Crate & Barrel Dinner Plate

Crate & Barrel is an American upscale chain retail store specializing in housewares and furniture. They really have unique styled products and if you have not visited one of their stores, do so now. They also display their products in a unique way as they would appear in your home grouped together room by room. This particular item is dinner plates with green band. Crate & Barrel is found primarily in the United States but they are expanding into Canada and other countries. This is also the first entry for this brand in this blog. Of course, this is made in Bangladesh and it appears the Monno (one of the major players) is making fine products like this one for Crate & Barrel.

H&M Mens V-Neck T-Shirt

These V-Neck short sleeved t-shirts are in style these days to wear just with Jeans. This is the first H&M brand in this blog even though Bangladesh supplies significant quantity of H&M's inventory. In fact, H&M is the largest single buyer of garments from Bangladesh. There are several garment companies that supply their quality product to H&M.

JoS. A. Bank Men's Blazer

I have never shopped at JoS. A. Bank and don't really own anything made by but their clothes look classy from the catalog and advertisement. Anyway, I was not sure if JoS. A. Bank clothes are made in Bangladesh or not. I was pleasantly surprised that they are indeed made in Bangladesh. I will now have to go and buy something at their retail store :) JoS. A. Bank is a men's classic and casual clothing retailers found way back in 1905 and its based in the state of Maryland.

Reebok Chicago Bears NFL Football Cap

I don't really wear caps so I never really checked into those to see if I can find some that are made in Bangladesh. However, I was looking in eBay and found this authentic NFL Football cap for Chicago Bears and they are indeed made in Bangladesh. The brand is Reebok and from the picture, it appears to be well-made. I will for sure look into stores now to see if I can find more caps that are made in Bangladesh.

Walton Primo G2 Mobile Phone

Walton brand owned by R.B Group of Industries is a conglomerate based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It comprises numerous subsidiaries and affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Walton brand. Walton Mobile is one of them and they are making Android based smartphones. I saw this at a friend's house that just brought this from Bangladesh. Since these are unlocked phones, these can be purchased in Bangladesh and taken overseas to use with local SIM cards. Lot cheaper than buying phones overseas. Hopefully, we will see these in retail stores all over the world soon.

Here is the official website for Walton.

Marc Anthony Men's Dress Shirt

The Marc Anthony Collection is an American lifestyle brand created by American recording artist Marc Anthony that is sold exclusively at Kohl's department stores and at Kohls.com. I have clothing, shoes and accessories at Kohl's of this brand. I have never seen one made in Bangladesh but this one that I ran across at a Kohl's store proved that wrong. I will have to look to see if I find more items of this brand that's made in Bangladesh. Most of the Marc Anthony brand items that I see are a bit pricier compared to other brands at Kohl's but they are really fashionable.

Aarong Handicraft Dancer Doll

There are many varieties of these dancing dolls that are fully handcrafted. These dolls are in various classical (Bharatnatyam type) dance positions and as usual in vibrant colored sarees. This one is yellow, red with silver trim. Many daughters are very much into Bharatnatyam and they always play with these even though we bought these as decorations. You can buy them in any of the Aarong outlets in Bangladesh. However, you may not find this exact one but you will definitely find a variation of this.

If you are not sure where Aarong outlets are located, checkout their website for more information.

Yellow Punjabi

Yet another brand from Bangladesh. I first went to their showroom at the Pink City Mall. It really has very unique styles and caters to fashion conscious customers. It reminded me of Express or Banana Republic brands. I was gifted a very cool looking stripped orange Punjabi for Eid. I wore it with Kurta Pajama but it would also look very nice with Jeans or Khakis. I read more about the brand and it turns that it is a venture from Beximco group. Here is their facebook page:

Yellow on Facebook

Western Marine Shipyards EMSTIDE & EMSWAVE

Ship building continues to hold great prospect for Bangladesh for small to mid-size ocean going vessels. South Korea is the largest ship building nation in the world now but they are busy building the biggest ships that leaves a great opportunity for Bangladesh for smaller ships.

 

German based shipping line “Grona Shipping” took the the delivery of two vessels from Western Marine Shipyards Ltd in Chittagong on 29 July 2011. The vessels EMSTIDE & EMSWAVE are the third among six pairs of 5200 DWT “Ice Class”- vessels. They will soon sail in the North and Baltic Sea and are equipped to sustain extremely cold (cyrogenic) weather conditions. The ships are certified by Germanischer Lloyd.

Ruchi Muri (Puffed Rice)

If you like your Muri (Puffed Rice) really crispy and fresh, you will have to try one of several Bangladeshi brands and Ruchi is definitely one of them. These are best if you make Jhalmuri with them or simply eat them as is. I also like to scrape off a little bit of Khejurer Gur (Molasses) with Muri and eat them as snack. I am sure you have your own way of eating Muri - try these and you will love it.

Cherokee Boy's Shirt

This is a causal and stylish shirt for boys. I found this at a local Target store. I think Target exclusively carries this brand and I think this is the first time I am posting on this brand. I found many other clothing items for this brand that were made in Bangladesh. I will post them later.

Walton Side By Side Refrigerator (W-SS5A0)

I will still not forget the day and a family member went overseas years ago and bought and shipped a fridge to Chittagong port. Later, the fridge was picked up there and brought home to Dhaka. Yes back in those days, it was not easy to just buy a good fridge in Bangladesh. They were not made here neither there were any significant variety of the ones imported and sold in some of the selected electronic shops. Gone are those days, you can buy a fridge in many places in Bangladesh now. It gets even better now, fridges are now made in Bangladesh! Walton is the first company that is making fridges in Bangladesh. This particular fridge is the first side by side fridge made by Walton. There are many other models and varieties available. Obviously due to no import cost, the price is lower than other imported brands. One day you may be surprised to find these fridges at your Tesco and Wal-Mart.

Walton's official website

Joseph Abboud Men's Dress Shirt

 

I have a few of these shirts, they are nice. Most of the ones I ran across are modern fit or slim fit which is what's in style now. They come in all different colors - traditional and colorful ones. I know or sure these are sold at Kohl's stores. I will not be surprised if they are sold at other stores also. Give them a try guys - you will like them.

Chaps Men's Sweater Vest

It has been a while since my past post and I am sorry for the delay. I have not posted anything new doesn't mean that I am no seeing or snapping pictures of "made in Bangladesh". I have lots of items that I ran across over the past few months. Maybe this will force me to make frequest posts now. Anyways, this is a nice cotton sweater vest for men at TJMaxx. I am sure they are sold at other stores too.