Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries often host Islamic trade conventions: the Islamic Clothes fair will take place in Istanbul in September.

ECONOMIST: Making money from believers

The Play Fair at the Olympics Campaign was launched jointly in March by Oxfam, Global Unions, an international confederation of trade unions, and the Clean Clothes Campaign.

ECONOMIST: Sportswear

Some make clothes for Tom James, others sell to the trade.

FORBES: An American original

The 128 megabyte jacket, made by Bavarian clothes firm rosner with the help of German chipmaker Infineon, was showcased at the world's largest fashion trade fair, CPD Woman-Man, held in Dusseldorf, Germany over the weekend.

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