Is garment production coming home?

The Flanarant: Is garment production coming home?

Suggestions that reshoring, or bringing back jobs lost to China, would benefit the Western apparel industry are dismissed as "flagwash"…

UK: Aquascutum sold to YGM Trading

UK luxury brand Aquascutum has today (10 May) been sold to the owner of the brand's licence in Asia, YGM…

UK: Barbour training academy to teach production skills

UK heritage brand Barbour has launched a training academy at its manufacturing unit in South Shields where students can learn traditional production skills…

WORLD: Database sheds new light on global value chains

A new tool that measures the value of goods traded between European Union (EU) and other major countries and the…

UK: Aquascutum factory to shut with loss of 115 jobs

Administrators acting for UK luxury brand Aquascutum have revealed plans to close the company's Corby manufacturing site, in a move…

Partnerships key to bringing back UK manufacturing

Recent talk about high street brands and retailers shifting some of their manufacturing back to the UK requires long-term collaboration…

Spotlight on… What is the future for UK apparel manufacturing?

UK high street retailers have been making a lot of noise of late about increasing their local sourcing. But with…