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30 June 2006
Shanghai's Super Brand Mall is giving itself a major face-lift and plans to rejig its retailer mix to attract foreign and deeper-pocket shoppers, Shanghai Daily reported Friday (June 30).
28 June 2006
Merlin Stone, co-author of Up Close & Personal, provides an extract from the book, which looks at how technology is transforming Customer Relationship Marketing (CRM).
1 June 2006
In April, in its twice yearly World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast strengthening global growth for 2006 at a higher rate than previous estimates; predictions for 2007 were also boosted.
2 June 2006
The Australian Wool Market finished the week 0.9% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle.
After seemingly settling in late March to early April, cotton prices fell late in the month to the lowest level since the end of September 2005 and have seen only moderate recovery since.
6 June 2006
The value of EU-15 imports of wool knitwear increased significantly during 2005, compared with 2004. Cotton and synthetic fibre knitwear imports also increased by value but by much less significant amounts.
7 June 2006
Since world trading quotas expired in January 2005, imports from China have continued to gain share within the Italian market.
8 June 2006
Reports presented to the IWTO wool congress in Cairo estimated shorn wool production higher in five out of the six major broad wool producing countries in 2005/06.
21 June 2006
The Chinese textile industry has been told by the National Development and Reform Commission to accelerate its restructuring to focus on innovation and higher value products.
14 June 2006
The Australian wool industry is launching a marketing push in the US to target the country's huge clothing market.
23 June 2006
India is taking advantage of quota restrictions currently imposed on Chinese textiles, and textiles minister Shankarsinh Vaghela said that India's export growth to the US and European markets had overtaken China's.
13 June 2006
After a strong four month climb, the Ifo Business Climate Index for German trade and industry, while still positive, lost some momentum in April and finally fell slightly in May.
A report from the US Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) reveals the US market for men's trousers has grown moderately each year since 2000 (measured by the cumulative annual growth rate for the period 2000-2005).
15 June 2006
Evidence of fibre and fashion trends favouring light and airy fabrics with an ultra soft handle has been seen in the leading fabric shows, such as Premiére Vision and even on the latest catwalk shows in Milan.
16 June 2006
The Australian Wool Market finished the week 0.2% higher, on average, at sales in Sydney and Melbourne, and Fremantle.
20 June 2006
Positive demand conditions in China have brought vitality back to the domestic retail market with retail sales (in value terms) growing at their fastest pace in more than a year during April, according to government figures. Early reports indicate that May retail sales have continued the positive trend.
The recovery in Italy's industrial production seen during Q1 2006 did not flow through to the textile and apparel industry. Textile and apparel production dropped moderately in Q1 following on from the annual decline in 2005. Sales turnover (all sectors) was more positive in Q1 2006 with both the home and export markets growing solidly. Apparel turnover however was only marginally improved compared with Q1 2005 and was among the worse performing of all industrial sectors.
The Australian Wool Market finished the week 0.6% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney and Melbourne, while Fremantle was in recess.
22 June 2006
Trade statistics show that for the first quarter of 2006, imports of chiefly-wool outerwear into Japan were down moderately compared with the same period a year earlier. Despite this decline, import volumes of all outerwear rose.
27 June 2006
Price rises in the synthetics markets in May were hardly a surprise given these fibres' reliance on oil-based feedstocks, coupled with the high volume of energy used in manufacturing these fibres.
During the first five months of 2006, while Australian fine wool was the greatest beneficiary of an upturn in prices, in historical $A price terms, fine wool (19um) has still been higher well over half the time over the last ten years.
The Australian Wool Market finished the 2005/06 season 1.0% higher, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle.