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The glooming and booming apparel retailing markets

The glooming and booming apparel retailing markets

The world largest companies by market capitalisation in 2006 lost their leading position to the benefit on IT giants in 2017. The traditional industrial heavy weights, such as Exxon Mobile, General Electric, and Gazprom, started to be dwarfed by Apple, Alphabet, or Microsoft (see the figure). Dur


Going green to woo foreign buyers

Going green to woo foreign buyers

Local apparel makers are banking on green technology heavily in running their factory operation to brighten the image of the readymade garment sector and the country abroad after the recent industrial accidents. They were investing on a large scale in adoption of the environment-friendly technolog

New markets for Bangladesh garments

New markets for Bangladesh garments

This article describes the unfortunate situation facing Bangladesh garment exporters in gaining access to markets in two key economic allies, India and China. Both countries have very important economic relations with Bangladesh. India has a large surplus in official trade; a large surplus in info