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…