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Related Keywords: accessories, apparel, Aptos, footware, purchase, retail, solutions, technology, Under Armour

Aptos, Inc., a supplier of retail technology solutions, today announced its successful participation in Under Armour’s recent Hometown Sample Sale that took place July 19-21 in Baltimore.

Under Armour’s Sample Sale, now an annual event in the Baltimore community, provides an opportunity for the public to purchase exclusive and discounted Under Armour performance apparel, footwear and accessories.

Related Keywords: footware, footwear, future, Germany, Lowa, Riko, Tecnica Group

German outdoor footwear brand Lowa has announced that it has acquired one of its most important suppliers. Slovakia-based Riko Sport has been making shoes for the brand since 1992.

Riko employs approximately 1,900 people in Italy and Slovakia. The addition of these jobs will bring Lowa’s total workforce to more than 2,000 people.

Related Keywords: Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd, apparel, brand, designs, footware, Louis Philippe, Peter England, Van Heusen

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd (ABFRL), which owns brands such as Louis Philippe, Peter England and Van Heusen, on Monday said it has acquired a 51% stake in Finesse International Design that retails bespoke ceremonial wear and contemporary apparel for men and women under the Shantanu and Nikhil brand for ₹60 crore.

Related Keywords: BVSC, EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement, EVFTA, fabrics, footware, Garments, MFN, supply chain, Textiles, Vietnam

Textile, garment and footwear products made in Việt Nam will not enjoy immediate tariff cuts after the EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) comes into effect, according to a report from Bảo Việt Securities Joint Stock Company (BVSC).

After the EVFTA comes into effect, Most Favoured Nation (MFN) tariffs will automatically replace the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) rates which the EU has applied for developing and underdeveloped countries.

Related Keywords: Combodia, CPP, EBA, Euro, footware, garment, manufacturing, NACC, Textile, trading, workers

Cambodia’s biggest employer is its garment industry. Garment manufacturing has been critical to the country’s economic growth over the past several years, and has helped lift workers out of poverty. But those workers now find themselves caught between their own government and the European Union.

Related Keywords: apparels, fashion, fashion ware, fast fashion, footware, life cycle, planet footware, recycling, sustainability, Textile

The apparel and footwear industries together account for more than 8 percent of global climate impact, greater than all international airline flights and maritime shipping trips combined.

The challenge to reduce carbon emissions offers the fashion industry an opportunity for its players do what they do best -- be creative.

Eco-friendly fashion pioneers from Stella McCartney to Rent the Runway to the RealReal are creating new reuse and resale models of doing business.

Related Keywords: East Asian nation, economic partnership agreement, footware, garment, IJEPA, Indonesia to expand bilateral ties, Indonesian import, investment slowed down, revaluate the execution, surpass exports, Textile

Indonesia to expand bilateral ties with the East Asian nation plans to urge Japan to review the economic partnership agreement. The Indonesia-Japan economic partnership agreement (IJ-EPA) was implemented by both countries since 2008 and after a five-year period, both parties have been given the chance to re-evaluate the execution.

Indonesia claims it has benefited less than expected from the partnership and has requested a review several times, including the latest effort made during the term of former trade minister Muhammad Lutfi.