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L.A. Fabric Firms Girding for Quota Drop
TEXTILES: Port delays and quota elimination have West Coast textile firms on edge as they gear up for the Los…
Finding New Life for Leftover Goods
LOS ANGELES — Designers often sell off excess inventory at sample sales, but the likes of Richard Tyler…
Textile Groups Petition for Safeguards
Retailers joined with textile and apparel manufacturers to slash more workers from their payrolls in…
Take Your Pick
Talk about variety. This season’s Future Forum at Expofil showcased “100% Jean Colonna,” a group of 180 tank…
Swatches: Unifi Buys Poly Plant … Schoeller Receives Accolades … Wool Awards Set
UNIFI BUYS POLY PLANT: Fiber maker Unifi Inc. on Thursday closed on the purchase of a former Invista…
Textile Chiefs Intensify Drive for Votes in N.C.
WASHINGTON — Textile executives are stepping up efforts to influence voting in North Carolina, where the…
China, Quotas Key Concerns for IFFE Vendors
NEW YORK — Exhibitors and buyers at the International Fashion Fabric Exhibition this week will have their…
Mod’Amont Skips the Subtle
PARIS — Exuberant mixes, such as fur with embroideries or rhinestones with leather, reflected a more…
WTO Standing Firm On Quota Phaseout
The WTO’s Council on Trade reaffirmed its commitment to end apparel and textile quota system, squashing an…
U.N. Study: Quota End Will Hurt Poor Nations
GENEVA — The end of quotas will pose an economic hurdle for the world’s poorest nations, with the surge in…
Industry to Seek Limits on 17% of China Imports
The U.S. textile industry plans to file China safeguard petitions as early as Oct. 7 against 20 import…
WWDSourcing Horizons: Countdown to 2005
With 95 days remaining until the expiration of the quota system, executives in the $320 billion global…
Safeguard Showdown
Political, industrial and diplomatic winds are swirling into a hurricane of criticism over the possibility of…
Countdown to 2005: Trade’s New World
The expiration of the quota system that has regulated the world’s apparel and textile trade for more than…
Africa Tries to Adapt
JOHANNESBURG — As they look ahead to 2005, most African apparel executives see trouble brewing for their…