Wanted: new skills for a new garment industry
The global garment industry is changing quickly and radically, with the worldwide recession exacerbating this change. Old jobs are disappearing…
New skills fit the bill
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UK: Fashion firms to share GBP24.5m skills pot
More than 1,500 fashion and textile firms in England are to get help to beat skills shortages and build a…
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INDIA: Design, development skills key to industry growth
The Indian textile and apparel industry urgently needs to develop new capabilities in design and product development if it is…
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BANGLADESH: London college to provide skills boost
The UK’s London College of Fashion is to provide consultancy services to the Bangladesh apparel industry, just-style has learnt, as part…
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UK: New awards target ‘back-room’ design staff
UK-based professional pattern-cutters, garment technologists and sample-makers are being urged to take part in a UK-wide campaign to identify the…
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Apparel industry training falls short on sourcing skills
Design talent in the developed world is falling short in managing the demands of international outsourcing with its overseas manufacturing…