garment industry
Multinational Firm Invests $25.6 Million in Bangladesh Garment Factory
Gava Private Limited will establish ready-made apparel manufacturing operations in Dhaka's Export Processing…
Expert Offers Recovery Strategy for Vietnam’s Hard-Hit Garment Sector
A new report says 97 percent of private companies in the garment industry have suffered harsh impacts from…
Garment Factories Averaged More Than Two Fires a Day in March
The coronavirus crisis hasn't diminished the massive safety failures endemic to its poorly regulated and…
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The Philippines Readies Roadmap to Revive Garment Industry
The government wants to position the Philippines as one of the top 10 garment and textile exporters with 45…
Myanmar’s Garment Sector Could be Vastly Improved in Three Years
A consortium of government organization, labor groups and academia has launched a three-year project in…
Peru Garment Industry Considers Ditching the U.S Dollar
In a rare act of defiance against the global hegemony of the U.S. dollar, the Peruvian apparel exporters…
H&M Continues its Commitment to Bangladesh Labor Reform
Continuing its efforts to aid in the gradual reform of Bangladesh’s labor practices, Swedish retailer H&M…
Egypt Roiled By Massive Textile Worker Protests
Thousands of workers went on strike in Egypt on February 10, protesting a delay in the disbursement of an…
Press Release: AAFA Leads Call for Peace in Cambodia
Arlington, VA – The six leading North American trade associations representing apparel and footwear brands…
Cambodian Violence Subsides; Tentative Truce is Brokered
After weeks of protests crescendoing into violent confrontations in Cambodia, some respite from the chaos…
Cambodian Riots Overshadow its Child Labor Problem
While Cambodia’s labor unrest has been widely covered by the press, the Southeast Asian nation’s struggles…
EU Bolsters Ties with Myanmar’s Garment Manufacturers
Following a slackening of Myanmar’s once oppressive restrictions on commerce, Western nations have been…
Breaking News: Bangladesh Factory Owners Agree to New Minimum Wage
Moving one step closer to a historic resolution regarding the hotly contested minimum wage, Bangladeshi…
Lululemon Struck By Another Yoga Pants Debacle
Now comes new complaints about the recently reengineered and re-manufactured pants, which were supposed to…
Kyrgyzstan’s Apparel Industry Enjoys Breakneck Growth
Kyrgyzstan, the tiny Central Asian republic of fewer than six million inhabitants, recently reported that its…