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...Can the UK become a more competitive manufacturing location for luxury fashion brands?...
...Its flashy appearance at New York Fashion Week raised hopes that it would soon find a cross-border audience of consumers....
...(Alphaville) How big a hypocrite is Norway on energy matters?...
...Can Birkenstock help bring IPOs back in fashion?...
...This creates unique garments that have higher sale value, Dudech says....
...Feingold cites the commitment she has seen from Norway’s sovereign wealth fund to using its financial clout to drive better labour standards. “That could be huge if they take action,” she says....
...Five years later, when another 20 Cambodian garment factories were shut, the UN raised its concern that the situation risked pushing thousands of women into prostitution....
...(Bloomberg, Forbes) Fast fashion As coronavirus wreaked havoc on the already struggling British high street, online fashion brands Asos and Boohoo have emerged triumphant....
...But Sir Philip failed to reinvent chains such as Topshop, Burton and Miss Selfridge as fashion retail was disrupted by cheaper rivals such as Zara, H&M and Primark....
...The power of retailers is particularly clear in the case of Boohoo, a UK fast-fashion brand dominant in the city of Leicester....
...The Shenzhen-listed shares of affiliate Shandong Ruyi Woolen Garment are down 30 per cent from a March peak, reflecting the deteriorating balance sheet....
...According to one prominent procurement manager, a major stumbling block has been a lack of agility and expertise in NHS Supply Chain Co-ordination Ltd, a company owned by the Department of Health which manages...
...Ms Chetrite studied law before moving into fashion, working in the Parisian garment district of Sentier. She encouraged her younger sister to join her....
...for clients in the garment industry....
...For women, her catwalk is for expressive forms rather than traditional garments, as currently seen at the excellent Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons show at the Metropolitan Museum in New York....
...The main collaboration here was with Northface, manipulating the logo and internal workings of its technical garments into sharp hybrid casualwear....
...Mackintosh, which manufactures 100 per cent of its own fashion garments in the UK (42,000 items annually), also makes rainwear for Céline, Balenciaga and Vetements....
...A spokesman for PwC said: “We will co-operate fully with the FRC in its inquiries.”...
...For fashion insiders, the woven statement “made in Japan” sewn inside a garment comes with connotations of meticulous quality, avant-garde technique and aggressively high price tags....
...“The barrier to entry is low, and when somebody starts to discount premium coffee, it’s like cut-price fashion.”...
...We co-ordinate 38,000 junior Isas throughout the UK, drawing down £200 to open an account for each young person....
...It’s telling that most of fashion’s current star designers started their careers in menswear....
...Lever Shirt and the Artigas factory are units of Lever Style, a Hong Kong-based garment manufacturing group, according to the company’s website....
...“Good, desirable product, not random gratuitous co-branding,” he says. You heard it here, exclusively....
...The New York industry legend and champion of the city’s Garment District is chief executive of Theory and Helmut Lang, as well as an officer of Japanese parent company Fast Retailing....
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