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New York Times
30-06-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Trump's Tariffs May Push This American Company to Move Jobs to China
In the debate over trade, stories about what's left of the domestic textile industry tend to involve mills threatened by competition from China. But a company in Colorado called Cocona Labs has prospered by sending its products across the Pacific. Cocona manufactures compounds used to make fabrics that are stitched into bedding, towels and clothing, especially for outdoor gear. The elements move moisture away from skin, making material warmer and faster drying. Cocona sends roughly two-thirds of the compounds it produces to China, where factories spin yarn, weave fabric and stitch linens and apparel. Many of the finished goods wind up back in the United States. But the global trade war started by the Trump administration has shaken the economics of this business. Faced with uncertainty over tariffs, and especially retaliatory levies imposed by China, Cocona might start making changes. Among the possible actions: moving part of the production of its core offering, its so-called master batch made up of compounds, from the United States to factories in China. 'We are actively in the process of doing that,' the company's chief executive, Jeff Bowman, said from his home in Bend, Ore. President Trump has sold his trade war as the way to force international businesses to abandon China and bring factory work to the United States. Yet the experience of this small business, one with 20 employees around the world, attests to how tariffs can have the opposite effect, compelling the company to consider shifting its work to the other side of the Pacific. 'Is that crazy, or what?' Mr. Bowman said. He is especially frustrated that the disruption of his business is playing out in the service of a goal that he dismisses as fanciful. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Vogue Singapore
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue Singapore
Spiral curls have never looked better on Daisy Edgar-Jones
We've seen the beauty realm evolve in a multitude of ways over the past decade. Long gone are the days when celebrity beauty ops would be dedicated solely to the red carpet with techniques used often obscured from the public eye. We've fast moved on to an aspirational age of social media: how-to tutorials by the professional artists themselves, established content creators sharing their own cosmetic hacks and even full-face routines by some of the biggest A-listers. And we've all emerged the better for it. It's undeniable—the likes of Instagram and TikTok have given us all a space for unabashed self-expression. And for some, an artfully made-up mien or a customised change of talons are the perfect canvases to do so. Pop culture has had significant influence in the sphere. Experimentation is abound, with novice creators and popular personalities alike attempting to ace a make-up look that is all the rage or share a thematic one-off look for others to recreate. Then begs the question: how do we sieve out the best of all? Make-up trends surely begin somewhere, and learning from our seasoned celebrities is never a bad place to start if you're feeling overwhelmed. Vogue Singapore might be of help to you on that front—with our monthly curation of captivating beauty moments, courtesy of our favourite faces from Hollywood, the K-pop scene and more, just for that fresh jazz of inspiration. In April, festival beauty took off in the Colorado desert. At Coachella, Tyla, the girls of XG as well as returning queen Lady Gaga delivered exquisite beauty looks—that could only rival their own performances. We're talking facial embellishments, bold swatches of colour and plumped-up pouts in deep, rich shades. Over in press tour territory, Florence Pugh strikes out with an electric orange eyeshadow moment that felt just right for her Thunderbolts press tour. Meanwhile, Daisy Edgar-Jones incited immediate hair envy when she showed off her flouncy, spiral curls for the press tour of her recent film On Swift Horses . Cast your gaze on the best celebrity beauty moments from April 2025, below. @xgofficial 1 / 14 Cocona of XG No notes, Cocona's beauty delivery at the second weekend of Coachella 2025 was one to behold. For the desert stage, she encrusted her whole head in a lattice-like formation of blood red rhinestones, devouring her onlookers in her extraterrestrial style. @daisyedgarjones 2 / 14 Daisy Edgar-Jones There comes a time when a hairstyle appears so covetable to the unassuming eye, you simply can't stop staring. This moment feels like one of them. Daisy Edgar-Jones, on her press tour for On Swift Horses , made her bouncy waves and side-swept fringe look Parisian chic yet so fresh again. @hi_sseulgi 3 / 14 Seulgi of Red Velvet She'll always be that girl. Aura points were instantly felt when we met this version of her: powder blue lashes, under eye blush, and a layered shag–all to take cast her the street cred she holds. @zhangruonannan 4 / 14 Zhang Ruonan A splash of yellow. Subtle streaks of butter accent the lids of the leading lady of hit Chinese drama The First Frost , whose eye work stands out against her natural mien. @ninapark 5 / 14 Hailey Bieber Nothing comes close. The perfect bronze finish exists where Hailey Bieber is concerned—her soft, blurred skin, a pink wash of blush and that delicious swipe of what can only be her Rhode peptide lip gloss. Getty 6 / 14 Lady Gaga A vampiric pout of a divine wine. Bleached arches. Talons for days. Such were the beauty notes to cop from Lady Gaga's breathtaking show in the desert. @onyourm__ark 7 / 14 Mark of NCT He's a babygworl for real. Sunkissed, sunburnt and freckled-up? It's the only way we want to see Mark of NCT ascend on stage from now on. Getty 8 / 14 Florence Pugh Did someone hear thunder? For the London premiere of her upcoming Marvel film, the decade-defining actress strikes out on her own again with a cataclysmic look that draws immediate attention to the orange strobes worn across her peepers as well as her slicked-back mane. Getty 9 / 14 Tyla A free spirit on stage, Tyla channeled her most animalistic beat of beauty—smearing a popping shade of magenta all through her eye line. And if that didn't scream summer bash, then her wet, splaying hair billowing in the wind certainly did. @lalalalisa_m 10 / 14 Lisa The formula? Jewel-embellished inner corners, baby braids and a cat eye that instantly transforms Lisa into her stage alter ego. @doechii 11 / 14 Doechii We can't say for sure, but that sultry blue liner and apple blush combination is working together with aplomb. Bonus points for that impeccably brightened under eye finish, plumping lip liner and gold coffin nails. @jenaissante 12 / 14 Huh Yunjin of Le Sserafim Chromatic rebellion. A certified party-ready look: a line of metallic foil creating dimension to her otherwise simply yet delicate beat. @davidebarbieri_ 13 / 14 Genevieve O'Reilly The galactica beckons. Amid the press tour for Andor Season 2, O'Reilly channels her best Mon Mothma in this regal yet powerfully subdued look with her softly-brushed mane and wispy bun formation. @xgofficial 14 / 14 Hinata of XG Igari make-up 2.0. She's got the drunken blush down to a tee—but it's those freckled specks of crimson, red-rimmed peepers and spidery lashes that are really doing it for us.
South China Morning Post
12-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
American firm dodges China's tariff hikes, selling off millions in inventory
There was no time to rest. With American companies facing the threat of punishing tariffs from China, Jeff Bowman started selling fast. It was March 31, and the CEO of a company in the US state of Colorado had already watched as US President Donald Trump imposed additional duties on Chinese imports totalling 20 per cent – on their way to a whopping 145 per cent this week. That day, Bowman's company, Cocona, decided to sell off its entire China reserve of its core product – a sweat-drying additive that treats the yarn used in fabrics for some of the world's top clothing brands. Massive sacks of bead-like pellets – comprising a 'masterbatch' of additives – had been sitting in a Shanghai free-trade zone, untouched until then by Chinese customs, for eventual sale in China. For Bowman, it made more sense to sell it all at once - giving buyers a supply that will last nine to 12 months - before tariffs skyrocketed. 'We just emptied out the warehouse,' said Bowman, 72, a veteran of the US clothing materials industry who has been with Corona for 13 years. 'We could have sold three times that, because Chinese customers have no better idea than we do about what's going to happen. 'I don't have any confidence in the competence of the [US] administration,' he said.
