ASIAN OUTSOURCING NEEDS TO RAISE ITS GAME TO DEAL WITH INCREASING GLOBAL COMPETITION – CONVENTION TOLD

Growing competition across the world for clothing outsourcing contracts, with China not only being challenged in Asia, but by sub-Saharan African and even Russian suppliers, is pushing Asian governments to sharpen their industrial policy to retain market share, a major international conference has heard. The 32nd World Fashion Convention organised by the International Apparel Federation and the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India, that concluded in Mumbai, on September 28, heard from how rivals to Asian outsourcers are becoming more competitive. Belinda ...


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