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  • Tesco clothing brand plans international expansion

    said on Sunday it planned to open more than 50 new franchise stores worldwide over the next five years.F&F, which opened its first franchise store in Saudi Arabia last year, said it would open shops across the Middle East and in Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.Up to six stores will be opened this year, with the first in the Kazakh capital Astana next month.F&F gave no details ...

  • Manufacturing Spreading Its Wings

    India is slowly realizing the benefits of manufacturing and its role in creation of national wealth. Manufacturing as an engine for economic growth was totally neglected as we had shown only a marginal improvement from 15.8% of GDP in 1991 to 17% of GDP in 2003, whereas some of the East Asian economies have witnessed the manufacturing sector contribute around 25-30% of their GDP. If the ...

  • In pictures Michael Cincos Fashion Forward

    Michael Cinco's show was the hottest ticket at the inaugural Fashion Forward event, held during the last week of April to showcase the work of the region’s top fashion designers.All photographs by Pawan Singh / The ...

  • Yoga instructor Tara Stiles launches Reebok apparel line

    At Tara Stiles's yoga classes, there are no chants, no Hindu texts, no masters or gurus. Instead, the 31-year-old model-turned-instructor focuses on the practice's physical benefits. In a recent Facebook post, she described her style as "easy-going ...

  • Fremont is US new manufacturing hub thanks to Silicon Valley

    In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each.Down the road in another plant, crews slice solar cells, place them under glass sheets and create panels that ship by the boxful to Europe. Elsewhere in this town, industrial workshops and laboratories buzz with ...


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The Chronicles of Riddick

The Chronicles of Riddick

Four years ago, when Vin Diesel starred as Riddick, a convicted murderer with the uncanny ability to see in the dark, in David Twohys cleverly derivative sci-fi horrorshow Pitch Black, he was pretty much unknown. He had had a bit part of Saving Private Ryan (199 ... ...

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  • Cannes 2013 fashion report Sonam Kapoor leads Vidya Balan trails

    Midway into this year's Cannes film festival, we're taking fashion stock of our desi lovelies Vidya Balan and Sonam Kapoor. Vidya predictably played it safe and ethnic with a wardrobe exclusively designed by favourite couturier Sabyasachi. Did we say safe? After a classy pre-festival outfit of a maroon and black lehenga, Vidya took us by surprise in a regal black and white lehenga, ...

  • Lauren Laverne on fashion shopping with a conscience

    fashion producers for traceability of their supply chain, and a mention for brands and services which supply those things to consumers. Frustratingly, at the top end of the market that kind of accountability is easier to come by, but there's no reason the high street should be exempt from offering similar guarantees. ...

  • Working conditions in the fashion industry news and teaching resources round up

    The collapse of a factory in Bangladesh has put sustainability in the fashion industry back on the agenda. Here are the best news stories and teaching resources to deal with the issues in ...

  • Energy in short supply at Tobago Fashion

    Good, but not explosive. Exciting but not energetic. Those were some of the comments overheard by patrons at the opening night of the Tobago Fashion Weekend on Friday night at the Pigeon Point Heritage ...

  • The experts guide to summer From getting fit for the beach to recreating that Olympic buzz

    The real surfing pros make gliding along waves look as effortless as zipping up a wetsuit. But as any seasoned amateur will tell you, neither of these are as simple as they appear.Let's start with the wetsuit. You're not going diving, so the zip goes at the back. Forget this and you risk getting an almighty chafe on your chest, not to mention a weird crotch bulge in the fabric where ...

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