Apparel Brands Aim to Make Southeast Asia a Fashion Hub
March 18, 2010 The Nation
Petchanet Pratruangkrai
Twenty leading global apparel brands will gather in Thailand in June to participate in business matching with Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) textile and garment manufacturers in a bid to promote Southeast Asia as a fashion hub.
The project is under the Source Asean Full Service Alliance (Safsa), aimed at encouraging development of Asean fashion industries. It will also make Asean a manufacturing base for international textile and garment suppliers.
Asean itself has great potential to become a global supplier of garments and textiles, thanks to tariff elimination under the Asean Free-Trade Agreement.
Well-known brand names scheduled to attend include Marks & Spencer, H&M, Mango, Polo Ralph Lauren, Guess and VF. Asean partner manufacturers will come mainly from Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Burma and Vietnam.
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