Gold demand hits lowest level since 2009

World demand in the three months to the end of September fell to 915 tonnes compared with one year earlier to stand at the lowest level since the third quarter of 2009, the WGC said in a statement.”What drove the demand to be weak was first and foremost India,” John Mulligan, a Council director, told AFP.คำพูดจาก Read more

Global yarn output up 20% on last quarter

Compared to the first quarter in 2015, the global yarn production grew by 4 per cent over the first quarter in 2016, with positive growth rates of 5 per cent and 4 per cent in Asia and Europe, respectively.However, global yarn stocks fell in by 5 per cent quarter-on-quarter. Yarn stocks reduced by 6 per cent in Asia and 1 per cent in South America, while they remained unchanged in the other reg…

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From no makeup to mascne- how mask-wearing is changing beauty habits

No makeup: from dream to reality

While plenty of celebrities, such as Alicia Keys, embraced the “no makeup” face well before the global pandemic, lockdown has changed the game profoundly, offering people a real opportunity to accept themselves without makeup. A global trend that has visibly transcended borders given the proliferation of hashtags like “#nomakeup,” “#nomakeupday,” “#…

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Inditex partners with MIT to develop new high-quality recycled fabrics

 The fast fashion giant’s goal is that eight out of ten of the pieces in its collections this year be made with recycled or organic textiles. One of the pillars of the project is a partnership with the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology to create new, high-quality recycled fabrics. Financed by Inditex, MIT will launch a contest aimed at Spanish universities and their research…

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Bangladesh garment makers ask government to extend export subsidy

The country’s garment industry, the world’s second biggest producer, currently receives a 5 percent cash incentive for exports but that is due to end on June 30.Siddiqur Rahman, the president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, told reporters on Wednesday that without the subsidy, more garment makers would go out of business. The association says that 1,200 ga…

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LA social influencers steal the West Coast fashion spotlight

LA has been a historic driver of culture through film and entertainment industries and has now arrived on the map as a fashion city. Brands including Dior, Moschino and Rebecca Minkoff have shown in LAคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. Additionally, entire brands have been made out of Coachel…

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Organic cotton certification heads into space with new GOTS project

They’re using artificial intelligence (AI) and satellite imagery to detect organic versus non-organic cotton fields, “strengthening the integrity of organic cotton cultivation while reducing fraud in organic cotton supply chains”.Also involved is Marple, a German software start-up that specialises in “developing cutting-edge machine learning and data fusion algorithms for earth observat…

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Primark embroiled in claims of Myanmar supplier worker abuses

Testimonies given to the newspaper claim workers employed by GY Sen, which supplies Primark, were locked inside their factory by supervisors who tried to prevent them from joining anti-coup protests.Workers claimed their supervisors had sought to prevent them from missing work to take part in protests in the main city Yangon on 18 Februaryคำพูดจาก Read more

US unveils tariffs on France over tech tax but delays collection

The office of US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer found France’s digital services tax was discriminatory and “unfairly targets US digital technology companies,” and will impose 25 percent punitive duties on $1.3 billion in French products.However, it will suspend the tariffs until January 6, 2021 while discussions continue over the disagreement.คำพูดจาก Read more