Work from home, depleted social events, adoption of a fitter lifestyle has given a shot in the arm to sportswear and footwear brands as they have seen both demand and sales grow. In fact, fast-fashion and lifestyle brands have felt the heat with increased sales of sportswear brands. As per industry estimates,... Read more
The pandemic has adversely affected global apparel supply chains with countries like Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, and others facing the brunt. Their exports have tumbled, factories have closed down, workers have lost jobs and revenues pushed down. Tough time for RMG sector across value chain In fact, Banglad... Read more
The Clothing Manufacturers Association of India, (CMAI) has written an open letter to Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance outlining pre-Budget recommendations. The association has urged the government to consider key financial aid that can help the industry recover from the aftermath of the Covid-19 p... Read more
Cotton Association of India has increased its crop estimate for 2020-21 season from previous estimate of 356 lakh bales of 170 kg each (i.e. 378.25 lakh running bales of 160 kg each) to 358.50 lakh bales (i.e. 380.91 lakh running), an overall rise of 2.50 lakh bales. Production, consumption to go up As cott... Read more
After facing several impediments in the first three quarters of 2020, due to US-China trade stand-off and the pandemic, China’s economic growth has steadied. In fact, the country is doing better than most others at the moment on all economic indicators. Business has recovered steadily as consumption has... Read more
While 2020 was full of hardships for brands and retailers with store closures, major dip in both sales and revenues, many struggled while others looked for ways to stay afloat. In all this madness brands came up with new strategies to survive. From antiviral collections, home apparel line to shop-on-wheels at... Read more
Before the pandemic hit global businesses, with Brexit and US China trade stand off the biggest question that bothered businesses worldwide was will the age of globalization come to an end? In fact, COVID-19 exposed the vulnerabilities of long-distance supply chains even more. With 64 (Thomasnet) US manufactu... Read more
Seven years and 35 rounds of negotiations between the European Union and China finally culminated in the Comprehensive Agreement in Investments (CAI). The deal was announced by the two signatories this week, opens the Chinese market further to EU investors. German Chancellor Angela Merkel played a key role in... Read more
After a hard year, India’s retail sector is now looking optimistically at the upcoming Union Budget. The retail sector estimated at $854 billion, is one of the largest industries with 10 per cent GDP share. It employs approximately 46 million people and hence is very important for economic revival... Read more
Though the European Union fears a significant decline in denim imports due to COVID-19, it will continue to remain a huge market for international denim exporters. As per a report by the Centre for Promotion of Imports, the Europe Union imported denims worth €9.2 billion in 2019. Germany: The largest de... Read more
While polyester, nylon, cotton and cotton yarn prices in China grew strongly during December, spandex saw decline after 40 per cent increase in previous months. As per a CCF Group report, spandex prices were mainly affected by a dip in demand and operating rate of downstream mills which varied from medi... Read more
India is one the largest exporters of denim fabric in the world. Data from Astute Consulting indicates, India’s denim fabric exports grew at 8 per cent CAGR from 2016-2020. A major part of this growth came from poly denim fabric exports which grew at phenomenal 23 per cent CAGR in these five years. On t... Read more
The sports and outdoor industry is making a positive shift by using recycled fibers and fabrics. As per a report by Innovation in Textiles, majority of these fabrics are made from plastic waste, including single-use plastics or fishing nets collected from beaches and oceans. This not only prevents plast... Read more
2020 will be remembered as a year that not only changed the global geopolitical map but also as a year that saw China’s dominance over world trade. As per a SRTEPC report, in recent years, the US and Europe saw a massive rise in imports from China. However, COVID-19 and China’s role in its global ... Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected flow of orders amongst major textile and apparel exporting countries of the globe. While India had already lost many textile orders to China before RCEP was signed, the agreement has further widened loss of orders. Vietnam’s annual textile and apparel exports to drop ... Read more
The US-China trade war intensified recently with the Trump administration banning cotton imports from the sprawling Chinese quasi-military organization, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC). As per a report, the XPCC produces more than 2/3 of China’s cotton. In 2019, the organization expor... Read more
Single largest source of foreign exchange, Pakistan’s textile exports are back on a growth track, says a report by Dawn. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics’ recent figures reveal, from July to October 2020, Pakistan’s textile shipments surged 3.8 per cent to $4.8 billion from $4.6 billion a year ... Read more
Though COVID-19 has led to a surge in fashion ecommerce activities, few segments continue to rely on physical shopping experiences, luxury fashion being one of them. As Euromonitor International notes, global luxury fashion sales are set to decline 22 per cent by 2020-end as stores remain closed and consumers... Read more
US government’s recent order to seize cotton and cotton products from the Xinjiang country would have far-reaching ramifications for US apparel retail industry, says the Worker Rights Consortium. As stated in a Quartz report, the order is likely to impact the supply chains of virtually every major appar... 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
To be held from March 9 to 12, 2021, FESPA Global Print and European Sign Expo 2021 are attracting a good line-up of exhibitors who are enthusiastic to en... Read more
Visitors browsing Mimaki Europe’s interactive virtual booth at Innovate Textile & Apparel Virtual Trade Show can see the best-selling dye-sublim... Read more
Trident has been granted patent for “Fabric and Method of Manufacturing F... Read more
International Newsletters launches its first online edition of World Congress o... Read more
Tiruppur Exporters’ Association (TEA) has submitted some recommendations ... Read more
Pakistani denim specialist Artistic Milliners, an integrated producer with spin... Read more
The textile sector of Pakistan has immense potential for further expanding its ... Read more
The new hybrid edition of Techtextil India will be held in Mumbai, this Septemb... Read more
US has had record shipments of cotton supporting a stronger US export forecast ... Read more
Textile and garment exporters and manufactures are finding it difficult to capi... Read more
Demand for antibacterial and antiviral fabrics and garments have grown during t... Read more
With a second wave of lockdowns in the West especially Europe, demand for Sri L... Read more
Bangladesh’s exports earning from home textile products in 2020 clocked i... Read more
The Fabric Days scheduled from March 2 to 4, 2021 will not be taking place, it ... Read more
Philippines’ garment and hard goods exports are expected to grow 15 per c... Read more
With Covid-19 emergency, the difficulties faced by the industry, with numerous ... Read more
The National Exhibition and Convention Centre (Shanghai) will host the Yarn Exp... Read more
Closed will launch a capsule collection in February as a part of its ‘A B... Read more
Rising price of cotton in the international markets has caused a ripple effect ... Read more
PDS Multinational Fashions has appointed Sanjay Jain as CEO. Jain previously se... Read more
Xinjiang’s total cotton output, unit yield, planting area, and commodity ... Read more
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has publ... Read more
The Philippine Exporters Confederation (Philexport) says the Foreign Buyers Ass... Read more
The International Textile Alliance has prepended the dates for spring 20201 Sho... Read more
National Committee on Textiles & Clothing (NCTC) has appealed to the Prime ... Read more
The Swiss subsidiary of German distribution company Lidl, supermarket line has ... Read more
As per Ministry and Commerce and Industry figures, India has seen a slight decl... Read more
China has lifted import quota on Australian wool, reported The Australian Broad... Read more
Andreas Ferrarese, Italian Ambassador to Pakistan announced Italy wanted to sta... Read more
Cotton stocks at China’s ports are largely from India, ending the India-C... Read more
Leading textile units mainly, Winsome Textiles, Auro Textiles, Auro Dyeing and ... Read more