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Cambodia wants Sweden’s Ikea and Volvo invest in Cambodia
Cambodia is calling on Sweden to invest in the country’s furniture production and vehicle assembly industries, it...
Vietnam sees 2014 trade surplus of $1.5 billion on stronger exports
Growth in exports driven by manufacturing could give Vietnam a trade surplus of $1.5 billion this year, far surpassing its forecast of $500 million...
H&M, Inditex agree to pay more for clothes from Cambodia
Fashion brands, including Europe’s biggest clothing retailer Inditex SA and Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) , said they are willing to pay more for clothes...
H&M to open first Philippine store next month
Swedish retail brand H&M is set to open its first store in the Philippines at the SM Megamall Fashion Hall next month, a source...
Levi Strauss cuts orders from Cambodian suppliers
Fashion brand Levi Strauss & Co. has slashed orders from Cambodian factories amid the political unrest in the country, after a nationwide strike by...
H&M pledges to pay ‘fair wages’ to Cambodian workers
The world’s second-largest clothing retailer H&M has announced what it believes is a roadmap toward paying a “fair living wage” by 2018 to approximately...
Cambodia workers’ protests turn violent – one dead
Cambodian riot police used sticks, tear gas and guns to break up a garment workers' strike on November 12, killing one woman and wounding...
Margins of Cambodia’s garment export shrinking
Cambodia’s garment exports continued on an upward trend in the first nine months of 2013, but factory profit margins were squeezed due to labour...
Detailled Cambodia garment factory map shows everything
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights has put a map of garment factories operating in Cambodia and their supply chains on the Internet.
The map...
Next Cambodia textile factory collapses
A collapsing structure injured 23 workers on May 19 at a Cambodian factory producing garments for H&M, among others, police said, the latest incident...
Pressure mounts on textile chains (video)
After two recent disasters in Bangladesh's textile industry that left more than 1,000 workers dead, global textile discounters are increasingly coming under pressure by...
Look closer: Is there blood on your shirt?
The April 24 collapse of a garment factory building in Bangladesh that left more than 1,000 dead has highlighted the question again: Why are costs and profits in the fast-fashion industry so extremely distorted?
Cambodia hikes minimum wages by 20%
The Cambodian government has raised the monthly minimum wage for garment and footwear workers by 20 per cent after a series of strikes in...
Cambodia’s textile sector shows strength
The Cambodian garment industry is increasingly on the radar of investors as the country has introduced tax incentives and duty free access to the...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...