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September 2019On CNBC Street Signs Asia, Lever Style Chairman Stanley Szeto discussed how no one has a crystal ball on where the trade war is going, and he advised businesses to adopt operating models that maximize flexibility.
September 2019BBC World News Asia Business Report interviewed Lever Style Chairman Stanley Szeto the day after 15% tariffs on US$112bn worth of Chinese goods kicked in.
April 2019Lever Style Executive Chairman Stanley Szeto was interviewed by Corporate Unplugged’s Vesna Lucca on April 12. Vesna and Stanley discussed a wide range of topics, from sustainability to innovation in our industry, and from leadership to team building.
March 2019On CNBC Squawk Box, Lever Style Chairman Stanley Szeto noted that Vietnam is taking share from China in various manufacturing sectors, while Brazil is benefiting by selling more soybeans to China. Digitally native brands and platforms have proliferated as e-commerce takes market share from brick and mortar stores, a trend that shows no signs of abating.
March 2019In Channel News Asia’s 45-min episode titled "The Continuing US-China Trade War", Lever Style Chairman Stanley Szeto explained that the biggest loser is the US consumer, as tariffs are borne by US importers, which inevitably pass on the costs to their end customers. (Lever Style's interview at 30:49 – 32:00)
March 2019Lever Style Chairman Stanley Szeto was a keynote speaker at the 7th China & Asia Textile Forum 2019 in Shanghai.
January 2019Lever Style Chairman Stanley Szeto spoke about the trade war at the Tech(Life)Style conference, part of the StartmeupHK festival in Hong Kong.
November 2018Lever Style Executive Chairman Stanley Szeto was the Industrial Products Category Winner of the EY (Ernst & Young) Entrepreneur of the Year China 2018 award.
November 2018Lever Style Executive Chairman Stanley Szeto was a keynote speaker at the DBS Apparel Disrupt conference.
October 2018Lever Style Executive Chairman Stanley Szeto spoke at the International Apparel Federation's World Fashion Convention
September 2018On CNBC’s Squawk Box program, Lever Style Executive Chairman Stanley Szeto opines how the trade war may be driven not by economics but by geopolitical considerations.
August 2018Lever Style Executive Chairman Stanley Szeto said in the South China Morning Post that the increasing trade barriers are pushing Chinese firms to relocate their manufacturing capacity elsewhere.
July 2018Lever Style Executive Chairman Stanley Szeto speaks on CNBC’s Squawk Box program about the US-China trade war, articulating the need to stay flexible and agile in times of uncertainty and unconventional trade policies.
July 2017Lever Style CEO Eddie Chan elected Chairman of Hong Kong Institution of Textile and Apparel.
June 2017Lever Style wins Stitch Fix's "2017 Smooth Operators" award.
January 2017Eddie Chan is promoted to CEO while Stanley Szeto remains Executive Chairman.
March 2016Lever Style wins the AllSaints Supplier of the Year award.
March 2016Lever Style Chairman & CEO Stanley Szeto delivers the opening address at the Prime Source Forum.
December 2015Lever Style Chairman & CEO discussed the Fed rate hikes, the slowdown in aspirational buying, and how online retailing is evolving on CNBC Squawk Box.
October 2015While Vietnam is seen as the major beneficiary of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, Lever Style Chairman & CEO Stanley Szeto cautions in Wall Street Journal that such a trade pact may result in labor cost inflation and capacity shortage, offsetting the duty advantages.
September 2015In the second half of the video, Lever Style Chairman & CEO Stanley Szeto expresses his confidence to Emily Tan of CNBC that Hong Kong will retain its position as a gateway to China despite competition from domestic Chinese cities.
September 2015Chairman & CEO Stanley Szeto elected as Chairman of Hong Kong Textile Council.
August 2015Lever Style Chairman & CEO Stanley Szeto shared his view on CNBC Squawk Box that the single-digit RMB devaluation may give Chinese manufacturers a slight breather, but it will not change the big picture that China remains a very expensive country for manufacturing.
January 2015Lever Style Chairman & CEO Stanley Szeto shares his views on free trade and various free trade agreements such as CEPA (Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement), China-ASEAN FTA and TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) in an Economist Intelligence Unit report
May 2014Lever Style Chairman & CEO Stanley Szeto explains to Wall Street Journal how Lever Style's strategy of collaborating with local partners insulates it from the anti-Chinese riots that have affected certain Hong Kong-owned manufacturing plants in Vietnam.
March 2014Lever Style Chairman & CEO Stanley Szeto joins HSBC’s Co-Head of Asian Economic Research Frederic Neumann in speaking to CNBC Squawk Box anchors Bernie Lo and Susan Li about China’s declining competitiveness in manufacturing.
July 2013Nordstrom selected Lever Style as its factory partner to star in its “Nordstrom Cares” video highlighting its work on corporate social responsibility. Presented as an example of how Nordstrom sources its products ethically, Lever Style EVP Joe Yuen talks about how Lever Style cares for its thousands of employees and their families.
May 2013Wall Street Journal outlined China's cost challenges and Lever Style's resulting strategy of migrating production to lower-cost countries such as Vietnam.
January 2013Wall Street Journal interviews Lever Style Chairman & CEO Stanley Szeto about moving garment production from China to Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia.
July 2011Lever Style Chairman & CEO Stanley Szeto speaks to Thomson Reuters correspondent Deborah Kan about how Lever Style is tackling wage inflation pressures in Southern China.
December 2010On Bloomberg News, Lever Style Chairman & CEO Stanley Szeto shares his views on rising cotton prices, inflation of other operating costs, and their effects on the industry.
March 2010The Hong Kong Trade Development Council ("HKTDC") talks to Lever Style Chairman & CEO Stanley Szeto about the company's achievements in the past 10 years.
March 2010Lever Style won product quality award from Uniqlo’s chairman Tadashi Yanai.
November 2009HSBC selected Lever Style Chairman & CEO Stanley Szeto as a spokesperson for its campaign promoting environmental sustainability.
November 2009Lever Style Chairman & CEO Stanley Szeto wins the 2009 Young Industrialist Award of Hong Kong.
September 2009The Chinese edition of Capital CEO magazine cites Lever Style as "the apparel industry's corporate social responsibility pioneer" in a special profile.
August 2009Asia Textiles and Apparel Journal ("ATA Journal")'s article Climate changes, so does business strategy in the Aug/Sep 2009 issue highlights Lever Style's pioneering efforts in reducing carbon emissions.
May 2009Lever Style partners with World Wildlife Fund ("WWF") on environmental sustainability pilot project.
June 2008Lever Style an exemplary model for social compliance, according to Gap Inc.
April 2008Lever Style co-founds Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium.
March 2008Investigative journalist Rachel Louise Snyder profiles Lever Style's exemplary social responsibility standards in her book Fugitive Denim.
May 2007Lever Shirt rebrands itself as Lever Style.
April 2007Lever Shirt acquired Trinity's manufacturing arm to become a multi-product category supplier
August 2006Lever Shirt becomes one of the first apparel manufacturers in China to become certified for SA8000, one of the strictest social compliance standards in the world. This certification symbolizes the company’s commitment to the foundation for its 50-year success - people.
November 2005Fashion Technology Magazine covers Lever Shirt’s in-depth use of technology and compares it to Toyota
August 2005WGSN's publishes case study on Lever Shirt on October 25, 2005.
June 2005CNN showcases Lever Shirt's real-time work-in-progress inventory tracking using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.
