Several models, wearing trousers made by global fashion leaders alleged to have been using harmful substances in their clothing process, are set up outside a sewage drain exit at the estuary of Hangzhou Bay on December 4. Photo: Courtesy of Greenpeace It seems to be an endless fight for 44-year-old villager Wei Dongying. Having been fighting against the water pollution discharged from a nearby industrial zone for years, she now says she is giving up. "It has been almost 20 years. The pol

There are currently 35 leather processing factories, and 171 producers of final leather goods in Mongolia according to the latest government figures. Many of these businesses operate only on a seasonal basis up to six months a year largely due to the lack of working capital to procure raw materials. The Government of Mongolia, in particular, the Ministry of Industry and Agriculture, is proposing a new initiative to address the problem, and support the leather processing sector in general, by

Sales at UK retailer John Lewis reached their best ever total of ?142m last week, up 15% on the same period in 2011. Christmas shopping drove an increase in sales both in-store and online, with johnlewis.com also reaching record figures of over ?42m. Last week’s first ‘Mega Monday’ proved a record day for the online operation, generating ?7.3m. The retailer argues that last week’s cold weather gave a boost to fashion sales, causing a major uplift in coats, scarves and knitwear in both wo

hotography courtesy of H&M With every solid closet clean out, when the never-worn clothing gets separated from the over-worn, there’s always the question of what to do with pieces after they have been pulled off the hangers and out of the drawers. Donate, throw away or give to friends? Now, H&M is offering the solution to this on-going problem and providing shoppers with the opportunity to return used clothing in any state—tattered, barely worn, and from any brand—to select stores s

A new minimum wage band for workers will be applied from January 2013 Photo: Internet The country now has different wage brackets covering four regional zones, ranked according to the level of socio-economic development in each zone. Zone One covers urban Hanoi and HCM City . Zone Two covers rural Hanoi and HCM City along with urban Can Tho, Da Nang and Hai Phong. Zone Three covers provincial cities and the districts of Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Hai Duong, and Vinh Phuc. Zone Four covers the

THE city will add another 4,000 "panda bins" to collect old clothes in communities next year to help out less fortunate people and reduce garbage, authorities said yesterday. Some of the used clothes in good condition will be donated to people in poor areas in other parts of the country while the rest will be processed into renewable raw materials. People are encouraged to find the panda-shaped bins near their homes to support the campaign and prevent used clothes from entering the second-hand

Representatives of textile industry have urged the Central government to set up a raw material bank in the city to impart knowledge to weavers on procurement of raw material, marketing and production of different varieties of fabrics on the highly modern shuttle-less looms. Industry leaders said that since most of the weavers in the decentralized powerloom sector do not have organized information about these aspects, the centre should launch a scheme where a federal association under the compa

Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) Chairman Mahesh Kumar has strongly opposed the import of cotton and urged upon the government to impose ban on the import of raw-cotton from different countries by spending precious foreign exchange because local produce was sufficient to meet the requirement of textile industry. Talking to newsmen here on Friday he said that Pakistan can't afford to rely on imported raw material. He said that at least 1,772,447 bales are lying unsold in the cotton gi

Chinese demand for Pakistani cotton has increased and will benefit the Pakistani textile sector in near future. Our local cotton arrival target for fiscal year 2012-13 stands at 14.5 million bales. Local prices would remain range-bound where the domestic textile sector is expected to benefit from increased demand from China given its higher support price, said a JS research analyst on Saturday. Cotton crop dynamics, both local and global, appear relatively robust for FY13. As a result, world c