Bangladesh should diversify its export basket beyond garments to include pharmaceuticals, leather goods, jute products and agro-processed goods, a study by HSBC Bangladesh suggested.
The UK Developing Countries Trading Scheme is essential for deeper integration into global supply chains and will ensure Bangladesh retains preferential access to the UK market after LDC graduation, the report noted.

Primark’s third annual Sustainability and Ethics Report shows that 66 per cent of its clothes sold in the past year were made from recycled or sustainably sourced materials.
The Irish retailer has also introduced a Durability Framework, aiming to make longer-lasting clothes affordable.
Primark reduced carbon emissions by 21 per cent in 2024.

Poland imported $1.021 billion worth of apparel from Turkiye in January-August 2024, making Turkiye its third-largest supplier with a 10.81 per cent share.
Imports rose 5.83 per cent from $965.251 million in 2023.
Poland also imported $75.389 million of fabric from Turkiye, down from $89.373 million last year.
Turkiye’s share in Poland’s total fabric imports was 9.71 per cent.

The Buckle, Inc, has reported Q3 FY24 net sales of $303.5 million, down 3.2 per cent YoY, with comparable store sales dropping 0.7 per cent. Net income was $44.2 million.
Online sales rose 1.1 per cent to $46.6 million.
For 9M FY24, net sales fell 4.6 per cent to $838.5 million, with a 5.4 per cent decline in comparable store sales and a 9.2 per cent drop in online sales to $128 million.