The steep price of blue jeans

Let’s imagine your favorite jeans. They started off in a field of cotton — or more likely hundreds of different fields — probably in India, China, the…

Australian shoppers make a comeback in Feb

Wednesday’s data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed retail sales climbed 0.6 percent in February, beating expectations of a 0.3 percent rise. That followed an…

Textile company places rare bet on Turkey’s Kurdish southeast

The government announced a $2.8 billion investment scheme for the area in September, hoping to win over the population with the prospect of economic revival before a…

Fashion Enter acquires clothing manufacturer

It comes after CEO Jenny Holloway predicted that retailers will require more on-shore production amid uncertain economic and political times in the UK at a lecture organised…