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Commonwealth Business Women

One of the outcomes of the Commonwealth Business Forum has been formation of the ‘Commonwealth Business Women’, which was initiated by the Commonwealth Business Council, BPW International and British Association of Women Entrepreneurs. This new group will assist in developing further business opportunities for women in business within 54 commonwealth countries. Further info contact carol.hanlon@tcfglobal.com.

Global Platform for Action on Sourcing from Women Vendors

Opportunities exist for women owned businesses to supply goods and services to multinational Fortune 500 companies. TCF Global was represented at the Global Forum Business Matching Forum, Chongqing, China.  This International Trade Centre, WeConnect program is also supported by BPW International.   TCF (textiles & apparel are one of the six industry areas of focus. Carol Hanlon met with the buyers of Wallmart to discuss ongoing opportunities. Further information and register your interest in Sourcing from Women Vendors program email carol.hanlon@tcfglobal.com.

Karachi Fashion Week, Pakistan

Great opportunities exist for fashion retailers to source new design talent from Pakistan!  International Fashion Consultant Margaret Farrell led a group of Industry & fashion buyers to attend Karachi Fashion Week in October including TCF Global & designedge CEO Carol Hanlon. Carol outlines “the hospitality extended to the internationals attending the event was fantastic, the high level of design talent was also impressive and additional opportunities to source cotton textiles apparel and homewares manufacture is huge as Pakistan is one of the major textile producing countries in the world.” Further info to link with Pakistan designers and manufactures contact carol.hanlon@tcfglobal.com.

Browse the HKTDC, Trade eMagazines for FREE

To register and get the link for a range of sourcing eMagazines contact info@tcfglobal.com.

Trends @ My Fashion Incubator

THE BRAND NEW INDIAN CONSUMER: In this report Stylesight investigates an emerging group of young, enterprising, optimistic and confident Indian consumers. For more info, contact clarisse.reynoso@tcfglobal.com.

TCFWA loves: ‘Circles of Hope’ Design Contest

Emerging designers will see their design printed on a 100% organic Fairtrade certified t-shirt, produced by People Tree Fair Trade groups to celebrate and support the global unity of The Olympics in 2012.  If you are an established brand that would like to launch a similar competition for Emerging Designers, please contact clarisse.reynoso@tcfglobal.com

Webinars

07/11/2011        Understanding Freight Logistics Importing/Exporting

07/11/2011        Protect your Business from Disaster

08/11/2011        How to Start a Small Business

08/11/2011        Effective Credit Management & Debt Collection 

08/11/2011        E-Commerce & Building Online Customer Databases

09/11/2011        Ways to Grow your Business

09/11/2011        Keeping your Customers in Difficult Times

09/11/2011        Managing your Online Presence

14/11/2011        Buying or Selling a Small Business

14/11/2011        Business Planning

15/11/2011        TCF Industry Environmental Sustainability

15/11/2011        Marketing for Small Fashion Business

15/11/2011        How to Brief your Website Developer

16/11/2011        How to Start a Small Business

16/11/2011        Marketing for Small Business

16/11/2011        Facebook 

17/11/2011        Fair Work

21/11/2011        How to Start a Small Business

21/11/2011        How to write a Tender or Grant Submission

22/11/2011        Importing & Exporting

22/11/2011        Appointments

22/11/2011        Media Strategy: Using Online Tools

22/11/2011        Creating an Online Shop

23/11/2011        Pricing, Costing & Cashflow

23/11/2011        Blogging

24/11/2011        Starting a Fashion Label

24/11/2011        Avoiding Manufacturing Pitfalls

24/11/2011        Linking with Retailers and Agents

28/11/2011        How to Start a Small Business

29/11/2011        SEO & Google Adwords

30/11/2011        Protect your Business from Disaster

30/11/2011        Social Media: LinkedIn/Twitter

For a full list of upcoming events in November visit www.tcfaustralia.com/calendar or contact us on (61) 8 9479 3777.

All Webinars are live presentations that require you to have internet access with audio or can be accessed via telephone linkage. For further information about upcoming webinars and networking events please contact Kaitlyn at info@tcfglobal.com.