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- GERMANY: Icebreaker buys European distributor
- AUSTRALIA: $2.5m in grants for clothing and footwear firms
- BELGIUM: EU approves new Belarus trade deal
- UK: Retail sales down again in November
- CHINA: Iconix to open Rampage branded stores
- UK: Peacocks suppliers see credit insurance reduced
- US: Retail Ventures Q3 profit slashed to $8m
- JAPAN: Toray develops new nanofibres for woven fabrics
- UK: JJB reports 7.5% sales fall, repays GBP20m to banks
- US: Salzburger named VF International president
- US: Oxford plans cost-cutting after Q3 profit slashed
- US: Kohl's adds Mudd branded apparel to line-up
- US: Apparel groups fear new rule for plant based fibres
- UK: Retailers warned by OFT over price drops - report
- SPAIN: Inditex nine-month profit edges up 2%
- UK: Woolworths embarks on store closing sale
- US: To end ELVIS system for Chinese apparel imports
- UK: Gap Europe marketing VP leaves company
- INDIA: French menswear chain Celio to open first store
- CANADA: Groupe Bikini Village losses widen in Q3
- BELGIUM: EU and Brazil apparel trade groups forge links
- Latvian makers struggle amidst economic downturn
- UK: Single clothing industry body takes shape at BCIA
- CANADA: Gildan to shift sock finishing as Q4 profit halves
- UK: Slimma buys two clothing brands
- EGYPT: Arafa acquires 35% stake in Forall Confezioni
- GERMANY: Arcandor posts disappointing FY loss at Karstadt
- US: More than half of apparel imports now come from China