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EUROPEAN TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS CALL FOR COMPETITIVENESS TEST TO KEEP INDUSTRY CREATIVE
European textile companies increasingly overburdened by regulation say each new piece of European Union (EU) regulation they face should be assessed on the grounds of how it helps industry succeed in an increasingly competitive market. They say more should be done to boost a sector that employs 1.3 million workers in 192,000 companies and provides more than EUR67 billion’s worth of exports to the 27-country bloc, according to the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex).…
EMIRATES UNIVERSITIES’ PUSH SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS AS COP28 LOOMS
With the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to host the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) summit this November and December, UAE higher education institutions have intensified their focus on climate change and sustainability, greening campus infrastructure, developing courses and engaging with the private sector.…
TUNISIA TEAMS UP WITH CHINA IN CREATING FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH LABOIRATOTY
A groundbreaking collaboration between Tunisia and China has yielded plans to develop a pioneering laboratory, solely dedicated to the realm of plasma physics, a key element of nuclear fusion research. The lab would be established in Tunisia’s prestigious National Engineering School of Tunis, within the University of Tunis – El Manar, in central Tunis, Tunisia’s capital.…
CHATGPT AND THE APPAREL SUPPLY CHAIN
Like many industries, the global textiles market is waking up to the potentially revolutionary applications of ‘generative’ AI tools able to create insight and hunt for information, such as ChatGPT. Its acronym stands for ‘generative pretrained transformer’ and is a natural language processing model that is free to use.…
COMPLEX LAYERING TECHNIQUES CONSTANTLY REFINED BY SOPHISTICATED MONEY LAUNDERERS
Money launderers continue to develop layering techniques to insert criminal proceeds into legitimate financial transactions, and these typologies are becoming increasingly varied.
‘Cuckoo smurfing’ is one new technique attracting attention, for instance, said a briefing note from Australian FIU Austrac (1).…
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN AML DIRECTOR/COMPLIANCE OFFICER
The professional life of a money laundering reporting officer (MLRO) is of critical importance to the organisations that they serve, but many of their colleagues in separate roles maybe unaware of what happens in the typical day of an MLRO. Shilpa Arora, Senior Director of Anti-Financial Crime Segment Solutions at ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) stressed that a key element of MLRO work is not necessarily actively hunting down dirty money flows, but consultation.…
SMART TEXTILES TARIFFS AND DUTIES – DEEP DIVE
INTRODUCTION
In the competitive and innovative world of smart textile manufacturing and sale, companies strive to maximise functionality and minimise costs. Their ingenuity is the basis of their competitiveness. But as with all industries, some costs are out of their control.…
GOVERNMENT MEGA-PROJECTS KICK-START GROWTH IN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA PAINT MARKETS
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) paint market has had a difficult past two years, but the sector is gradually rebounding, driven especially by major development projects and growth in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
“It has been tough period. Covid-19 had a significant impact on the MENA.…
LOCAL START-UPS INNOVATE IN ASIA’S HIJAB HAIRCARE, GCC MARKET STILL UNTAPPED
Global haircare brands are starting to recognise a gap in the Muslim market as they launch products for hijab-wearing women and include them in marketing campaigns. L’Oréal’s Kérastase is the latest international brand to target this segment, having positioned its first anti-hair fall (loss) range, Genesis, to appeal to hijab-wearing women in Malaysia.…
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL WATCHLIST FLAGS NINE COUNTRIES – INCLUDING AUSTRIA AND AUSTRALIA
Transparency International has flagged nine countries, including two European Union (EU) member states – Austria and Slovenia – where it says in a February 3 blog (1) societies need to be on “particularly high alert” for corruption, highlighting declining efforts to fight graft.…