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In Brief: Bahrain FTA Inked … Execs Back Kerry … NY&Co. Sets IPO Price
BAHRAIN FTA INKED: The U.S. and and the Middle East island nation of Bahrain on Tuesday penned a free trade…
Detail-Oriented: Hervé Protais, Giovanni Orsini
Two fabric executives showing at Première Vision say it’s often the little things that make a big difference…
PV Bullish About Surge in American Attendance
PARIS — Première Vision has good news for Europe’s top textile mills: Expect twice as many Americans this…
A Tactile Approach
PARIS — Pascaline Wilhelm, fashion director at Première Vision, Europe’s top fabric fair, tells buyers to be…
Shine On
While some will still be sending out their spring looks on the runways, designers will be keeping an eye out…
China Trip Will Focus On Apparel
NEW YORK — Struggling with manufacturing declines and facing more competition when apparel and textile quotas…
China Balks on Extending Quotas
Under pressure to curb its surging apparel and textile exports, a Chinese official said Beijing would not bow…
WTO Rules Against U.S. in Cotton Spat
A WTO panel upheld most of Brazil’s complaints on U.S. cotton subsidies, giving Washington until July 1 to…
Kerry Turns Focus to Jobs, Trade
WASHINGTON — President Bush and his Democratic challenger, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, took each other to…
Surfing the Technological Wave
NEW YORK — Natalia Allen, co-winner of this year’s Parsons School of Design’s Designer of the Year Award…
Aldonas Clarifies China Position
Commerce undersecretary Grant Aldonas insisted the textile industry can file China safeguard petitions based…
Textile Groups Vow More China Petitions
U.S. textile groups fired up the pressure on the Bush administration, saying they will file dozens of…
Aldonas Meeting China Officials
Commerce undersecretary Grant Aldonas will meet with Chinese officials next week, as textile groups pressure…
Schlaepfer’s Century of Fabrics
Jakob Schlaepfer, one of Switzerland’s top makers of couture fabrics, has supplied most of the top designers…
In Brief: In Theory … New Partners … Spanish Fly …
IN THEORY: Anticipating a huge exodus from Manhattan later this week, Theory plans to host an end-of-summer…