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05 September 2022

Alibaba’s unit Lazada plans to enter the European market and take on its online rivals such as Amazon and Zalando

In an interview with Bloomberg News, Lazada’s CEO, James Dong, highlighted that Europe is a “very big market” and that ”for most of the European brands, their largest retail partner is Alibaba Group because of their sales in China and in other markets.” Dong took over the helm in June after heading Lazada’s Thailand and Vietnam operations. “We go where the brands want us to go,” he added. [Alibaba's Lazada Plans Europe Push to Challenge Amazon and Zalando – Bloomberg]

11 July 2022

Exporting leather goods to Europe

The CBI, the Dutch Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries, which helps small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to strengthen their economic, social and environmental sustainability, has published guidelines for the export of Leather Bags to Europe

18 May 2022

Gender Equality and No Discrimination is still a big issue in textile/leather worldwide

IndustriALL Union is launching a new chapter of the research on gender-based violence and harassment with a summary of the results from the garment sector, where women report that trade union presence in the workplace makes a difference in fighting gender-based violence. From Europe a positive example, where the social partners of the leather industry (IndustriALL and COTANCE) engage in a project on collective agreements

01 April 2022

Tougher rules for fashion industry under new EU strategy

The Commission is presenting the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles aimed at making textiles more durable, repairable, reusable and recyclable, to tackle fast fashion, waste and the destruction of unsolds, and ensure their production takes place in full respect of social rights. Here the link to the “Press statement by Commissioner Sinkevicius on the adoption Circular Economy package ( Ecodesign for Sustainable Products and Textiles)”

21 February 2022

Supply disruptions add to inflation and undermine recovery in Europe

With the COVID-19 Lockdowns, “consumers have reduced spending on services and bought more artifacts“ (IMF-Blog), accelerating the rebound in manufacturing production, but the logistical crisis of the “Supply Chain” (NY Times) and the tail end of the pandemic have put global trade even more in crisis. Europe risks another energy crisis (Bloomberg) due to the soaring cost of gas, driven by the Ukrainian crisis. Agenda against inflation.

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