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BRAZIL DIGITAL TEXTILE COMPANY PROSPERS FROM BUILDING DOMESTIC BRANDS WITH BRIGHT FABRICS
‘Colourful’,’ young’, ‘big’ and ‘clever’ are words often bandied about to describe the positive qualities of Brazil, and they certainly could be used to define La Estampa, a Brazilian textile company specialising in digital print B2B.
With a global print capacity of 25,000 metres per day, La Estampa is able to punch its weight in global digital textile markets.…
HONG KONG COSMETICS AND PERSONAL CARE SECTORS THRIVING BUT FACE CHALLENGE TO RETAIN CHINESE VISITOR INTEREST
HONG Kong continues to be a thriving cosmetics and personal care market, with its local consumer base enjoying ample spending power and with traders benefiting from its strategic location as an import gateway to mainland China.
GlobalData, a provider of business information and analytics, valued Hong Kong’s cosmetics and market at Hong Kong dollars HKD18.1 billion (USD2.3 billion) in 2016, largely dominated by imports.…
CONSUMERS’ HUNGER FOR INNOVATION DRIVES AUSTRALIAN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT GROWTH
THE AUSTRALIAN cosmetic and toiletry retailing market has experienced modest growth amidst fierce competition over the past decade, figures reveal, with a constant stream of new products, many environmentally conscious, maintaining consumer interest in an otherwise saturated market.
According to California-based market research company IBISWorld, more than 18,000 people work in almost 4,000 businesses in the cosmetics industry in Australia, a country of more than 24 million people.…
ANTI-FRAUD SPENDING GROWING FROM LOW BASE – BUT LACK OF RISK ASSESSMENTS IMPEDES EFFORT
ANTI-FRAUD measures are expensive, and investment is growing from a low base yet surprisingly few companies keep tabs on the impact of fraud on their profit/loss margins.
Annual fraud losses are estimated to cost the UK more than GBP193 billion (USD240 billion), according to the 2016 Annual Fraud Indicator report prepared by the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies at southern England’s University of Portsmouth in partnership with data services group Experian and accountants PKF Littlejohn.…
AVIATION SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS AT HSIA IN SIGHT AS BANGLADESH BATTLES CARGO BANS
BANGLADESH has ramped up investments in high-tech equipment to bolster security at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), in its capital Dhaka, but sustaining mechanical and procedural improvements remains an ongoing challenge.
The spending has followed a string of bans on cargo flights out of the country’s main gateway over security concerns, with the European Union (EU) becoming the latest to enforce such restrictions on June 1, (2017).…
CAMBODIA’S WEAK AML SYSTEMS CRITICISED BY INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS
THE IMPOVERISHED south-east Asian kingdom of Cambodia shares porous borders with the significantly more dynamic economies of Thailand and Vietnam, is notorious for corruption, has a large casino sector and generates significant earnings from illegal exports.
This precarious mixture of factors has since 2012 consecutively earned Cambodia a spot in the Basel Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Index (from the Basel Institute on Governance) top-10 risk jurisdictions for money laundering.…
UAE’S IMAGE-CONSCIOUS SOCIETY KEEPS COSMETIC SERVICE PROVIDERS BUSY
A YOUNG population with high disposable incomes coupled with a booming medical tourism sector has created an ongoing demand for cosmetic procedures in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Dubai especially dominates this important market, being a global luxury-centric city with world-class medical infrastructure.…
SOUTH KOREAN SPA AND BEAUTY SALON SECTORS WORKING THROUGH ECONOMIC BLUES
LIKE its neighbour Japan, South Korea has a tradition of using public baths and spas, notably their 24-hour jimjilbangs, with hot and cold soaking pools, bathing and massage areas, saunas, entertainment lounges and communal sleeping.
As a result, the country’s spa and beauty salon sectors seem largely unaffected by the drastic decline in Chinese tourist arrivals amid retaliatory measures by Beijing over Seoul last year allowing US forces to deploy THAAD defence missiles on South Korean soil.…
UK IDENTITY FRAUD SOARS TO NEW LEVELS
Identity fraud hit record levels in the UK in the first six months of this year, according to the country’s leading non-profit fraud prevention body Cifas. The cross-sector grouping of public and private bodies, released new figures on August 23 showing 89,000 identity frauds were recorded in the first six months of 2017, up 5% from last year.…
MARMITE MOST COMMONLY SEIZED BANNED FOOD ITEM AT LONDON CITY AIRPORT
LONDON City Airport has teamed up with British savoury spread manufacturer Marmite to help passengers risking the seizure of jars that exceed the 100ml permitted for liquids, pastes and gels in hand luggage. The airport says that Marmite – a yeast-based spread whose appeal eludes most non-Britons – is the number one prohibited branded food item confiscated by its security.…