Prime Source Forum 2008

Apparel suppliers see challenging year ahead

Apparel suppliers, retailers and importers face countless challenges in the months ahead, including political uncertainty on global trade, increasing costs…

US: Trade officials confirm end of China textile safeguards

US safeguard quotas on Chinese textile and apparel imports will finish as scheduled at the end of this year two…

Brand bias drives new retail strategies

The retail scene in the western world is changing rapidly, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the increasing…

HONG KONG: Apparel firms urged to join in Doha trade talks

As the latest discussions on a deal to open up world trade continue in Geneva, a leading trade official has…

CHINA: Leather costs to rise on new environment, duty rules?

New environmental regulations being introduced by the Chinese government this year are set to change the face of the country’s…

CHINA: Leather footwear exports down 6% in 2007

Chinese leather footwear exports last year fell for the first time in a decade as anti-dumping restrictions on shipments of…