ESQUEL MOVES ON, BUILDING NEW BRANDS AND SELLING TECH
November 22nd, 2023
Hong Kong-based shirtmaker Esquel has been through some tough times of late, but its vice-chairman has told Just Style that the company is optimistic about the future. Esquel has been fighting bad fortune since early 2020, when its operations in mainland China were hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. That same year, it lost many high-profile clients including Tommy Hilfiger and Nike after it was put on the US Department of Commerce ‘entity list’, over allegations that it benefited from using forced labour in Xinjiang where it operates spinning mills close to the ...
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