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Calls to streamline and coordinate the myriad initiatives taken to prevent another factory fire or collapse in Bangladesh dominated a two-hour debate on the aftermath of the Rana Plaza disaster in April held by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development last month (June  26-7).…

THE INDIAN apparel industry has made progress with backward integration over last five years but exporters rely too heavily on refunds of custom duties when re-exporting apparel based on fabrics and fibres bought outside the country, a Li & Fung India executive told a New Delhi conference on Friday (July 19).…

IT is common sense that for really fast fashion, sourcing should be made as close to a home market as costs will allow. And for the world’s two largest fast fashion markets – the European Union (EU) and the United States – geography does provide some useful neighbours able to offer lower cost out-sourcing, albeit not as cheap as in east and south Asia.…

To meet apparel and textile brands’ desire to move into fast fashion, manufacturers have begun to embrace new production processes that improve efficiency and performance. Apparel and textile manufacturers have been slower than many other manufacturing industries to embrace supply chain improvements in speed, but are now succumbing to pressure from brands moving into fast fashion retail.…

APPAREL and textile manufacturers looking to streamline their supply chains can benefit from product lifecycle management software, which can make communications and risk management processes linking suppliers and retailers more efficient and accurate.

“There’s a lot of new technology that’s been introduced in the last few years that helps manage that supply chain – everything from the finances, the logistics, quality, design, right through into merchandising,” said Robert Cammilleri, senior account executive of business development at US-based safety consulting company, UL (Underwriters Laboratories Inc).…

THE MANAGEMENT of fast fashion retail supply chains is not just about maximising speed to market, it is about flexibility too. Retailers have had to make their supply chains and decision-making sufficiently quick and flexible to cater to consumers shopping with a ‘buy now, wear now’ mentality.…

The European Union and Bangladesh concluded a new “compact” today (Monday, July 8) on addressing labour abuses in the Bangladeshi garments industry, with EU trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht warning it risks losing duty-free access to the EU market if reneges on its commitments.…

The China National Textile and Apparel Council has told just-style that it is looking to implement the government’s ‘Going Out’ strategy of external investment by shifting some production overseas to lower cost jurisdictions, especially in south-east Asia.

A spokesman from the textile and apparel council said his organisation would focus its ‘Going Out’ efforts on ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries, as a tactic to keep Chinese influence over the lowest cost clothing and textile manufacturing.…

THE INDIAN cotton textile industry has increased its global competitiveness over the last decade, but still its exports have not shown the corresponding results, said a report compiled by Zurich-based consultancy agency Gherzi. Entitled ‘Cost Benchmarking Study – India vis-à–vis Bangladesh, Indonesia, Egypt, China, Pakistan and Turkey’, it was commissioned by the Indian Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council and released in New Delhi last week (July 25).…

The European Parliament’s environment committee has backed the new law provisionally agreed between European Parliament negotiators and European Union (EU) member states on improving the environmental and working standards for scrapping EU-owned ships. Under a planned EU regulation, such ships would have to be dismantled in ship recycling facilities listed by the EU as meeting specific requirements, and are certified and regularly inspected.…