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Li & Fung and South Ocean form leading knitwear supplier
2017-08-24 13:35:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Hong Kong-based global sourcing specialist Li & Fung has partnered with South Ocean Knitters Holdings to create one of the largest knitwear suppliers globally.
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Sacked Grameen Knitwear workers protest in Bangladesh
2017-07-31 13:26:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Over 80 Bangladesh garment workers working at a factory supplying Japanese casual clothing brand Uniqlo have taken part in a hunger strike, claiming they are still due compensation after being fired in 2015.
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Fast Retailing invests in knitwear Innovation Factory
2016-11-01 12:59:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Fast Retailing, owner of the Uniqlo casual clothing chain and Asia's largest fashion retailer, has invested JPY400m (US$3.8m) in a joint venture with specialist knit machinery manufacturer Shima Seiki Mfg, in a move designed to increase production of its Wholegarment seamless knitwear.
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Administrators find buyer for Hawick Knitwear
2016-03-17 11:28:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A buyer has been found for Scottish-based manufacturing group Hawick Knitwear, which went into administration earlier this year with the loss of over 120 jobs.
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Hawick Knitwear cuts 123 jobs as it enters administration
2016-01-11 13:30:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
UK firm Hawick Knitwear has entered administration, making more than 120 jobs redundant, after efforts to secure new investment failed.
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