PARIS, FRANCE - Imane Ayissi is on a mission to put authentic African textiles in the spotlight but faces an uphill battle as a pioneer African couturier at Paris Fashion Week. The bark of the Obom tree, kente cloth from Ghana and kapok fibres from Burkina Faso are some of the...
Vietnam shoemaker to cut 1200 jobs
PouYuen Vietnam employs an estimated 40,000 workers.
Jordan’s wholesale price index up 5.6 percent as fuel, mineral prices surge
Jordan’s wholesale price index in Q1 2022 increased by 5.66 percent, reaching 102.64 points against 97.14 during the same period of 2021. According to the Department of Statistics' (DoS) quarterly report issued Sunday, the rise was mainly driven by the increase in the group price of fuel, minerals, and construction...
Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council focuses on palm fiber at Art Dubai
The 15th edition of Art Dubai which displayed findings of its advanced palm fiber research and palm textile prototype, paving the way for the sustainable development of the textile and fashion industries, concluded on Sunday. The three-day edition saw Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council, an affiliate of the UAE-based NAMA Women...
Jordan’s trade with US touches $1.384bn in 2021
Jordan was the first Arab country to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States in 2000.
Dubai Chamber identifies UAE-Indonesia trade opportunities
There appears to be plenty of scope for Indonesia to expand its cooperation with the UAE in the area of food security. The Southeast Asian country was the seventh-largest food exporter in the world in 2020, while the UAE imports about 80 percent of its food requirements.
