India’s textile and garment exports registered an almost flat growth at $41.4 billion in 2014-15, against $40.8 billion in the previous fiscal, falling short of this year’s target of $45 billion, according to media reports. ...
Tags: Garment Exports, Textiles Exports
Producer of sewing machines, Usha International named Subhadra Chowrasiya the winner of the NIFT ‘Best Garment Construction Award’. “Usha felicitated Chowrasiya with an Usha Janome Dream Maker 120 sewing machine, a ...
Facing criticism on retail FDI issue, the government has sought to downplay the continuation of the policy permitting 51per cent FDI in the multi-brand retail sector saying the BJP's stand remains the same on the matter, according to media ...
Tags: retail FDI issue, UPA policy
Leading industry body, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) expects the retail market in India will touch $1.2 trillion by 2020 and $2.1 trillion by 2025 from the present level of $550 billion, generating 10-12 million jobs in the next ...
Tags: retail market, Apparel
“Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) is the default mall capital of India, since it has nearly a hundred malls, with best performing malls in the region enjoying a low average vacancy of around 10 per cent,” a top official of ...
Tags: performing malls, NCR
Textiles secretary SK Panda has expressed optimism about the future of the handloom sector. At a meeting in New Delhi to discuss the revival of handloom, with particular focus on increasing earning of handloom weavers, Panda asserted that ...
Tags: Handloom Sector, Textile Ministry
The government is working towards creating an ambitious grid programme in order to fulfill Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of providing quality power to all by 2019, Minister of State with independent charge for Power, Coal and ...
Tags: Quality Power, Power Grid
India’s biggest intimate wear sourcing show Galleria Intima is moving to Delhi for its 4th edition to be held on 26-27 August, 2015. An initiative of Intimate Apparel Association of India (IAAI), Galleria Intima 2015 will see ...
The total sales of Khadi Gramodyog Bhawan, for the period from April 13 to April 28, 2015 increased over 60 per cent as compared to corresponding period of previous year, according to a government statement. The sales figure was ...
Tags: readymade garments, garments
Columbia Sportswear Company’s has increased its pan India footprint by adding six more stores to the existing six already operating in India and took the store count to 12. Columbia Sportswear’s Indian distributor, Chogori ...
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Amira Nature Foods has expanded its distribution network with the establishment of new distribution centres in 15 major cities across India. This will allow the company to cater to the growing demand of its packaged Indian specialty rice ...
Tags: Amira Nature Foods, specialty rice
Kolkata based Dollar Industries has launched a new range of stylish gym vests, Bigboss Gym vest woven from 100 per cent combed cotton. According to a Dollar Industries press release, the gym vest has illustrative features such as super ...
Favourable macro factors such as urbanisation and the expanding middle class continued to support new retailer expansion across Asia Pacific in 2014. The number of new entrants rose to 464, an increase of 23 per cent year-on-year. ...
Indian online fashion retailer Saiesta.com has created a new collection of digitally printed, soft, smooth flowing, reversible scarves, inspired by multiple cultures across the world. Made using viscose georgette fabrics, the colourful ...
Tags: multiple cultures, The one-stop, Apparel
Summer/Resort 2015 and Autumn/Winter 2015 ranges, straight off the just concluded Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) and Amazon India Fashion Week (AIFW) runways, are up for digital pre-order at Indian shopping destination Exclusively.com. The ...
Tags: Lakme Fashion Week, customisation, Apparel