CHINA: Olympic visa policy slowing apparel supply (MEM)

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.

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VIETNAM: 6,000-worker strike at leading supplier Chutex (MEM)

Textile manufacturer Chutex Group, which supplies goods for many of the world’s top apparel brands, yesterday (3 July) faced a pay strike by 6,000 workers at a Vietnamese plant.

• SOUTH AFRICA: Foschini standardises distribution operations (REG)
  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.
• UK: Primark “to lose customers” post-Panorama – survey (MEM)
  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.
• AUSTRALIA: Just continues to spurn Premier advances (MEM)
  Clothing retailer Just Group is continuing to rebuff approaches from potential buyer Premier Investments, describing its AUD814m (US$784m) offer as “inadequate and unattractive”.
• UK: M&S to revamp ads as pressure grows on chairman (MEM)
  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.
• UK: John Lewis ends June with 8.3% sales fall (REG)
  Department store chain John Lewis saw sales in the week ending 28 June fall by 8.3% after a record high last year, despite help from sunnier weather in the UK.
• ANALYSIS: Will rising oil prices boost local sourcing? (MEM)
  As the cost of oil continues to soar, some industry observers are asking whether higher energy and transport costs will persuade retail buyers to source more garments in developed markets closer to home. Mike Flanagan doubts globalisation is reversible, but believes the dynamics of apparel sourcing are set to change.
• UK: Nike in the blocks for Olympics advertising (MEM)
  Nike will focus most of its advertising efforts on athletes and teams at the forthcoming Beijing Olympics - amid reports that it might not enjoy the television exposure afforded to official sponsors like Adidas.

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