Food, fuel and fashion
ANALYSIS: Can clothing suppliers rally against current crises?
From the credit crunch in the West, to rising raw material and fuel costs, and even strikes caused by the soaring price…
BANGLADESH: Garment workers protest at pay and prices
Hundreds of Bangladeshi textile workers are reported to have gone on the rampage in the port city of Chittagong at…
CHINA: To cut import duties on cotton
China’s Ministry of Finance is to temporarily reduce import taxes on 26 commodities, including cotton and food items, in an…
BANGLADESH: Garment workers strike over rising food prices
Thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh went on strike yesterday (15 April) calling for higher wages to offset the country’s…
INDIA: New trade measures aim to boost exports
India’s Commerce and Industries Minister Kamal Nath has unveiled an annual trade policy that includes a number of initiatives to…
ANALYSIS: Inflation takes hold in apparel supply chain
Inflation’s back, and for retailers with slowing sales it couldn’t have chosen a worse time to rear its head. Rising…
PAKISTAN: Factory workers protest over pay
Shoe factory workers have staged a protest rally in Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan, asking for an increase in their wages. Hundreds…