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Fast fashion garments pile up in South Asia as Middle East conflict grounds planes
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The shipments of clothing for Inditex, owner of Zara, and other major clothing retailers are held at airports in Bangladesh and India, according to three manufacturers, as the conflict in the Middle East forces airlines like Emirates and Qatar Airways to cancel flights. South Asia is a power in clothing manufacturing and fast fashion brands around the world rely on factories in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan to get a steady flow of new T-shirts,…
Lots of textile-branded merchandise with factories in Southeast Asia, accumulate at airports in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan due to the cancellation of flights following the attack on Iran. “Some of my clothing shipments are currently stranded at Dhaka airport,” Shovon Islam, director general of the manufacturer Sparrow Group, whose European customers include Inditex, M&S, Next and Primark, told Reuters Shovon Islam.
Flight disruptions leave fast‑fashion stuck in South Asia
DHAKA (Reuters) – Shipments of garments for Zara owner Inditex and other major clothing retailers are stranded at airports in Bangladesh and India, according to three manufacturers, as the conflict in the Middle East forces airlines such as Emirates and Qatar Airways to cancel flights. South Asia is a clothes manufacturing powerhouse and fast fashion brands around the world rely on factories in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan for a constant str…
Clothing books to large clothing retreaders are blocked at Bangladesh and India airports, three producers announced, under conditions where the conflict in the Middle East forced airlines to cancel flights.
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