May, 2015

In recent times workwear clothing are fetching higher profits for the manufacturers without in fact having to increase any expenditure on raw material. While a shirt manufacturer can make shirts that are part of a complete uniform, a bottom manufacturer too can make dungarees, bottoms and shorts with special pockets for holding tools… which can fetch them higher FOBs. Apparel Online spoke to one of the biggest manufacturers of workwear in Bangladesh, Basic Apparels, and also to the biggest workwear sourcing company in Bangladesh, Dimensions, along with some inputs from other smaller players. Yet another interesting read in the magazine is a company, the Connor Group – tagged by Ethisphere as one of the world’s most ethical companies for the fourth consecutive year… Leveraging 65 years of experience in buying operations, the Group’s Bangladesh Country Manager speaks to AO. Another motivating articles in this issue are: ‘Middle Management – Time to strengthen it’, and a new entrant to the apparel industry – the Zas Apparels, establishing itself by giving priority to compliance and automation along with Silver Line Group making Bangladesh proud by being country’s first vertically integrated shirt unit. Besides the above, articles in Resource Centre, Tech Management and Fashion pages, make the magazine more interesting and readable.