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RECESSION CAN SPELL PROSPERITY IN A GLOBALISED WORLD
By Paul Cochrane
The old dictum goes – ‘one man’s loss is another man’s gain’. Curiously, in a globalised world in the midst of a financial downturn, this saying is particularly true, with certain countries unexpectedly benefiting from an otherwise near universal crisis.…
THE BEST STYLE MODEL? INTEGRATED TEXTILE AND CLOTHING COMPANIES, OR NETWORKS OF INDEPENDENT SUPPLIERS?
BY PHILIPPA JONES, DOMINIQUE PATTON and LUCY JONES
The growth in outsourcing within the clothing and textile sector worldwide has highlighted a key issue, and that is the relative merits of running an integrated company that handles basic production and design, or relying on a string of specialist suppliers to deliver the goods, from fibre supplies, to textile manufacture, design, clothing assembly and retail.…
CLIMATE CHANGE CHIEF SAYS ENERGY MAJORS MUST NOT LET RECESSION DENT EMISSION REDUCTION PLANS
BY ERIC LYMAN
SPEAKING to the Petroleum Review, the United Nations’ top climate change official has urged oil and gas companies to stay focused on sustainability despite the world economic turmoil, and predicted that the coming years will reward efficiency more than ever.…
SEQUENCING OF COCOA GENOME COULD IMPROVE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY OF THIS KEY INGREDIENT
BY MARK ROWE
THE CHOCOLATE giant Mars has begun work on sequencing the cocoa genome, a move that it says could dramatically improve the health and yields of cocoa growers around the world, guaranteeing food manufacturers with more reliable and high quality supplies.…
JAPAN: Asia commercial crime university experts command valuable expertise
By Gavin Blair
Though the number of academic specialists in commercial crime in the Asia-Pacific region may be fewer than in the US or Europe, many of the leading figures are both willing to work with corporate clients and have a great deal of experience outside the ivory towers.…
SOUTH AFRICA TEXTILE SECTOR STRUGGLES DESPITE CHINA IMPORT QUOTAS
BY STEVEN SWINDELLS
SOUTH African restrictions on the import of Chinese textiles and clothing have not come to the rescue of the country’s ailing textile sector as effectively as had been hoped, Brian Brink, executive director of South African industry group Textile Federation (Texfed), has told just-style.…
AL QAEDA FINANCING
BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 attacks on the US resulted in a raft of regulations to curb terrorist financing, but seven years on Al Qaeda is still at large, has adapted to the new regulatory environment to raise funds, and morphed into an international terrorist Hydra.…
CULTURALLY DIVERSE SOUTH EAST ASIA OFFERS MARKETING CHALLENGES FOR COSMETICS COMPANIES
BY WILLIAM BARNES
A WOMAN brushes past palm fronds into the pastel lights of a busy Bangkok salon. At the counter she turns what looks to be a flawless, ivory face towards a woman in a vaguely medical uniform: "Aiyee! I am getting so old.…
WITH PRICES AT THE PUMP KEPT ARTIFICIALLY LOW, SPECIALITY CHEMICALS SEEMS TO BE THE WAY TO MAKE IT IN CHINA'S PETROLEUM MARKET
BY MARK GODFREY
IT has been a bad year to be a fuel retailer in China. Local retailing leader Sinopec has had its profits squeezed by government price controls on petrol prices. Prices at Chinese pumps have risen by 9% in the last 12 months, even though the cost of crude has jumped 40% in the same time span.…
SUSTAINABILITY MOVING UP THE AGENDA FOR THE OILS AND FATS SECTOR WORLDWIDE
BY ALAN OSBORN
SUSTAINABILITY has moved firmly to the top of the corporate agenda in the oils and fats sector following Unilever’s announcement in May that it intended to have all of its palm oil certified sustainable by 2015. By any measure this would be a bold pledge but coming from the world’s largest consumer of palm oil (Unilever takes 4% of total global production to make its food and cosmetic products) it serves additionally to raise the bar for others.…