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A petition on the site Care2 asking Adidas to drop its partnership with West "and tell the world they do not want anything to do with anyone who believes that millions of Africans chose to toil the fields in bondage for 400 years" has garnered more than 25,304 signatures.
Adidas executives have remained silent on the controversy thus far.
The German sportswear giant West last year announced an expansion of its relationship with the music and fashion icon and is developing a Yeezy-branded entity creating footwear, apparel and accessories for all genders across street and sport.
By contrast, Nike CEO Mark Parker is believed to have apologised for the company's culture and promised improvements, which have begun with the elevation of several executives, including women, presumably in a desire to take action after evidence that many complaints to human resources went ignored.
Pretty Denim, based in Canada, focuses on finishes, fabrics and the perfect fit. The brand has created a denim line that belongs to the dressier segment of women’s wardrobes.
There are still many occasions not deemed suitable for women to wear denim. Pretty Denim intends to change that.
The line features raw Japanese and Italian denims highlighted by distinctive features. Standout pieces include pants with fishtails and copper paint, shirts with outrageously beautiful collars and buttons that take on a new life throughout the collection.
The collection includes pants, tops, dress, kimono and bomber jacket.
This is a purpose-driven denim brand. It addresses denim as something special rather than just add its name to denim. The name perfectly describes what the brand is about and the revolution it wants to bring to women's denim.
Pretty Denim is the brainchild of Toronto-based husband and wife team Bob Froese and Tahnee Lloyd-Smith. Bob owns the advertising agency behind the successful Canadian launches of Kenneth Cole, Calvin Klein Jeans and Alfred Sung. Tahnee brings five years of luxury men's styling experience that ironically helped inspire the creative direction for the collection.
Pretty Denim is also a proud ambassador of luxury fashion manufacturing in Canada.
According to National Retail Federation, sales in the US retail market, during the month of April 2018, marked a slight increase of 0.4 per cent on the seasonally adjusted basis over March and 2.8 per cent year-over-year. Retail sales during March were up 0.3 per cent on monthly and 5.2 per cent on year over year basis.
Segment-wise, sales in furniture and home furnishings during the period increased by 5.8 per cent year-over-year and by 0.8 per cent from March (seasonally adjusted). Whereas, clothing and clothing accessory store sales declined by 0.4 per cent Y-o-Y and up1.4 percent from March on the seasonally adjusted basis.
During the review period, 12.2 per cent increase was reported in online and other non-store sales year-over-year and increased 0.6 per cent over March on seasonally adjusted basis. However, general merchandise stores noted 0.8 per cent decline year-over-year but up 0.3 per cent from March seasonally adjusted.
The academy division of TÜV SÜD is expanding its operations in raining, personal certification and skill-assessment services in Bangladesh.
The company recently launched its second training centre in Dhanmondi that will also act as a test centre for Pearson Test of English (PTE).
TÜV SÜD will soon also launch a new e-learning portfolio for those exploring avenues to upskill themselves in today’s dynamic global employment landscape.
The comprehensive training programs address business needs and assist individuals and organisations in improving performance, productivity and efficiency.
Recently, the government of Bangladesh has begun expanding technical education in Bangladesh to increase enrolment in technical or vocational education to 20 per cent. Under the Skills and Training Enhancement Project (STEP), the government is aiming to train additional 90,000 students by 2019.
President Donald Trump has threatened again to impose duties on nearly $150 billion worth of Chinese goods to punish Beijing for alleged violations of intellectual property.
Retailers will have to pass on these additional costs from tariffs to consumers. They can’t quickly change suppliers as they have already placed orders for back-to-school and holiday sales.
Companies and trade groups are pushing for a negotiated agreement between the two nations, rather than imposing tariffs that would raise costs on imports and draw punishing retaliatory Chinese tariffs.
While some entities are asking for products to be added to the target list for duties, others want their goods exempted.
Tintex Textiles is participating in the Make Fashion Circular initiative by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, which aims to collaborate and innovate towards a new textiles economy, based on the principles of a circular economy.
The initiative, formed with the support of C&A Foundation and Walmart Foundation, comprises Allen MacArthur Foundation core partners, Burberry; Gap Inc; H&M; HSBC, NIKE, Inc.; and Stella McCartney.
At present, 16 stakeholders, including city authorities, fashion producers, designers, and brands have joined the initiative to transform the current state of fashion and rectify its negative impact.
All these participants will unite to improve future systems that will benefit earth’s inhabitants, the environment, and businesses based on three key principles such as business models that extend the lifecycle of clothes, materials that are renewable and safe and smart solutions that turn used clothes into new clothes.
The sixth edition Copenhagen Fashion Summit, starting from May 15, 2018, will feature over 75 speakers from the fashion industry, politics, NGOs and academia among others. The summit will present a thought-provoking line of topics to be addressed in keynotes, sessions and panel discussions. Among these are 'Don't mention the S-word', a panel
Discussion challenging that sustainable fashion may be necessary, but it's still not cool.
Among the other summit topics include 'The robots are coming', a discussion on what impact a robot revolution will have on the industry's sustainability performance; an ethical discussion on 'The well-being of models in a me too economy' featuring, among others, model Edie Campbell and casting director James Scully.
The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) has stressed for the continuation of Duty Drawback of Taxes (DDT) incentive for further three years to boost the value-added textile exports and uplift the economy.
This will generate approximately 10 per cent annual growth in value-added textile exports and would add $1.5 billion each year to the economy.
As a result of growth-led initiatives of the government, country’s exports surged by 13.1 per cent to in July-March 2017-18 over the corresponding period of last year.
The main driver of this growth was the value-added textile sector as exports of ready-made garments went up 12.56 per cent during the period in value and 12.85 per cent in quantity while those of knitwear edged up 14.12 per cent in value and 3.52 per cent in quantity during these nine months.
European Digital Press Association (EDP) recently honored Mimaki with two best-in-class awards EDP awards for its UCJV300-160 roll-to-roll printer and 3DUJ-553 full-color 3D printer. EDP is an association of Europe’s 21 leading trade magazines with an editorial focus on digital print processes, who come together each year to honor the best technological developments among products and other developments announced or presented within the previous 12 months.
Danna Drion, Marketing Manager EMEA at Mimaki Europe. “We appreciate the time and effort the editors put in to reviewing more than 120 entries, and we are pleased to be included in the final award process with these two outstanding products.”
Max Fashion showcased its latest 2018 fashion collections for men, women, children and home at a fashion trunk show on May 13, 2018 at Cove Beach in Dubai.
The event featured a series of three different trunk shows under the themes of Rustic Charm. It introduced the Abaya Collection, which was launched recently exclusively online in the UAE.
The collection embraces traditional design and combines it with contemporary style through delicate embroidery, diverse, elegant cuts and stylish draping.
As part of the event the guests also enjoyed activities such as the Shop in Shop areas, where Max buying and design teams for each department showcased their key new collections and talked about the journey that brought them to life and the Glam corner with makeup, braids bar, fashion tips, customisation, and customised products that offered the guests a bit of pampering.
