Cutting your cloth to suit your style

Textile company boss defies declining trend with unique approach to business

Regarding one of China's most traditional industries - textiles and apparel - Marjorie Yang Mun-tak holds quite different a view in comparison with mainstream opinion that it is a declining industry with no future.

"There are no sunrise industries or sunset industries. The point lies in how people run these industries," said Yang, chairwoman of Hong Kong-based Esquel Group, one of the world's leading manufacturers of premium cotton shirts, boasting well-known customers including Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss AG, Nike Inc and Ralph Lauren Corp.