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smart as the British Children looks in their school uniforms, the shirt, tie,
trousers/skirt, and to add to it the blazer. Part of this very smart look is
made in Bangladesh. A garments company
in Gazipur, known as the Gooryong Fashion, has been supplying such shirts to
John Lewis and True Tex, the two main uniform service providers in the United Kingdom,
since 1996.
The
business started exporting in the School Uniform sector when a US buyer placed
an order of 10,000 pieces in 1996. The items were delivered in time and in a
major way, and the company is where it is now after 16 years of business.
The
chairman of Gooryong Fashion stated that; superior quality and timely shipment
are the two of the essential factors that works in drawing the buyers. He also
commented on the Chinese dealers as ‘The western buyers of school uniforms are
coming to Bangladesh with more orders as China has become dearer for them’.
In
the previous financial year the company supplied goods of approximately 8
million US Dollars, while this year the amount has raised unto 12 million US
dollars; just in supplying of School Uniforms. The fabrics however has to be
brought from China, the designs are provided by the buyers which factory
workers replicate as T, said the chairman. The company employs over 2000
workers and expects to export of over 50 million US Dollar in the next year.
Main news : Bangladeshi garment smartens British schoolchildren
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