Fuel crisis, rising costs the geopolitical shockwave hitting Indian textile…
The hum of textile machinery in Panipat has gone dead. Over 400 dyeing units have put their shutters, not because of soft demand or foreign competition, but because fuel, the lifeblood of India’s textile hubs has run dry. The geopolitical tremors from the Iran-Israel-US standoff have hit... Read more
Price wars, fast fashion, diamond money leads to Surat’s industrial shake-u…
The sound of Surat’s diamond polishing wheels, once the city’s heartbeat, is fading. In its place, the relentless pulse of high-speed water jet looms is taking over. Capital, labor, and the high-octane temperament of diamond trading are migrating into textiles, redefining an indust... Read more
India’s textile market nears Rs 15 lakh cr as domestic demand rewrites grow…
India’s textile and apparel economy is no longer being driven merely by population growth or festive consumption cycles. It is now being powered by a deeper lifestyle-led shift in household behaviour, rising discretionary spending, and the formalisation of multiple apparel use-cases acro... Read more
China Discounts, Bangladesh Bleeds: Inside Europe’s new apparel sourcing cr…
Europe’s fashion imports opened 2026 with a hard jolt. Fresh Eurostat-linked trade data for January shows the European Union’s apparel imports shrinking 15.48 per cent year-on-year to €7.03 billion, a dip sharp enough to redraw sourcing equations from Dhaka to Dongguan. The de... Read more
Geopolitical volatility triggers sharp decline in global textile confidence…
The global textile industry is grappling with a sudden and severe downturn in sentiment as regional conflicts disrupt essential trade routes and energy markets. According to the 37th Global Textile Industry Survey by the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), the business situa... Read more
India’s legacy buying houses confront existential challenge as FTAs reshape…
The Indian apparel sourcing is being reshaped with a a series of new Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). It is changing global retail flows, eroding the traditional value of brokerage-based sourcing and challenging legacy buying houses to redefine their very raison d’être. Experts warn t... Read more
Vinted reaches €1.1 billion revenue milestone as circular retail expands
Lithuania-based resale giant Vinted has reported a substantial 38 per cent incr... Read more
Apparel Group secures first Gulf foothold for Anne Klein in Oman expansion
Apparel Group has officially initiated the Gulf-wide rollout of the American he... Read more
Nonwovens industry targets high-value diversification amid production surpl…
As the global nonwovens sector prepares to convene at Palexpo in Geneva this Ma... Read more
Gartex 2026 ignites India’s $100 billion textile export ambition
The 2026 edition of GartexTexprocess India opened in Mumbai this week, signaling a cr... Read more
Fast Retailing upgrades full-year earnings guidance for 2026
Parent group of Uniqlo, Fast Retailing Co has significantly upgraded its full-y... Read more
Bangladesh scales UK apparel share post BREXIT via DCTS
Bangladesh plans to expand its footprint in the British retail landscape throug... Read more