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Businesses make contingency plans for port strike... while local apparel contractors experience boost. (Up Front).

Publication: Los Angeles Business Journal
Publication Date: 17-JUN-02 		Format: Online - approximately 754 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Businesses make contingency plans for port strike... while local apparel contractors experience boost. (Up Front).(Brief Article)

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L.A. clothing contractors have never been busier.

It started when retailers, who had kept their inventories lean in recent months, started boosting them in time for back-to-school sales. But the biggest jump is coming from news of a looming July 1 strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which has sent clothing manufacturers scurrying to find an alternative to goods being shipped from Asia.

A possible strike by the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union idling 7,000 workers could mean that apparel destined for store shelves would be stranded on boats.

"A lot of retailers are worried," said Peter Ma, president of Rigo International Inc., a Los Angeles apparel company...

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