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  • LC Waikiki Starts Production at New Apparel Plant in Aleppo

    LC Waikiki Starts Production at New Apparel Plant in Aleppo

    Turkish apparel retailer LC Waikiki has started production at a new manufacturing facility in Aleppo, Syria, initially hiring 150 workers.

    The company plans to expand the plant’s workforce to 1,000 staff over the next three years.

    Scaling up in Al-Rai

    Operations at the facility in Al-Rai Industrial City began in June. The site establishes direct garment assembly capacity just south of the Turkish border.

    Other Turkish manufacturers are now preparing similar cross-border production arrangements in the industrial zone. Lower wage bases and proximity to established Turkish textile supply chains make northern Syrian border zones an emerging manufacturing corridor.

    Cross-border textile shifts

    Apparel groups based in Turkey have faced rising domestic labor and energy expenses, prompting brands to explore assembly hubs across nearby borders. The move mirrors how Asian garment manufacturers established cross-border supply networks between higher-cost domestic hubs and lower-wage neighboring markets.

    The Aleppo facility provides an operational test for cross-border logistics and labor stability in the region. The primary milestone to watch is whether LC Waikiki reaches its 1,000-worker employment target within the three-year window.

  • DHL tops up with Turkish Cargo in Istanbul

    DHL tops up with Turkish Cargo in Istanbul

    DHL Global Forwarding is strengthening its air cargo partnerships in Istanbul and has signed a memorandum of understanding that will extend its operations at Turkish Airline’s modern SMARTIST cargo facility.

    Turkish Cargo supports DHL forwarding unit’s global hub concept with its vast knowledge and advanced operational capabilities at Istanbul Airport.

    Based on the MoU, DHL Global Forwarding will leverage SMARTIST, the mega cargo facility of Turkish Cargo at Istanbul Airport, as one of its global hubs. DHL said the cooperation will not only further improve each other’s operational efficiency, but also enhance Istanbul’s potential to become a leading logistics hub for the world. The two inked the deal at the IATA World Cargo Symposium held in Istanbul in April.

    “Spanning the European and Asian continents, Türkiye is geographically well-positioned to act as a logistics hub for Europe, Asia as well as the MEA region and the US,” said Thomas Mack, Global Head of Air Freight, DHL Global Forwarding

    “We are happy to intensify our long-lasting partnership with Turkish Cargo, that not only provides us with reliable air cargo capacity, but also state-of-the-art logistics infrastructure to handle air freight,” he added.

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  • Volkswagen To Build New Plant In Turkey

    Volkswagen To Build New Plant In Turkey

    German carmaker Volkswagen is planning to build a multi-brand production plant in Turkey, a German trade magazine reported on Friday without citing sources.

    Automobilwoche said Volkswagen supervisory Board on Thursday made the decision to build a plant near the city of Izmir, adding that Volkswagen’s subsidiary Skoda will be one of the brands to be produced there.

    In April, Czech daily Hospodarske Noviny reported that Skoda was choosing between Bulgaria or Turkey as the site for a planned new plant.

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  • Turkish Airlines redesigns travel comfort with “Flow Sleeping Set”

    Turkish Airlines redesigns travel comfort with “Flow Sleeping Set”

    Bringing various innovations to the sky in order to ensure a perfect travel experience for its guests, Turkish Airlines now offers the new “Flow Sleeping Set” to passengers with its wondrous design. Available since 19th February, the new collection offered in Business Class promises sleep as comfortable as your home, only above the clouds.

    Produced with the successful collaboration between Turkish Airlines and Zorlu Tekstil while carrying the signature of expert designers, the collection aims to offer a healthier and higher quality sleep environment.

    Combining elegant lines with comfort, all of the new set’s pieces are developed considering the expectations of passengers who want to enjoy a relaxing sleep to finish their flights in a happy and fit state. The design of the collection reflects Turkish Airline’s “Flow” philosophy that represents the airlines’ dynamic brand identity and continuous service concept. Opting for contemporary and minimalist designs, the materials of the collection were all chosen for their comfort and ability to help sleep. The patterns of the collection are also visually compatible with the designs of the new cabin uniforms and cabin interiors.

    Chief aspects of the “Flow Sleeping Set” are its blanket, sleeping pad and pillow. The “blanket” of the collection features a two-sided design along with a soft texture. Thanks to its ability to support air flow, the product also helps maintain the ideal temperature during all four seasons. In addition to this, the “sleeping pad” provides an orthopedic surface for sleep and with its dense interior filling, it offers extra comfort and ease. In addition, the ‘pillow’, which can be used when sitting down or sleeping, are designed with an ideal size, classical form, and very comfortable materials.

    Sharing his views on this new sleeping set, Turkish Airlines Catering & Inflight Products SVP, Zeki Çukur stated: “With İstanbul Airport, our new home, we continue to add new innovations to the change we are going through. Our passengers will now experience the quality improvement, brought by these innovations, in their sleep with our ‘Flow Sleeping Set’. We prepared our new products after a lengthy R&D and design period as they offer a unique experience with their design and comfort. We are happy to host our Business Class passengers with the comfort of their homes during their intercontinental travels.”

  • DHL announce ecommerce service expansion in Turkey

    DHL announce ecommerce service expansion in Turkey

    German based logistics firm DHL Express has said it will be investing more on ecommerce operations and infrastructure in Turkey in a bid to expedite parcels passing to and from Europe and several other parts of the world. A key part of the innovations and improvements will be a new operations hub at Istanbul airport but more developments are planned.

    The announcements were made at the DHL International Cross Border eCommerce Summit, which took place in Istanbul during December. And it was noted that the importance of Turkey is its strategic position as the meeting point between Europe, Africa and Asia. As a crucial trading hub, they reckon that DHL will be able to move consignments to numerous destinations in the Middle East and Africa more quickly by operating through Turkey.

    This makes Turkey a very important country for us, and we are working to make it a regional hub,” Leendert van Delft, VP Global Sales Programs DHL Express said. The operation center at the airport in Istanbul will be the first step in that direction the vice president announced. “Today, when you look at the world, everyone speaks of the US and China as ecommerce markets. But in the case of Turkey, you’re not at the initial phase of this journey, but you have actually moved from the infancy to the stage of walking. It is time for Turkey to run now.

    DHL says that their current share of global ecommerce deliveries is estimated to be in the region of 29% but they they hope to achieve something closer to between 40-50% by the end 2020. They also note that the DHL portion of same stood at 5% in 2016 and increased to 10% at the start of 2017 before rising to 15% in November 2017. And as competition and ecommerce increases, an ongoing share of business of roughly 25-30% is their reported aim.

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  • Aidijuma Colors Group, Hijup, acquire majority stake in United Kingdom’s e-commerce retailer, Haute Elan

    Aidijuma Colors Group, Hijup, acquire majority stake in United Kingdom’s e-commerce retailer, Haute Elan

    Aidijuma Colors Group of Companies — which owns the popular Malaysian ‘Bawal’ hijab range under the Aidijuma label — together with its modest wear e-commerce site Hijup have acquired a majority stake in UK-based modest fashion and e-commerce company Haute Elan ahead of Hijup’s expansion into the UK market.

    Established in 2012, modest fashion brand Aidijuma adopts the creative business model of online merging offline to offer the best possible experience to customers.

    With its omnichannel strategy, Aidjuma is the only brand in Malaysia that offers online shopping and owns 12 retail concept stores nationwide, complemented by 12 Scarf Machine.send.sell.story mobile concept stores to provide a seamless experience for consumers.

    With plans for listing by 2020, the latest venture capital investment for Aidijuma Colors Group is in Haute Elan, which is also the organiser of the London Modest Fashion Week – the UK’s very first modest fashion week — that was held for the first time last year that brought together more than forty designers from countries including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey and -Malaysia.

    Modest fashion has become increasingly popular among millennial Muslim women worldwide who see it as a way to dress stylishly.

    “Modest fashion is a growing trend that offers women options, choices and freedom to express themselves while being fashionable which mass-market retailers and designers are already taking notice of the market’s potential so we are investing in the future by taking a stake in it now. We look forward to build strategic business partnerships around the world to expand this business model for Modest Fashion globally,” said Aidijuma Colors Group Chief Executive Officer and founder, Datin Norjuma Habib Mohamed.

    The latest investment in Haute Elan brings Aidijuma Colors Group’s total venture capital investment amount to date to US$20 million, which includes stakes in Brunei’s event organising company and retailer BIFASH, Singapore e-retailer MODESTyle, Malaysian cosmetic and skincare brands Simplysiti and Zawara, as well as Indonesia’s Hijup.com in which it also controls.

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