The most-read stories on just-style this week include a look at how the growing retail market in Asia-Pacific may help Sri Lanka to become a regional production hub, Bangladesh garment exports increasing 24% in the first quarter, and an update on the dispute at SL Garment Processing in Cambodia which has been running for more than two months.
Sri Lanka inches closer to ‘regional hub’ dream
An international clothing and textile conference has heard how the growing retail market in the Asia-Pacific region may enable emerging economies such as Sri Lanka to realise ambitious dreams to become regional production hubs.
BANGLADESH: Garment exports soar 24% in Q1
Bangladesh’s ready-made garment exports are continuing to soar, rising by more than 24% in the first quarter of the current fiscal year despite on-going labour unrest, political turmoil and factory safety issues.
CAMBODIA: SL Garment Processing dispute continues
An ongoing dispute at SL Garment Processing in Cambodia, which makes clothing for the likes of apparel retailersGap Inc and H&M, continues to persist two months after it started.
Experts urge greater apparel industry transparency
Whether improved transparency in clothing supply chains will be enough to guarantee a sustainable future for outsourcers in South Asia remains to be seen, but a conference staged in Sri Lanka last week heard plenty of calls for improved openness.
NICARAGUA: Grupo Karim’s acquires Cone Denim plant
Honduras based yarn to apparel manufacturing giant Grupo Karim’s has acquired Cone Denim Mills Nicaragua in a $35m deal that will add woven fabric and garments to its already-strong vertical knit operations.
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