The Rana Plaza building contained several clothing factories, a bank and a market.
That is favoured by exporters, including the clothing factories which set up in El Salvador a decade ago, attracted by tax breaks.
The countries concerned say that job losses from the closure of textile and clothing factories will cause social unrest and increase poverty.
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The clothing factories of Kingston are trying to copy this excellent formula.
The town of Zengcheng - just outside Guangzhou - is a hub for clothing factories and is home to migrants working in a number of textile factories.
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Three other clothing factories were reportedly operating in the building.
It housed several clothing factories, some supplying Western retailers.
Recycling the scraps of material donated by clothing factories and sculpting plastic bottles donated by residents of the community into packaging, are not only environmentally friendly, but financially benefit to the company.
By then, fear had spread through the 3, 200 people who worked in the five clothing factories that jammed the upper floors of Rana Plaza, and the handful of shops on the lower ones.
Using the offcuts of fabric donated by the concentration of clothing factories in the neighborhood, the Retalhos Cariocas girls produce a range of sandals, bags and accessories with a uniquely Rio spirit of tropical color and joie de vivre.
The company, which is based in Hong Kong, used to manufacture its clients' clothing at three factories in China.
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About 1, 000 workers lost their jobs at the ITV Digital call centre in Pembroke Dock while almost 1, 000 people are being laid off by the Dewhirst clothing company at their factories in Swansea, Cardigan and Fishguard.
Foreign clothing companies conduct safety audits of factories they use, and normally avoid those based in mixed-use commercial buildings like Rana Plaza because having multiple tenants raises the possibility of hazards like blocked fire exits.
Markl first became interested in the idea of producing an ethical clothing line when he was researching textiles factories in Honduras as part of his Ph.
As retailing becomes more competitive, the demand for low costs, ultrafast turnarounds and zero mistakes in clothing production has put enormous pressure on factories throughout the developing world.
Those companies confirm that factories at the building were producing clothing for them, with Mango and Benetton saying these were test runs.
Bangladesh is one of the world's largest clothing exporters, but workers rights groups say factories cut corners on everything from safety to wages to keep costs down in order to attract orders.
The Children's Place confirmed one of the garment factories located in the building complex has produced clothing for the company, but said none of the product was in production at the time of the collapse.
While American factories sit empty, our thirst for cheap imported clothing has kept the cash registers at many stores humming throughout the recession.
In five years, Lever Style expects about 80% of its production to be outsourced to factories it manages throughout Asia, and half its clothing to be made outside China.
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One hundred ten factories there produce duty-free and quota-free clothing for the U.S. market.
Since then, the factories have mushroomed and diversified, producing among other things, clothing, iron and steel products.
Very few companies sell clothing that's so-called "ethically made, " or marketed as being made in factories that maintain safe working conditions.
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