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...that compete almost entirely on price, such as those in the toys and textiles industries, say even this 2.1% increase in the yuan's value will hurt sales to cost-conscious U.S. retailing giants such as Wal-Mart and Target. Yu Zhihua, export manager for the Hangzhou Silk and Garment Import Export Corp. in Hangzhou, says her profit margins are so thin already that she can't afford to lower prices to offset the 2.1% difference in currency values. "We expect contracts that would have gone to us will switch to Bangladesh and Indonesia," Yu says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Yuan Effect | 7/25/2005 | See Source »

...garment is standard Diagon Alley fare, worn by students of all four Houses. But Gong says she has recently been “leaning toward Ravenclaw”—that academic workhorse of Professor Filius Flitwick—although the slimy greens of her Muggle House, Leverett, have more in common with Slytherin...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bookstores Brace for Muggle Mob | 7/15/2005 | See Source »

...loss of the Garment District would be a loss to East Cambridge as well, Cassell says, in that it offers both jobs and inexpensive clothes. The store employs 30 workers full-time...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trying Times for Thrift Store | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

...allure of the Garment District lies in both the clothes and whatever distinguishes it from an upscale boutique or an inexpensive outlet...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trying Times for Thrift Store | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

Emily J. Wallick, 15, came into Boston from Hamilton, Mass., with four friends specifically to shop at the Garment District...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Trying Times for Thrift Store | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

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