The economic meltdown is devastating the retail industry Apparel manufacturers and suppliers of apparel, footwear and accessories everywhere are also vulnerable. The author offers a wealth of guidance for manufacturers and importers that are seeking to survive the recession - and even emerge from it stronger. On December 1, the National Bureau of Economic Research declared that...

'Excerpts from the presentation given before Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Mr.Montek Singh Ahluwalia' Global textile & clothing industry is worth US$ 584 billion where clothing share accounts for 60% of share. Global trade is expected to grow to US$ 710 billion by 2010. Whereas, bulk of the increase is expected to be in Clothing, projected to grow to US$ 470 billion...

With the entry of MNCs in India, a new concept of marketing has gained momentum, especially in the field of consumer goods. The Internet is playing a key role in global marketing system to bring consumer goods direct from producers to consumers......

The historian will have to be very kind to this global financial meltdown and should reward it for the most needed rude awakening call forcing a dramatic change of traditional business models. Right now, all over the world, this crisis is teaching CEOs new things, firstly, face the music and change the tune...

In this paper, we analyze the value of money. We consider both paper money and gold. We attempt to relate the supply of money (MS) and gold to their purchasing power (PP). We demonstrate the extent to which printing of money dilutes its value....

GST is a multi-stage tax levied on the value added at each stage of transaction from production to final sales to an end consumer. The tax paid on all purchases is called the output tax and the tax levied on all sales is called the Input tax....