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The European garment sector has been growing uneasy about how the six-day stranding of the 400-metre-long cargo ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal will affect its supply chain. It has also been assessing the lessons for future contingency plans regarding such cargo transport pinch-points.…

Demand for knitting machines in China has been recovering remarkably fast from the Covid-19 crisis, with Chinese textile factory owners growing bolder in investment decisions, and exports to south Asia growing too.

Chinese knitting machine-makers Suzhou ReHow Machinery Manufacturing and Fujian Taifan Industrial, which supply mainly T-shirt fabrics single jersey circular knitting machines, saw their sales dip in 2020 but not to a dramatically low level.…

As the Turkish garment sector rebounds from the drop in sales last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the industry is looking to tap growing demand from European retailers – and consumers – for garments made closer to home, benefiting from its advantage of being the main near-shore supplier for Europe.…

As the Turkish garment sector rebounds from the drop in sales last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the industry is looking to tap growing demand from European retailers – and consumers – for garments made closer to home, benefiting from its advantage of being the main near-shore supplier for Europe.…

The confectionery industry has weathered Covid-19 lockdowns better than many sectors, even seeing a rise in consumer demand across Europe. But producers of fresh bakery products have been hit hard, as have baked goods and confectionery firms that focus on catering.…

Covid-19 has reshaped commercial crime, and one lucrative offence taking a real turn for the worse is tobacco smuggling and counterfeiting. Keith Nuthall reports.

The Covid-19 pandemic has depressed incomes worldwide and forced lower income smokers to look for cheap smokes, which has included counterfeits or smuggled goods.…

There is no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic has fuelled the black-market trade in illicit and smuggled licit tobacco products. The disease has depressed income and forced lower income smokers to look for cheap smokes, which has included counterfeits or smuggled goods.…

The world’s textile sector is focusing on China’s National People’s Congress, which congregated in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People last Friday (March 5) to start a ‘Two Sessions’ event to review and ratify the draft outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025).…

EMPLOYERS who fear they are being fleeced by a corrupt employee or being hacked externally do not just need to find the attacker, they must comply with data protection and privacy protections while they conduct their investigations. Breaching such laws can undermine any criminal or civil case brought against a fraudster or hacker or can weaken inside dismissal and disciplinary negotiations with the offender.…

The Czech Republic’s digital textile printing business continued to thrive in 2020, with the Covid-19 pandemic’s e-commerce boom boosting trade rather than hampering the sector. Europe’s leading print-on-demand provider Spread Group, which was founded 18 years ago under the name Spreadshirt, and has a key plant in the Czech Republic, had a record year.…