Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:40:16 +0100 LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's fashion manufacturing is experiencing a revival as luxury brands clamour to have their products made in a country known for its quality craftsmanship, heritage and history. Labels such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Prada are making a beeline for Britain's wool, footwear and leather factories, which are renowned for their specialist expertise in producing quality goods. "There is something about made in England, it's not just Chinese visitors (who love British-made products), it's throughout continental Europe, America. ... (Source: Reuters)
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Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:20:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Workers piece together outerwear on the manufacturing floor of Canada Goose's facility in Toronto January 17, 2012. Coat maker Canada Goose found its niche by shunning the make-it-offshore phenomenon, producing its heavy duty down parkas on Canadian soil. Even as Canada's clothing industry crumbles, with employment down 60 percent in just over a decade, the 55-year old family-run shop bucked the broader trend of moving production to low-cost locales by keeping manufacturing at home. Picture taken January 17. To match Analysis CANADA-NICHE/ REUTERS/Fred Thornhill (CANADA - Tags: BUSINESS TEXTILE)
A worker operates a furnace at a steel manufacturing plant in ...
Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:30:01 +0100 (Reuters) - A worker operates a furnace at a steel manufacturing plant in Hefei, Anhui province December 5, 2011. Iron ore may stabilise this week after rising sharply in the past two sessions with steady steel prices in top market China unlikely to encourage more aggressive restocking by steel producers. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY COMMODITIES)
A worker weighs chocolate at a cocoa micro-manufacturing plant ...
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:10:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A worker weighs chocolate at a cocoa micro-manufacturing plant owned by Olga Yenou in Abidjan November 29, 2011. Yenou, an Ivorian woman, processes cocoa powder into about 200 tonnes of cocoa butter per year for bakeries and cooking and eating purposes. She hopes to manufacture chocolate at her plant one day and has hired four women and a man as her employees. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST - Tags: FOOD BUSINESS)
Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:50:15 +0100 Manufacturing activity across Asia remained weak in October, surveys showed on Tuesday, as US and European economic woes hit demand for the clothes, shoes and electronic gadgets made in the region. (Source: AFP)
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