The most-read stories on just-style this week included the possible sale of adidas‘s Reebok brand, figures that suggest UK textile sector wages and productivity are the lowest of all the country’s manufacturing industries, and reports that structural issues may have been to blame for the collapse of a Cambodian garment factory. 

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Should Jynwel Capital succeed in a reported deal to acquire Adidas’s Reebok brand, it would be an admittance of defeat by the German sporting goods giant, analysts believe.

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