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1. Station stop for shoppers
Over 10 years ago the underground mall at the Guangzhou East Railway Station evolved into a modern shopping centre. Now a new transformation: a giant Japanese department store arrives.
6 Nov 2009
2. World's biggest textile centre to get better
China Textile City in Keqiao, Zhejiang, boasts the world's largest trading centre for textiles. But the technology needs to improve and enterprises need to build their own brands.
23 Oct 2009
3. Qingdao's transforming moment
Qingdao's textile industry is in the act of upgrading. The city's major sectoral enterprise, Associated Textiles Group Co Ltd, has been designated a national development base.
16 Oct 2009
4. Buyer's market for garment firms
Bulgaria's formerly bright OEM clothing and textile sector is up for grabs. There are worthy, strategic reasons to invest.
16 Oct 2009
5. Fashion gets smarter
Hong Kong-inspired "smart" dressing rooms and mirrors - that allow shoppers to experiment before trying on clothes - have taken another step. Swiss companies are adding e-mail and SMS capabilities.
9 Oct 2009
6. Hong Kong's green textile machine
A more energy efficient and effective knitwear machine has been produced through a private-public Hong Kong venture. It's able to wash, finish and dye and should bring productivity advantages to the territory’s knitters.
25 Sept 2009
7. Eastern European buyers feel the quality
- report from Styl and Kabo 2009, Brno
Central Europe's top fashion and leatherwear fairs in the Czech Republic expect higher quality from Asian suppliers, providing wider openings for mid-to-upper range Hong Kong manufacturers.
18 Sept 2009
8. Hong Kong plugs in to "smartwear"
Wearable electronics is taken commercial by Hong Kong-based Fibretronic. Its Connected Wear is available in suits, jackets, jeans and backpacks, with flexible options.
11 Sept 2009
9. China's largest fashion statement unveiled
The largest fashion showroom in China is ready for showing off in Guangzhou. The city's new Garment Creative Park also incorporates a huge runway and a shopping street for luxury brands.
11 Sept 2009
10. Great shows, but little dash and discipline
- report from the Bangkok International Fashion Fair, Bangkok International Leather Fair and ASEAN Fashion Plus 2009
The triumvirate of Bangkok trade fairs presented themselves around the theme of ASEAN; while they brought together an impressive array of Asian opportunities, the shows could have benefited from more creative dash and organisational discipline.
4 Sept 2009
11. Exit mega sports brands, stage left
Many international sports brands have closed shop or made their exit from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, altogether, with local brands taking their place.
21 Aug 2009
12. Patience a virtue in a deal-shy market
- report from the JFW International Fashion Fair 2009, Tokyo
Preparation and patience were required by Hong Kong firms attending the fair, with business thin on the ground. Colourful scarves and "tech shoes" were among the items given most buyers' attention.
14 Aug 2009
13. "Two-legged" store strides to new provinces
Guangzhou's Grandbuy has opened in Chengdu, realising a major two-step approach - combining openings and acquisitions - in its planned expansion into new provinces.
7 Aug 2009
14. Seal of approval
Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 has become a highly-valued testing certificate for textiles and clothing in Europe, almost the "gold standard" of certificates for consumer protection.
17 July 2009
15. Running away with sales
Running has become a fad in Japan. Women are pushing the trend and "new" runners are giving the sport a fashion design edge.
10 July 2009
16. Brand betrayal
Italian sports fanatics and spectators have been moving away from the top brands with the economic downturn - and they may not return. High quality but better priced China-produced wear is increasingly popular.
3 July 2009
17. The "Toyota" of the fashion field
Hong Kong's Lever Style aspires to be "the Toyota of the OEM/ODM clothing industry" as it prepares to develop its state-of-the-art facility in Guangdong, to be completed late next year. Unlike many in the clothing and textile sector, Lever has grown during the global downturn by concentrating on better quality, green options and Asian regional markets.
5 June 2009
18. Brazil designers favour Hong Kong shop window
Hong Kong's fashion retail mix is a "shop window" for Brazil's brands aimed at the Chinese mainland, while the Brazilian domestic market is becoming more design conscious for imported fashion.
29 May 2009
19. Hong Kong targeted for Spanish kids' clothing
The Spanish children's clothing sector continues to defy the economic downturn and Hong Kong suppliers are negotiating with retailers like Tuc Tuc. Large Spanish stores such as Cortefiel are moving into the kids' clothing category.
22 May 2009
20. Doing what the label says
Canada is set to tighten its labelling and advertising rules for textiles this summer. A Canadian Apparel Federation seminar outlined requirements of new legislation and explored the meaning of the word "bamboo".
15 May 2009
 
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