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Beyond COVID / Fashion Enterprise

25 March 2022

6 minutes
In 2019, Fashion Enterprise built their brand new 6,500 sq m factory in Ho Chi Minh City which is equipped with state-of-the-art machinery, combining fully fashioned knitting and cut and sew production. This allows them to develop and produce mixed media fashion faster with a higher finish quality.

Vietnamese manufacturer, aided by buyer, bucked the pandemic distress

Vietnamese manufacturer Fashion Enterprise could do well during the COVID-19 pandemic—its main buyer Cue not only did not cancel orders, but even paid deposits in advance. Chief Executive Officer Rodney Thanh tells the story of a company where 98% of the workers returned after lockdown.

By
  • Subir Ghosh
Interview
Global Economy / Ukraine Fallout

24 March 2022

3 minutes
The economic, financial and political reverberations from the war are unfolding at a turning point in global policy discussions, as the supportive public policy stance necessitated by the pandemic gives way to fiscal and monetary tightening. In the advanced economies, central banks are beginning to raise interest rates from historic lows and selling some of the assets they purchased during the decade of quantitative easing, the UNCTAD report said.

Global Growth to Fall to 2.6%, says UN Report

Worried that financial shockwaves following the Ukraine war and changes in macroeconomic policies made by countries in recent months could push some developing nations into a downward spiral of insolvency, recession and arrested development, UNCTAD has called for more concessional and less conditional multilateral financial support for them. A texfash.com report.

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  • Special Correspondent
Report
Global Monitor / US Retail

17 March 2022

5 minutes
Retail sales growth in the US slowed down 0.3% month-on-month in February, down from the upwardly revised 4.9% jump in January. The US consumer price index increased 7.9% year-on-year to 284.18 points in February—the biggest annual rise since January 1982.

US Retail Flying Right into Cloud of Uncertainties

Soaring inflation, protracted supply chain bottlenecks and a war in Europe that might escalate soon: all indicate uncertain days ahead for US retail.

By
  • Special Correspondent
Analysis
Design History / Coco Chanel

16 March 2022

8 minutes
In the case of Chanel, clothes can been seen as dynamic forces that helped produce the “modern woman” – not the other way around, that is to say the women becoming modern and demanding fresh clothes.

Chanel’s complex legacy

Chanel’s fashion vision transformed both women’s appearances and definitions of luxury for the 20th century. How did she pull this off, what is the continuing attraction, and how do we recognise her complex background, difficult choices and ongoing legacy?

By
  • Peter McNeil
Analysis
World Trade / Uzbek Cotton

15 March 2022

6 minutes
Cotton pickers at a farm in 2009. Almost two million people are recruited every year for the annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. The country has succeeded in eradicating systemic forced labour and systemic child labour during the 2021 cotton production cycle, according to new ILO findings.

Out of Quarantine

The coalition of NGOs spearheading the call for boycott of cotton from Uzbekistan has lifted its ban. So, do we have a new player in town?

By
  • Subir Ghosh
Commentary
Shopping Trends / Fast Fashion

14 March 2022

4 minutes
A key finding of the researchers was that clothing consumers’ physical and cultural distance from those who make the clothes makes it difficult to relate to their experience.

Fast-fashion shoppers on ethical concerns: I can only do so much

Researchers find that consumer choice alone is insufficient to tackle the malaise of fast fashion. They assert: "We need a system where all our clothing choices are ethical, where we don’t need to make a choice between what is right and what is cheap."

By
  • Tara Stringer
  • Alice Payne
  • Gary Mortimer
Report
High Street Fashion / Brand Stories

14 March 2022

4 minutes
Doris and Don Fisher in front of a Gap Store. 1969.

How clothing giants Gap and Benetton once ruled the fashion high street

From very humble beginnings, both The Gap and Benetton went on to become hugely successful fashion retailers. The stories of their founders.

By
  • Thomas R Buckley
Report
Designers / Career Options

11 March 2022

3 minutes
Designers can maintain their individuality working at big fashion houses

Designers can maintain their individuality working at big fashion houses

Senior execs working for well-known organizations typically value their brand affiliations so much that they’re willing to make compromises and even accept lower pay for it. Why?

By
  • Marie-Agnes Parmentier
Commentary
Human Resources / Social Justice

10 March 2022

4 minutes
Consumers are increasingly looking for sustainable and ethical fashion. The authors believe these goals are inseparable from an industry which embraces gender justice.

Using law to make fashion industry fairer to women and Earth

New research by the authors sets out six ways to cut a more gender-just and sustainable fashion sector.

By
  • Mark Liu
  • Ramona Vijeyarasa
Commentary
Première Vision / Top Voice

7 March 2022

4 minutes
'The' Event To Be At

The Shape of Things to Come

Première Vision is the go-to event for industry desperate to know about the things to come. The Fashion Director of Première Vision Paris, Desolina Suter, explains what changed because of the pandemic and what trends are already emerging.

By
  • Subir Ghosh
Interview
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