M&S has announced a permanent price cut of an average of 12% across all clothing, furniture and homeware products. The ‘We’ve listened. We’ve lowered.’ campaign will kick off tomorrow, Thursday 18 June, when Irish customers will be able to purchase items at new lower prices from all M&S stores in the Republic of Ireland. 
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Global specialty chemicals supplier Cognis, based in Monheim, Germany, is endowing a Chair of Communications and Management of Chemical Processes in Industry at the University of Wuppertal. The endowment is intended to promote teaching, research and development activities relating to sustainable chemistry, and to strengthen the company’s ties with the university. Cognis will fund the post for three years, after which time the costs will be borne by the university.
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The Nigerian garment industry can generate more than 6,00,000 jobs if it was harnessed properly, estimated Mr. Chief Lai Olumegbon the Managing Director of Lai Clothiers, who therefore, requested the Federal Government to revive the industry by initiating a policy to encourage private-public partnership (PPP) in this sector.
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The closed Mulungushi Textiles in Kabwe, which is a joint venture mill between Zambia and China, may once again open its doors, following a technical reassessment by a Chinese technical team.
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Laundries in Northern Ireland will soon be able to train their staff using employer-designed National Vocational Qualifications, thanks to a new initiative from Skillfast-UK, the Sector Skills Council for fashion and textiles.
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Mr Bandula Gunawardena, Minister for Trade, Marketing Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Services said that the government will now henceforth stock the Dedicated Economic Centers (DEC) in Ratmalana and Narahenpita with fabrics and apparels.
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The government has launched a stimulus plan named ‘Morocco’s Stimulus Plan’ to support the companies impacted by the global financial downturn, but only a few textile companies have benefited from this plan.
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The Indonesian Textile Association (API) predicted that in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year its garment exports to the US, which was impacted badly by the global financial crisis, would recover on a faster pace.
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Bankers financing the textile and apparel industry have been quoted as saying that the garment industry of Fiji will experience a harder hit by the international financial slowdown.
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The government is mulling a ban on the export of raw jute until August to ensure a smooth supply of natural fibre to local mills, as jute products are experiencing a gradual rise in exports after a recent slump.
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