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Mission Statement Sell information. Talk about people who make it all happen, the movers and shakers. Speak out on key issues. The Knit-xtyle Fashion Review Get involved - Identify, highlight and investigate. Impartial, balanced, factual June 1998 and responsible reporting. Stand up Issue 4 for freedom of speech, human rights, fairness and truth. Establish TKFR as Pakistan’s first industrial, trade news- letter for the professionals (with special emphasis on Knitwear, Textiles & Fashion industries) by the year 2000. Inform, involve and influence. TKFR Sanctions – the real impact? th Lahore June 17 1998: Pakistan recession very soon. aid has been stopped is in the throes of a giant would It’s not a matter of if basically. The projects The Knit-xtyle Fashion Review be recession. There are no jobs. but when. Life styles based on private Middle class will probably die have already started sector investment will Editor-in-chief: Fareeha Qayoom. out for the next couple of years taking a major hit. So Art Director: Anila Q Agha continue business- as- MIS Director: Adnan Q. Qayyum with lower income groups and Pakistan economy has usual. The flow of Director Marketing: Fazal A. Agha upper income groups thriving in committed suiside or dollars will also Sales : Muhammad Asif this environment. As they say, what? Will we come continue. The only Cover : Anila Q. Agha the gap between the have’s and out? TKFR intended to limitation is on the Centerfold layout: Anila Q. Agha have-not’s will widen. Domestic find out. We selected developmental investment in real estate, cars, two relatively new kids projects- as far as the Writers: Aamir Abbasi, Splendor luxry items will decline. Many on the block (Style common man is Clark Kent, items on the shelves will be a Textiles and Splendor) and one Fareeha Qayoom, concerned, he’s not going to Mr. M.I. Khurram hardsell. Sales, promotions and old hand (Angora Textiles). We suffer much. The reason is the Mystique, advertisements will be on the asked them how they are coping aid didn’t reach him in the first Rashid H. Mehr, rise. People will try to increase and what do they think the future place and lack of it will not make their savings, decrease their will bring since we know now the much of a difference. He was spending. Life styles will become exact nature of sanctions, the poor and he will remain poor. poorer. budget and the economy. Every budget brings fresh taxes TKFR predicted that the utilities Aamir Abbasi, the Manager anyway and he has learnt to live bills will sky-rocket and inflation Merchadising at Splendor with it. Life will go on.” will hit a new high note in the Knitwear (a stitching unit of Discussing the impact of next 6 to 8 months. Little did we Eastern Garments) believes that sanctions on Pak economy, know, it will happen so soon. there are two kinds of financial remarks Mr. Avais Mazhar Inside this issue: Now these things are facts, no handouts and sanctions in Hussain- Angora Textiles’, longer predictions. Pakistan is question. “ Development and (Continued on page 12) moving towards a period of humanitarian. The development Comfort Knitwear – vendor profile 3 Eye on fashion, an update from 4 world’s fashion capitals AOQC-Moody, putting quality in 7 What management style for you? your hands, cover story To be or not to be - centralized? The Face – Irfan Cheema 8 Lahore –As we approach the sion, provides direction, offers the degree to which decision- twenty-first century, we realize support, elicits commitment to making authority is centralized. Azfar Hassan speaks out on the 10 that in modern society most peo- the task, and creates an environ- In general, if decision-making latest trends ple accomplish things not as ment, in which subordinates can authority is concentrated at the individuals, but as members of participate in the decision mak- top, the company is centralized. TKFR Career 11 organizations. We tend to call ing, while ensuring the task is If the decision-making is left to only outstanding managers’ accomplished. Two major di- line managers, the firm is decen- “leaders”. Leadership is an ex- mensions of organizational struc- tralized. Retail news 14 pected attribute of a manager. A ture are the numbers of levels in Ahmed Irfan (Managing Direc- leader inspires people with vi- the organizational hierarchy and (Continued on page 13) Page 2 The Knit-xtyle Fashion Review His personal top 5 • Lead-times. • Sarah Textiles Top 5 • Shahkam Industries • Eastern Garments The list of possible contend- • Style Enterprises • Klass Textiles ers were: • Style Textiles • Chenab Fabrics (in alphabetical order.) • Qais Textiles • • Style Textiles Ammar Textiles • Quality Knits • Leisure Textiles • Angora Textiles • Zainal Textiles • Chenab Fabrics • Comfort Knitwear Dear Readers, His criteria • Eastern Garments You probably must have noticed Eastern Garment s • Quality ( fabric quality • Fatima Fazal Textiles by now, that Leisure Textiles is a brand new number one ! the only vendor which has been primarily & garment quality • Irfan Textiles an additional major area of in all buyers top 5 rating so far. I • Highnoon Textiles don’t know how they do it. This is concern.) • • Klass Textiles a fourth buying house! Let’s see On-time delivery • if they are still there in the next • Leisure Textiles Product development • issue. Editor. (-; • Needlepoint Merchandising department’s • speed of response Nina Textiles • Naveena Textiles Editor’s note... July 6th ‘98 know many people enjoyed it, coz issue. Instead of improving he Hi there! they told me not to do it. So I am rapidly went downhill. Result, I This issue is full of people, all of letting you guys decide. If I don’t had to fire him. There are no them movers and shakers. But do hear from you on the subject by second chances in this life. A lot you know? I am bored. I can’t July 30th, I’ll take it that the was riding on his keep on interviewing the same majority of readers agree with professionalism. A buyer would people over and over again. So I me. And I can safely throw it out. even pay a little extra for his am thinking it’s time to start on My sources sometimes do not supplier’s professionalism, the less known elements of this research the news thoroughly quality, leadtime and delivery. industry. I plan to start with before tipping me off. Take two You don’t know what a shortfall Ferozpur Road, as a buyer I examples, (thank God there are in any of these items will do to I am thinking of worked with only a couple of only two!!) Mehgan’s name and his pocketbook. If the loss is too vendors there. Style and Irfan. Adnan Latif’s exact wedding huge, chances are , he will never throwing out the And I bet most of the buyers date! So what do you say…hmm? even speak to you before “entertainment, probably have done the same, Ok, another thing I would like to disappearing into the sunset with for adults only” with maybe Mubarek and talk about. Quality. It’s very a new supplier! Get my drift? Combined thrown in. The next important. Especially if you are Bottom line, you can’t afford to gossip feature...I stop is Kotlakpat. Infact I have launching a new brand or a mess up, period. Do it or lose it. don’t take this already started. I checked out product. And most especially if By the way, this is the theme of feature seriously Splendor and Style Textiles this you pay good money for it. I this month’s issue. Thank you time. It was quite interesting. I know I have been there – Azfar and Mr. Avais for your myself! I know hope you find it equally remember, a lot of my customers insight. I think the rest of the many people absorbing. were complaining about the readers will appreciate it too. I enjoyed it, coz they Speaking of interesting news, I paper quality of TKFR in the first am sorry I couldn’t get better am thinking of throwing out the two issues? The first time, I photo’s of our celebrities. Some told me not to do “entertainment, for adults only” tackled my supplier, he said it even refuse to give them. They it. So I am letting gossip feature. It’s mostly based won’t happen again. As his are a bit shy. Just kidding. you guys decide... on rumors and latest talk of the customer, I thought I owed him town. It just doesn’t go with our one chance to smarten up. You Have Fun, (-; So what do you mission statement. I can’t put all know what he did? He ruined the Fareeha Qayoom, say…hmm? my resources on confirming the image of TKFR further by Editor-in-chief facts, especially as I don’t take shortchanging me on paper and this feature seriously myself! I printing quality for the April Page 3 Vendor profile Comfort knitwear Pvt. Ltd. – a force to be reckoned with… from the desk of the chief executive by Mr. M.I. Khurram (CEO Comfort Knitwear). About Comfort Knitwear : Hilfiger, Tommy jeans, Nike, The management expects to Comfort Knitwear (Pvt) Ltd is a Chaps Ralph Lauren, remain one of the leading trend leading manufacturer of high Timberland, Levi’s, Casual Male, setters. We plan to maintain the quality knitwear apparel. We Gear For Sports, Antigua are few existing annual growth rate enjoy an excellent reputation in of them. We specialise in all sorts during the coming five years.

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