Top stories on just-style this week...
By just-style.com | 26 November 2010
Here is a roundup of the top five most-read stories on just-style this week. Click on each headline for the full story.
US: Li & Fung unit buys Oxford Apparel for US$121.7m
Apparel group Oxford Industries has sold its Oxford Apparel business for US$121.7m to LF USA, a subsidiary of consumer goods giant Li & Fung.
US: J Crew agrees $3bn private equity buyout
US apparel retailer J Crew is to be to bought by private equity firms TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners for around US$3bn.
WORLD: More groups urge action against India cotton curb
Textile groups from ten developing countries have added to calls from the US, EU, Turkey and Mexico for action against the Indian government for restricting cotton exports and contributing to global shortages and rocketing prices of the fibre.
Gap's speed pipeline making a "world of difference"
Achieving consistent product execution while juggling the sharp rise in cotton prices is among the top priorities at Gap Inc, and is being helped in no small way by its new focus on speed to market, the apparel retailer says.
SRI LANKA: Trade unions protesting wage increase
Trade unions representing Sri Lankan garment workers are protesting against the conditions of a recent wage increase.
Companies: Li & Fung, J Crew, Oxford Industries, Gap Inc
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