Apparel Online Vietnam Magazine November Issue 2018 | Page 4

CONTENT Vol. 3 ISSUE 6 NOVEMBER 2018 Vietnam & Beyond Cover Story Taiwan’s fascination for Vietnam’s garment sector continues... In the last decade, the unprecedented growth that Vietnam’s garment and textile sector has witnessed is nothing short of being extraordinary... p8 Thailand-based elastic webbing and rubber tape maker eyes Vietnam market p26 World Wrap Primark growing despite not selling online In the race to gain more consumers and more revenue, every fast-fashion retailer has today gone online... p32 Vietnam Insight Vietnam voices concern over textile units posing environmental risk Robert Swan, the first person to walk to both North and South poles, once said, ‘The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it’... p10 Exporter Perspective Capturing new markets and conquering business challenges constitute the core focus of these apparel exporters p14 FFT Trends Asymmetry, revisited tailoring and colour splash take over New York for Spring 2019 p34 Buyer Perspective Sourcing offices are no longer mediators… Gone are the days when sourcing offices would just limit themselves to being a link between the garment manufacturers (exporters or suppliers) and garment buyers (retailers)... p12 16 Resource Centre Report – Jack Overseas Distributors’ Meet 2018 One surely feels gleeful when he/she is welcomed by countless people giving ecstatic salutation claps and chanting ‘Welcome to Jack’ again and again... 4 Apparel Online Vietnam | NOVEMBER 2018 | www.apparelresources.com