Plush - Textile posts
The Economist Nigeria's northern cities of Kaduna and Kano were once home to textile mills that employed 350,000 people. They now employ perhaps a tenth of that number
Why textile factories across many African countries are rusting
economist.com
Will manufacturing in Africa ever take off?
106 months ago
Laughing Squid
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth Firey Plush Figure Featuring Removable Head and Limbs
laughingsquid.com
ThinkGeek is featuring an officially licensed Firey plush figure that is based on the red creatures from Jim Henson’s classic 1986 film Labyrinth. The plush appropriately features a removable…
109 months ago
Laughing Squid
Fallout Dogmeat Plush Toy That Comes Wearing Goggles and a Red Paisley Bandana
laughingsquid.com
ThinkGeek is featuring an officially licensed Fallout Dogmeat Plush toy based on the recurring and loyal canine NPC from the Fallout video game series. The Dogmeat plush comes wearing goggles, a re…
111 months ago
HuffPost Impact This mobile lab is spreading the word about ethical textile design.
113 months ago
Huffington Post UK This mobile lab is spreading the word about ethical textile design
113 months ago
The Huffington Post This mobile lab is spreading the word about ethical textile design.
113 months ago
America's Funniest Home Videos This super cute kitty walked into his neighbors yard 3 times before he was able to bring back the tiger plush toy.
Cat Politely Borrows Tiger Plush Toy From Neighbor
afv.com
Have you ever met a cat who loves a tiger plush toy? Well, you're about to. Watch as this cat borrows a new feline friend.
125 months ago
CNNMoney The U.S. sent thousands of textile jobs to China.
Now China is sending some back. (via Quartz)
128 months ago
The New York Times Twenty-five years ago, Ni Meijuan earned $19 a month working the spinning machines at a textile factory in China.
Now at a cotton mill in South Carolina, she is training American workers to do the job she used to do.
Chinese Textile Mills Are Now Hiring in Places Where Cotton Was King
nytimes.com
Chinese textile manufacturers drawn by cheap cotton, falling labor costs and government incentives are helping revive depressed mill towns in the American South.
128 months ago
The Wall Street Journal How a textile giant once led by an anti-Free Trade activist learned to love free trade.
How a U.S. Textile Maker Came to Embrace Free Trade
wsj.com
South Carolina textile maker Milliken & Co., like other U.S. companies, dropped its protectionist stance as business went global.
131 months ago