Daily apparel and textile news and comment - from just-style.comDaily apparel and textile news and comment - from just-style.comNETHERLANDS: Puma extends Dobotex licensing deal- July 7, 2008 Puma has extended a long-term licensing contract for socks with Dutch company Dobotex, which currently manufactures Puma's socks. The new deal has a global reach, excluding the US, and comes into effect from 2009.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?ID=101277 SPAIN: Mango steps up global expansion- July 7, 2008 Mango, the fast-growing Spanish women's fashion chain, continues to expand globally with recent store openings in Hong Kong, Azerbaijan, the US, and Western Europe, the company announced in a statement obtained by just-style on Friday.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?ID=101276 SPAIN: Dogi launches nanotech fibres line- July 7, 2008 Spanish sretch-fibres company Dogi has launched Winn, Wellness+Innovation, a new line of nanotechnology fibres that expand its aloe vera-based products introduced last year.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?ID=101275 SOUTH AFRICA: Foschini standardises distribution operations- July 4, 2008 Foschini Group, one of South Africa's leading fashion and lifestyle retail chains, is to standardise its group distribution operations with the Warehouse Management solution (WMS) from Manhattan Associates.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?ID=101273 Top stories on just-style this week...- July 4, 2008 Here is a roundup of the top five most-read stories on just-style this week. Click on each headline for the full story.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?ID=101272 CHINA: Olympic visa policy slowing apparel supply- July 4, 2008 Tough new visa policies introduced by the Chinese authorities in the run-up to this summer's Beijing Olympic Games are causing huge problems for retailers and importers trying to source garments there.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?ID=101271 UK: Primark "to lose customers" post-Panorama - survey- July 4, 2008 Cut-price clothing retailer Primark is set to lose customers following adverse publicity surrounding the use of child labour by sub-contracted suppliers in India, according to consumer research.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?ID=101270 AUSTRALIA: Just continues to spurn Premier advances- July 4, 2008 Clothing retailer Just Group is continuing to rebuff approaches from potential buyer Premier Investments, describing its AUD814m (US$784m) offer as "inadequate and unattractive".http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?ID=101269 UK: M&S to revamp ads as pressure grows on chairman- July 4, 2008 Troubled retailer Marks & Spencer is set to tweak its advertising later this year, after unveiling a shock 5.3% fall in like-for-like sales earlier this week.http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?ID=101268 |