A Myanmar Garment Human Resource Development Centre trainee practices her sowing at a factory in Insein township last week.( Ko Taik/ The Myanmar Times)
The garment industry has been growing rapidly in the past two years on increased orders from Japan and South Korea, a spokesperson for the key industry body said last week.
U Aung Win, vice president of the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association, said the value of orders from Japan more than doubled between 2010 and 2011, to US$350 mill
The United States will continue to be the top importer of Vietnamese garments and textiles in 2013, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas).
In 2012, Vietnam’s apparel and textile exports to the US grew by 8 percent year-on-year to US$ 7.8 billion, according to official figures.
While the Vitas has forecasted a three percent year-on-year growth in Vietnamese textile and clothing exports to the US in 2013, the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AmCham) expects
A. The summary on the recent fabrics market
As the Chinese New Year coming, the turnover of thickened winter fabric in the traditional market of China Textile City kept dropping, but orders of Spring and Summer fabric increased partially. Some marketable creative fabric from fabric company with shop in front and factory behind kept selling good and domestic and foreign demand of qualified creative fabric increased partially. Spot transaction of fabric is still low because of the decreasing cr
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Nike launched a limited edition run of the 4 Stars national team kit today, with just only 100 exclusive collector’s box on sale. It was only made available at the Nike store in Suntec City, with all 100 national team kits snapped up within two hours of the launch.
To commemorate the Lions’ historic fourth Asian Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup win last December, Nike produced an away jersey featuring the fourth star, and ‘Champions’ on the back. There was a high demand for the 4 Stars Si