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Latin America, China Prime for Retail Expansion
Chile is primed for retail expansion as the country nabbed the top spot on the 2014 A.T. Kearney Global…
Downlite Becomes First to Earn Responsible Down Standard Certificate in China
Downlite, America’s premiere manufacturer of down and feather bedding, has become the first company in China…
Panjiva Announces Availability of Chinese Trade Data
Panjiva, a leading intelligence platform for global trade professionals, announced Wednesday that it has…
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Meeting the Challenge of China’s Fragmented Consumer Market
Despite a slight economic slowdown in China, Western retailers and brands are still very much interested…
Op-Ed: Tensions in Vietnam Yet to Subside
The proverb says that people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Is that what just happened in…
Li & Fung Says Vietnam Factory Protests to Cause Week-Long Production Delay
Global sourcing firm Li & Fung said Thursday that production at most of its suppliers’ factories in Vietnam…
Anti-China Protests Destroy Factories in Vietnam, Production Stalled
Angered anti-China protestors set fire to several Chinese and Taiwanese-owned factories in Vietnam and looted…
China Loses US Apparel Market Share in Q1 2014
China’s loss of US apparel import share has been Vietnam’s gain so far in 2014. Total apparel imports for the…
Environmental Enforcements Drive Up the Cost of Dyestuff
Specialty chemicals company Archroma recently announced an immediate cost surge on a wide variety of their…
Chinese E-Commerce Giant Alibaba Plans IPO
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba filed papers Tuesday for an initial public (IPO) offering that could turn…
Chinese Cotton Reserves Send Cotton Prices on an April Ride
Cotton prices fell for the first two weeks of April, then recovered, finishing the month almost where they…
ICAC: China’s Cotton Policy Changes Increase Sales, Impact Prices
Since China’s announcement in April that it would lower the starting auction price of cotton, sales from the…
Chinese Shoemaking Factory Strikes Wind Down
Massive strikes by Chinese shoemaking factory workers have all but ended, largely due to aggressive…
Chinese Gov’t Allegedly Detains Labor Leaders; Shoemaking Factory Strikes Continue
More evidence that the Chinese government is intervening to halt persistent shoemaking factory strikes…
New Report Attacks TPP’s Central Goals
Adding to a maelstrom of criticism of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, Public Citizen, a…