- Germany to offer tech help to Pakistan for textile sector
- Germany recently signed an agreement with Pakistan to offer technical assistance worth Rs 1.95 billion to promote resilience against impacts of natural disasters and improving labour, social and environmental standards in the textile industry. Economic affairs secretary Noor Ahmed and Germ
- Jan 04, 2021
- USA: Curtailed by COVID-19, November clothing and footwear spending fell 4.9%
- Consumer spending on clothing and footwear fell a seasonally adjusted 4.9% in November to USD 414.27 billion from USD 435.36 billion in October, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported in its Personal Income & Outlays report. “The November estimate for personal in
- Jan 04, 2021
- Vietnam: VITAS calls for large garment and textile parks to attract investors
- Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) has urged the Government to direct provinces with suitable infrastructures to build some large garment and textile parks with an area from 500 hectare to 1,000 hectare and centralized wastewater treatment systems to attract investors into the
- Dec 31, 2020
- 2020: South Asia sees cancelled orders, supply disruptions
- The textile and garment sectors in South Asia had their share of problems arising out of the pandemic-induced crisis. That included factory closures, restrictions on staffing, job losses, export decline and a scarcity of personal protective equipment (PPE) followed by an exponential increa
- Dec 31, 2020
- Myanmar’s garment industry needs diversified development
- The Myanmar Times reported that Khaing Khaing Nwe, secretary general of the Myanmar Garment Entrepreneurs Association, said that due to the current situation of the pandemic, orders have decreased, suggesting that Myanmar’s garment industry needs to promote market diversification.
- Dec 31, 2020
- Korean winter clothing sales less than one-tenth of previous years!
- With the prolonged pandemic, home office and study became the norm, and year-end gatherings were banned. South Korea’s clothing industry has been hit hard. In previous years, this was when winter clothing such as coats and down jackets were selling hot, and sales this year were less than o
- Dec 31, 2020
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