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The Mzannar family’s 300-year-old textile business survived Lebanon’s civil war by making uniforms for militiamen. But its business savvy was no match for years of economic malaise that followed and it has now shut its factory.

The head of Lebanon’s chamber of commerce chief said last year nearly 2,200 businesses had closed, warning that more would collapse. And while there is dispute over those numbers, Lebanese mostly agree the economy is in dire shape.

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A new brand is turning a family tradition into a clothing favorite, made entirely with cotton from the Lone Star State.

Brady Raindl is the co-creator of Cotton Row Clothier. He’s a cotton trader by day and started the clothing line out of his love for cotton.

“My family grew cotton, so I’ve been in fields all my life,” Raindl says. “Cotton has touched me in some form or fashion.”

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When you think about industries that are harmful to the environment, chances are metals, plastic, or coal come to mind. But not the clothes in your closet. So consider this the next time you try on a sweater or buy a new pair of shoes: the fashion industry places such a heavy burden on the environment that some critics call it one of the dirtiest industries in the world.

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By joining the SAC, Mammut has become part of the leading clothing, footwear and textile industry alliance for sustainable production. The SAC’s Higg Index provides all industry stakeholders with a series of standardised tools to measure environmental impacts and working conditions, encompassing the supply chain, brands and products.

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The biggest number of deals are on clothing, with shoppers already flocking to major high street players like Laura Ashley and House of Fraser to cash in on the sales that have already started, and on Friday afternoon, over half (52.5 percent) of all online clothing was discounted compared 45 percent last year. The early deals are promising more money off too, with the average discount on clothing coming in at 39 percent off today compared to a 35 percent discount on 21 December 2017.

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South Africa’s general elections are scheduled to take place during May next year. Rob Davies, the Trade and Industry Minister said they envisaged the same sort of concept for the clothing and textile sector as the motor industry, but admitted the challenges and issues confronting this sector were a bit more complicated because of the huge amount of illicit trading happening and new entrants and competitors.

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Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) noted emerging technologies such as 3D printing enables textile firms to improve their productivity and output at lower cost and fewer errors. The think tank said this gender displacement in the workforce could be traced to the lower educational attainment and training of women in scientific and technical disciplines. To treat this, the think tank is pushing for the greater training of women in these disciplines.

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Yomoko expects this new line to stand out due to availability via a world-renowned shopping platform. The brand will continue to launch new styles with each season, ranging from swimwear to shoes. Yomoko’s offerings this year include a variety of versatile dresses that can easily be dressed up or down, beyond swimwear. The company has also recently started to add sweaters to it’s growing catalogue as the perfect complement for cooler weather when the leaves begin to fall.

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Textile product innovations in the LEISUREE.FASHION sector have been extremely promising. At one of KARL MAYER’s 80th anniversary celebrations, an unusual, stretch fabric for shapewear brands was being produced on an MJ 52/1 S. This fabric is lighter and more feminine than normal fabrics, creates transparent and opaque effects and, with its relief-like, superimposed design, is reminiscent of lace. A dense fabric with a light, two-way-stretch ground produced by the jacquard bar and the stitch-forming ground bar at the rear was also being produced on the MJ 52/1 S.

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Apparel exports, which were almost stagnant for the last couple of years, is expected to do better. It will give the garment producers cushion against increasing raw material prices. A. Sakthivel, vice chairman of the Council said that, “However, buyers will ask for cut in rates even for existing orders, and we might not get the full benefit.”