over the disagreement.คำพูดจาก Read more

US Valentine’s Day spending set to soar 32% in 2020

The increase reflects a rise of 21% in spend per consumer, with Valentine’s Day shoppers saying that they plan to spend an average of $196.31 each, compared to $161.96 last year. NRF attributes this “unusually large increase” in average spend to strong consumer finances, while the rise in total spending was also boosted by the percentage of consumers celebrating Valentine’s Day returni…

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UK inflation slips unexpectedly but soaring factory prices herald big rises ahead

But prices for goods leaving factories rose by 2.1 percent, faster than expected and the biggest increase since April 2012คำพูดจาก ทดลองใช้ สูตรสล็อต. Costs faced by producers for raw material and oil showed a record monthly jump in October, leaping by 4.6 percent.”Afte…

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UK consumer confidence remains “severely depressed” in July says GfK

But for “flat” read still “severely depressed” as the cost-of-living crisis is still a red-hot issue for consumers, the data and intelligence provider to the consumer goods industry noted.Joe Staton, Client Strategy Director for GfK said: “Consumer confidence remains severely depressed this month as the impact of soaring food and fuel prices and rising interest rates continues to dark…

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Wrangler and Lee hit zero waste targets in North American distribution centers

The denim labels’ parent company, Kontoor Brands, has announced that it has reached its zero-waste targets at its owned distribution centers across North Americaคำพูดจาก Game Casino. The milestone means that at least 95% of the waste from these facilities will be recycled, composted or reused, as oppose…

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