Cuba approves projects for development zone, considers U.S. proposals

Speaking on the sidelines of Cuba’s annual trade fair, Mariel Coordination Director Wendy Miranda Borroto said the aim was both to attract investment and to replace imports with home-manufactured goods.”We have been growing gradually but surely,” she said, adding that 19 ventures have been approved so far for the zone in Mariel Bay, just west of the Cuban capital. Four are joint ventures, while the rest are 100 percent foreign-owned or Cuban.

The service providers are already operating. Belgian company BDC Tec will shortly become the first company to start production in the zone, building temperature sensors and electrical panels, Miranda said.Other manufacturing companies are in the early planning phase or starting constructionคำพูดจาก

China trade team still going for talks after Trump cranks up pressure

Trump’s comments on Sunday marked a major escalation in tensions between the world’s largest economies, and a shift in tone from the president, who as recently as Friday had cited progress towards a deal.Stock markets sank and oil prices tumbled on his remarks, as negotiations to end the months-long trade war were thrown into doubt.

“We are also in the process of understanding the relevant situation. What I can tell you is that China’s team is preparing to go to the United States for the discussions,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a news briefing.But Geng did not say if Vice Premier Liu He, who is China’s lead official in the negotiations, was to be part of the delegation as originally planned.”What is of vital importance is that we still hope the United Stat…

Fashion label Mexx returns to the Dutch high street

The 300-square-metre store, to be operated via franchise concept, will be located at Binnenstede 11 at the Cityplaza shopping centre. The store range includes apparel collections for men, women and children as well as a footwear collectionคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. Mexx said that it will unveil an “innovative, minimalistic and contemporary lifestyle design” developed to match the brand’s DNA, created by architectural firm Boffi Design.The store is part of the brand’s major expansion plans, which Mexx announced in March of this year. The rollout of additional stores will start in the spring of 2019, with key European markets including the Benelux, France, Greece an…

Euratex pleads for UK and EU to reach Brexit deal or face huge job losses

This week it said almost 130,000 jobs are at stake with a study it commissioned from the University of Leuven showing that a no-deal outcome would mean the loss of 27,000 jobs in the UK and more than 100,000 in the EU-27.The warning came at the same time as the Governor of the Bank of England said that the effects of a no-deal Brexit would be worse for the British economy than Covid-19 has been.คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

Meanwhile the Euratex study said output losses for the UK would be 41.8% of its value added in textiles and clothing production, while the EU-27 as a whole would lose about 9.7%.The UK has already technically left the EU but trade has been operating under …

Is Kendall Jenner launching a beauty brand-

The supermodel has lodged an application to trademark the brand names ‘Kendall’ and ‘Kendall Jenner’ with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as reported by WWDคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. The applications cover a range of beauty products, including fragrances, face lotions, skin toners and lip gloss.A solo beauty brand would be a major new career milestone for Jenner, but the model has amassed plenty of experience in the cosmetics industry over her years in front of the cameraคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. She previously acted as the face of Estée Lauder’s Estée Edit c…

In India’s ‘Dollar City’, exploited garment workers are silent- filmmaker

The name of his film, “Dollar City”, refers to the southern Indian city, which is home to an expanding garment industry, one of the pillars of India’s economy – and the foreign exchange it generates through exports.”It is the owners who are receiving, enjoying and consuming the dollars that come into this city, which produces garments for brands across the world,” Amudhan told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

“The worker earns very little in the city that is often referred to as dollar city. And today, there is complicit silence on the issue, even the super exploited worker is not complaining.”The film has been screened 50 times across India since it…

Is the New York fashion industry ready for the metaverse-

La La Land

California-based designer Jonathan Simkhai embraced the medium, showing his collection digitally with avatars and NFT clothing. The medium melds the brand’s physical New York roots with its current innovative tech-base Los Angeles. He paired with EveryRealm, a metaverse real estate developer, and Blueberry Inc, a digital wearables production studio; both deft hands to experiment with.

“It was important we entered the space in a thoughtful way true to the brand,” Simkhai told Fashion Network, adding, “They understood the importance for this project to be meaningful and reflective of the brand IRL.”The designer worked tirelessly in “virtual fittings” with Blueberry’s founder, ensuring the garments maintained the same integrity as the actual clo…

Mango invests €42 million in new corporate facilities in Barcelona

The Mango Campus will be located within the Catalan group’s facilities at Palau-solità i Plegamans, in Barcelona, and will extend over an area of 93,400 m2, of which 61,000 m2 will be devoted to office space. The project, involving a total investment of €42 million, has already devoted half of the budget to the renovation of some of the buildings located within Mango’s headquarters.The remaining €21 million investment is earmarked for the construction of a 20,000 m2 office space, whose building work will begin at the end of 2021คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. The purpose of the Mango Campus is to “maximize the professional development of all employees,” as well as to ens…

Global apparel, footwear consumption may rise by 63% in 2030

In the first Pulse of the Fashion Industry report (May 2017), The Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), in collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), has made an in-depth assessment of the industry’s environmental and social performance. Drawing on the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s Higg Index and a survey of more than 90 senior managers responsible for sustainability issues and a variety of other sources, it offers the first comprehensive common fact base on the health of the industry – with a ‘Pulse Score’ by type of company, size, region and stage in the value chain.As of today, the sustainability ‘pulse’ of the industry is weak – scoring only 32 out of 100, according to the report. GFA and BCG developed the ‘Pulse Score’ to assess the industry’s performance on environme…