GROUNDBREAKING INNOVATION AND BAD WEATHER MARK UNPREDICTABLE 2011 FOR GLOBAL TEXTILE AND CLOTHING SECTOR
December 1st, 2011
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
FROM fabrics that moisturise and kill bacteria to bizarre weather and media scandals, the global style sector in 2011 certainly had its share of unusual news and unpredictable developments.
The year started off with the backlash of December's massive snowstorms disrupting post-Christmas shopping along the northern east coast in the US, causing an abrupt halt to a two-month spending spree which began at the beginning of November 2010. The UK also saw some of its worst weather in 20 years, with companies such as Marks & Spencer badly affected ...
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