To give or not to give, is the question that retailers and brands across all apparel categories are asking when it comes to giving discounting schemes to clear inventories piled up during the Covid years as well as to tide over the impending recession. As no two downturns are exactly alike, all branded se... Read more
The once looked-down upon as the poor woman’s go-to, second hand fashion is no longer the poor country cousin but all the rage as societal changes are amply clear about today’s aware and evolved consumers habits, their relationship with ownership of material things and their buying behav... Read more
The government’s decision of setting up seven Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel parks across the country will boost India’s textile industry and take it to the next level. The initiative aims to create world-class facilities, state-of-the-art infrastructure and an integrated val... Read more
Top apparel exporters have been hit badly by ongoing inflation and unstable prices across the globe.Retail outlets are finding it tough to pay electricity bills,shipping charges and other logistics. At the same time, food prices have almost doubled leaving consumers cash-strapped in many countries a... Read more
Coats, the global leader in thread and structural components for apparel and footwear, has opened a new Sustainability Hub in Madurai, India. The state-of-the-art spinning and twisting pilot plant will further the company’s sustainability commitment and help achieve its new targets for 2026. Over... Read more
India’s lifestyle industry is up and running with demand for locally made products for international markets reaching customers through online mediums. The changed landscape of Indian apparel industry has seen many small and local businesses enter the segment with specific and sophisticated products... Read more
The saying that one man’s loss is another man’s gain is currently apparent for China. The country has been constantly losing ground in global market due to extended Covid restrictions and strict US sanctions that have made Bangladesh shift focus towards India for supply of man-made fiber yarn ... Read more
In February 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine and a year later, economic upheavals across the globe have made everything worse in a post-pandemic world. Even after 12 months, there is no solution in sight for Ukraine and Russia as both try out newer forms of battle strategies and the world watches in despair. ... Read more
China’s economy has been effected because of year-long Covid restrictions and lockdowns coupled with drop in overseas demand. Consequently, business has slowed down creating widespread employment. Currently, there is huge pressure on Chinese factories as US demand has dropped after an inventory pile... Read more
The Hyve Group’s bi-annual Spring-Autumn Fair, usually held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, UK, is the country’s leading offline and online marketplace for wholesale fashion, home and gift items. As a part of its commitment to the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Dev... Read more
Driven by record high cotton prices amid a global shortage last year, India’s cotton import bill surged 200 per cent in the 10 months to January 2023. Imports picked up sharply between July 2022 and December 2022. India imported close to 1,750,000 bales in the second half of 2022 compare... Read more
The National Cotton Council (NCC) of America’s 2023 ‘World Cotton Economic Outlook’ predicts a rebound of world cotton consumption, despite the pressures of a turbulent global economy. Year of 2022 was full of uncertainty and upheaval, and the US markets have been affected by increased m... Read more
E-commerce is fast emerging the most preferred channel for trading and retailing, be it business to business trade or business to consumer retail. Having become a worldwide transactional platform, there is an urgent need for the rules and regulations to be standardized so that they can be applicable... Read more
Global apparel retailers are now realizing that what you see is not always what it seems and are seeking to verify the authenticity of their products from supply sources to protect themselves from fabric mislabelling and fraud. Many premium brands are implementing strict regulations and monitoring process... Read more
There was much concern in Vietnam about textile and apparel exports during the pandemic as the country’s textile and garment products account for a global market share of 5.2 per cent, making Vietnam the world’s third largest textile exporter. As per Vietnamese General Department of Cust... Read more
Cheap and cheerful fast fashion on-trend clothing designs that move quickly from catwalks to shop shelves and online websites have taken over the global apparel segment. This fast fashion garment factory production focuses on quick trend replication and uses low-quality materials and synthetic fabrics tha... Read more
The predicted economic recession with a trade slowdown this year in the US and European countries has hit major garment export markets like Cambodia. And it is expected to have a far-reaching effect both on the country’s apparel industry and living standards of lower wage earners. Having alway... Read more
The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), as the international forum of global textile industry, is now in a state of flux as the business situation has changed in a post-pandemic world. The just released 18th ITMF Global Textile Industry Survey highlights the ongoing gloomy economi... Read more
Global technical textile market is growing at four per cent a year. The market for technical textiles is expected to increase across a variety of end-use industries, including agriculture, construction, aerospace, medicine, and packaging as more people become aware of their advantages. Modern biotec... Read more
Heralding a textile revolution in India, the textile machinery industry is transforming from labor-intensive to a more modern and automated manufacturing ... Read more
ITMA has announced it will continue to present and share innovative manufacturing technology and materials with the industry at its 19th edition in Milan.... Read more
Leading Italian circular knitting machine builder SantoniSpA has launched its new unique XT intarsia machine that combines all of the knitting possibiliti... Read more
In conjunction with MEX Exhibition, Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India will hold Gartex Texprocess India as a hybrid event. The event will scheduled alongs... Read more
Kornit Digital reported revenues of $57.4 million in its third quartercompared to $47.3 million, net of $2.4 million attributed to the non-cash impact of ... Read more
Indonesia's Ministry of Industry is rolling out a machine restructuring program... Read more
H&M, the world's second-largest fashion retailer, has reported a surprise o... Read more
The Ministry of Public Business Sector in Egypt is set to open new textile fact... Read more
A €35 million pilot plant has been established in southern Sweden to manuf... Read more
The global denim fabric market witnessed a market size of $18.1 billion in 2020... Read more
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has developed the first... Read more
London College of Fashion (LCF) students from the University of the Arts London... Read more
Inditex, the fashion retail group that owns Zara, has invested 15 million euros... Read more
Indonesia's textile and footwear industries have demonstrated resilience in the... Read more
A new report released earlier this week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Clima... Read more
The Europe Textile Chemicals market is expected to experience steady growth in ... Read more
Buyers from around the world place big orders at an event organized by the Cott... Read more
The Yarn Expo Spring 2023 trade fair is set to take place from March 28-30, 202... Read more
Indonesia's textile and footwear industries are driving the country's economy a... Read more
The Indonesian Textile Association (API) and several other associations will ho... Read more
China's spandex exports have seen a decline in the first two months of 2023, ac... Read more
The textile industry in Pakistan is facing severe challenges due to the unavail... Read more
India's exports of readymade garments (RMG) and raw textiles dropped by 12.1% a... Read more
Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered a way to use enz... Read more
PVH Corporation, the owner of popular fashion brands like Calvin Klein and Tomm... Read more
The India Fashion Tex 2023-Reverse Buyer Seller Meet (RBSM), jointly organized ... Read more
Turkey and Europe have been importing Indian cotton yarn at an unexpected rate ... Read more
More than half of the green claims made by clothing and textile web pages are u... Read more
Texhibition Istanbul Fabric, Yarn and Textile Accessories Fair has successfully... Read more
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved Lalit Kumar Gupta ... Read more
India's import of viscose staple fiber has been on the rise in recent years, wi... Read more
The European Commission has unveiled a new proposal, the Net-Zero Industry Act,... Read more
India's policy to facilitate trade in rupees is gaining attention from more cou... Read more
YKK Corporation, a global leader in fastening solutions, has been recognized as... Read more