Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine August Issue 2018 | Page 6

CONTENT
Cover Story
Reports spare none in supply chain In the last one year, many reports have
been released by various NGOs and other bodies pertaining to labour rights’ violations in the
garment manufacturing countries... p14
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Bangladesh Insight
Bangladesh’s expat
connection! As per an
unpublished report, there are 34,340
expatriates holding top positions in RMG
factories and remitting around US
$ 2.36 billion in salary and allowances...
Bangladesh Canvas
Bangladesh’s apparel
exports to Japan take big
strides Japan is emerging as a booming
export destination for Bangladesh’s apparel
items. According to data from Bangladesh
Export Promotion Bureau, Bangladesh
exported a net total of US $ 845 million
worth of apparel items to the Asian country
during fiscal 2017-18, which was a very
impressive 13.7 per cent gain on a year-to-
year basis... p28
Resource Centre
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FFT Trends
Menswear Trends
2019 – Exaggeration
gives way to minimalism
Intertek CEO visits
Bangladesh André Lacroix, in this
first-ever visit by an Intertek CEO, interacts
with industry leaders, and highlights the
company’s role in delivering bespoke Total
Quality Assurance (TQA) solutions... p40
Tech Management
Myth Buster: Mass
Customisation,
MTM and Bespoke:
Alike or Not? Customisation in
broader terms could be defined as tailor-
made; the broad objectives remain the
same, i.e. personalisation, which is a growing
trend among several brands... p44
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Trade Statistics
US witnesses surge
in clothing demand;
exports from India
sharply rise – January to
May 2018 The USA marked a
decent growth in the domestic clothing
demand due to which volume-wise
apparel imports zoomed up during the
first 5 months of 2018...
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World Wrap
Textile manufacturers
encourage US to impose
additional tariff on Chinese
goods; Retailers nervous
of implications p60