Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine November Issue 2018 | Page 6

CONTENT
Lead Story
Branding Bangladesh: Target next for the Industry Still
considered a low-cost manufacturing destination, garment makers feel it’s time the country goes
for an image makeover and brands itself as a matured sourcing hub.. p14
18
Buyer Blog
Reliance Trends on
a sourcing spree in
Bangladesh In an exclusive
interview with Apparel Online, Country
Manager Mohit Batra dwells on his
company’s sourcing strategy and future
plans in Bangladesh
Exporter Perspective
Hydroxide Knitwear Ltd.
going ‘East’ for market
expansion Europe and USA have
long been the traditional export destinations
for garment exporters from Bangladesh.
Call it the trade benefits, quota facilities or
demand and volume requirements... p20
Bangladesh Canvas
Drop duty on apparels
made from US cotton:
B'desh urges America .
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FFT Trends
Asymmetry,
Revisited Tailoring and
Colour Splash take over
New York for Spring
2019
Bangladesh’s apparel manufacturers
have placed a new proposal asking the US
to give duty-free access to the apparel items
made out of US-grown cotton and produced
in Bangladesh... p34
Beyond BD
Fashion is the emerging
power-player of Sri
Lanka's new creative
economy Fashion – frivolous by-line
for the self-indulgent or, a power industry?
For Sri Lanka, definitely it is the latter. In the
wake of one of the first discussions.... p40
World Wrap
US retail upbeat for holiday
sales 2018: Learnings
from last year shaping
strategies… p68
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Bangladesh Insight Tech Management
Government has begun taking actions
against non-compliant garment factories in
the country against the backdrop of the exit
of third-party agencies – Accord and Alliance
– which were overseeing and compelling
factory remediation work for the last five
years... p28 the single most important commodity
in garment production; thus correct
measure of time is very important.
There are different measures of time
in garment manufacturing: Standard
Allowed Time, Utilisation of Time....
Government regulator
DIFE starts non-compliance
action as Accord &
Alliance exit Bangladesh
Myth Buster:
Understanding time’s
measures to achieve
better production Time is
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