JAPAN KNITWEAR SECTOR COUNTS COST OF EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI
May 1st, 2011
BY JULIAN RYALL
MORE than two months after northern Japan was shaken by a magnitude-9 earthquake and then inundated by a tsunami that in places reached a height of 38 metres and devastated a nuclear power plant, the final toll - both in terms of human life and the economic impact is still unclear. However, Japan's knitwear manufacturers, retailers and markets took a hard knock for sure.
Companies in all lines of business have had problems getting sufficient information to build an accurate picture of their losses - to personnel and facilities - in the worst ...
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