KEY TEXTILE AND CLOTHING SECTOR CONTINUES PRODUCTION THROUGH TUNISIAN REVOLUTION

BY VÉRONIQUE NARAME AFTER the collapse of the regime of deposed Tunisian President Ben Ali, the country's key textile and clothing sector is gradually returning to work. Indeed, companies speaking to just-style reported problems getting their products to market, but no overwhelming chaos and shut-down, despite the mass protests that brought down the government. Regis de Montlos, sales manager for L'Amovis, a Marseilles,France-based professional clothes manufacturer with workshops at Nabeul and Mateur in northern Tunisia, said the unrest had caused operational ...


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