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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.…

VIETNAM’S textile manufacturing industry stands to gain as multinational garment companies look to distance themselves from Bangladesh in light of the collapse of Rana Plaza, the multi-story facility in the outskirts of Dhaka, which housed five clothing factories, in April.

The catastrophic incident, which left over 1,100 people dead, has compounded Bangladesh’s hapless record for safety and triggered an exodus as brands seek more reliable manufacturing markets across Asia.…

THE WORLD’S 49 least developed countries have been given another eight years to implement the intellectual property protection rules demanded by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This means that their governments have the freedom to choose whether to protect trademarks, patents, copyright, industrial designs, geographical indications and other rights, potentially harming pharma companies.…