Cost of student uniforms likely to rise
Parents can expect to face higher costs as the new school term approaches as producers of student uniforms raise their retail prices to compensate for higher labour and production expenses.
Wiboonlasana Raumraksa, director-general of the Internal Trade Department, said Wednesday that a producer of student uniforms had recently asked for permission to increase its prices.
“The enterprise said it was facing higher production costs, mainly from the rise in the minimum wage to Bt300 a day. Garment manufacturing is labour-intensive, so rising wages have created higher costs for this industry.”
The Nation
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