Archive: 2022
Turkish textile and clothing brands plan Russian expansion
Turkey-based Eroglu Holding, which owns the Colin’s brand, is accelerating its expansion into the Russian market with the planned opening of up to 17 stores...
Thousands of Philippine clothing workers laid off
In the largest retrenchment last year in the Philippines, 4,485 workers in the Mactan Export Processing Zone and the Cebu Light Industrial Park, both located...
Hungarian fashion brand opens first store
Hungarian fashion brand Aeron, which was founded in 2012 by fashion designer Eszter Áron, has opened its first store in Budapest.
Cambodian government ‘used pandemic to restrict unions’
The Cambodian government used the Covid-19 pandemic to block the right to strike in the country’s garment industry, jail union activists and restrict union formation,...
Mango expands with new store opening in Singapore
With more than 10 points of sale in Singapore, after integrating four former franchise stores last April, Barcelona, Spain-based fashion company Mango has opened a...
Launch of textile sustainability programme in Malaysia
Malaysian nanotechnology services company NanoTextile has launched a textile and fashion sustainability programme called Nanotextile360ᵒ.
New textile plant in Rogatica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Textile company Mraz of Pale has opened a new production facility in Rogatica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which will employ 35 workers.
Bulgarian clothing sector faces lack of workers
There are currently around 20,000 unfilled jobs in the Bulgarian clothing industry.
Name change for Cambodian clothing employers’ association
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has changed its name to the Textile, Apparel, Footwear, Travel Goods Association in Cambodia (TAFTAC).
IKEA investigates forced labour claims in Belarus
Swedish-owned furniture and homewares retailer IKEA is investigating claims that some of its products, including table linen, curtains and towels, were produced under forced labour...