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Jeans Take the Global Production Path
The manufacturing of blue jeans, a quintessential part of the American clothing culture since the Fifties…
Taking a Hammering: Retail Shares Plunge On Fears of Inflation
Higher consumer prices across the economy raised concerns of inflation among economists and prompted a…
Rising Prices Heighten Economy Woes
Higher prices across the economy raised concerns of inflation with economists.
USTR Nominee Schwab Queried on Trade Policy
Members of the Senate Finance Committee at her confirmation hearing Tuesday urged U.S. Trade Representative…
Wholesale Apparel Prices Slide 0.4 Percent in April
Wholesale prices on domestically produced women's and girls' apparel fell 0.4 percent in April compared with…
Turning Away From the Low-Cost Model
The race to find the cheapest price in global manufacturing is ebbing in favor of a more sophisticated…
Apparel, Accessories Sales Rise in April
Compared with a year earlier, sales at apparel and accessories stores were up 4.5 percent for the month and…
Industry Urges Tough Stance on Vietnam
Industry lobbyists urged House Textile Caucus members for restrictions on apparel and textile imports from…
David Spooner on Trade, Politics and Safeguards
David Spooner, one of the architects of the trade pact that laid out the scope of imports from China through…
Apparel, Textiles Lose Jobs, While U.S. Gains Overall
Department and specialty stores, along with apparel and textile producers, shed jobs last month, according to…
Labor Dep. Reports 138,000 Positions Added
Department and specialty stores, along with domestic apparel and textile producers, shed jobs last month.
ILO Report Cites Decline in Child Labor
An ILO report found an 11 percent drop in global child labor from 2001 to 2004, prompting the group to…
House Democrats Ask Bush To Investigate Jordan Abuse
House Democratic leaders are urging the Bush administration to investigate allegations of labor abuses in…
Gauging the Impact of High Gas Prices
High gas prices have fueled public and political outrage, and business professors feel they will influence…
Retail Sales Gain in March, But Gas-Price Fear Growing
Economic activity expanded in March and the first half of April, as retail sales rose in most of the U.S., a…