The most-read stories on just-style this week include Gap’s plans to source clothing from Burma/Myanmar, an analysis on Sainsbury’s reaping the benefits of its investment in clothing, and a snapshot of the Mauritian textile and apparel industry. 

US: Gap to start sourcing apparel from Burma
Apparel giant Gap Inc has announced plans to begin sourcing clothing from Burma/Myanmar, in a move it says makes it the first US retailer to enter the market.

ANALYSIS: Sainsbury’s reaps benefits of clothing investments
Sainsbury’s is now reaping the benefits of the investment it has made in its clothing division, an analyst has said, after the UK retailer this morning (11 June) revealed the business grew at double-digits in the first quarter.

ETHIOPIA: Clothing sector welcomes China industrial zone deal
Ethiopia’s booming textile and clothing industry is set to benefit from a new partnership between Chinese textile company Zhejiang Jinda Flax Llc and the Ethiopian ministry of industry, which has been welcomed by the east African country’s clothing sector.

US: Investors buy Denimatrix and ACG denim mill
The Plains Cotton Cooperative Association (PCCA) has sold its denim manufacturing operation – which consists of the American Cotton Growers denim mill and Denimatrix facility – to two private equity firms.

MAURITIUS SNAPSHOT: Textile and apparel industry in brief
Mauritius (officially the Republic of Mauritius), is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 2,000km off the south east coast of the African continent. The country includes the islands of Mauritius, Rodrigues, the islands of Agalega and the archipelago Saint Brandon.

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