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How factories can ease the cost squeeze
In the first five months of this year, the average unit price for US garment imports has risen by 2.2%.…
Smart sourcing: the winner takes all
Fantastic designs and a great store concept can help ensure that retailers achieve top line growth. But for the bottom…
Successful sourcing in 2006
The phase-out of quotas in 2005 presented the global garment industry with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rationalise the way it…
Nan Yang Textiles knits buoyant future
Ranked as one of Thailand's top three textile producers and the country's seventh largest garment maker with a 2003 sales…
Indian exporters cash in on quota free
India's leading apparel firms will increase their exports now that quotas have been phased-out. But in order to reach the…