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Scottish textiles sales to china soar

Chinese consumers are buying more traditional Scottish clothing than ever before, with the sale of Scottish fabrics to China expected to reach a record high. Scotland now sells more than two and half times more fabric to China than it did a decade ago, according to the FT, with exports totalling 9.7 million pounds in the first nine months in...

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US retailer launches official tartan

New York department store Saks Fifth Avenue has launched its own tartan to kick off a special ‘Best of Scotland’ celebration, marking its long-standing affiliation with Scottish textiles. The new black-and-white plaid tartan was developed exclusively with the Scottish Tartans Authority, under the guidance of Brian Wilton, one of the world’s...