More than half of consumers believe the demand for eco-friendly apparel will continue to grow. The challenge for eco-friendly manufacturers is to ensure that every piece of a clothing line is green – down to the finest details ...
The Gujarat Garment Manufacturers Association (GGMA) is organizing the 23rd edition of the National Garment Fair at the Gujarat University Exhibition Hall in Ahmedabad from June 26 to 28, 2014. The National Garment Fair 2014 is one of ...
Tags: Garment Fair, clothing accessories
The exports of garments and textiles from Cambodia grew by 8.98 percent to US$ 1.173 billion in the first three months of the current year, compared to exports of $1.076 billion made during the same period last year, according to the ...
Bangladesh, the second largest readymade garment exporter, has urged Japanese entrepreneurs to increase the share of Bangladeshi garments in their total apparel import from the current 1.77 percent to at least 10 percent. Speaking at a ...
Tags: Garments, readymade garment
Reviving the lost enterprises in the Russian region of Volgograd, especially with the aim of developing the light industry (which includes textiles and clothing), is one of the top priorities of the government, said acting Governor of ...
Tags: Light Industry, textiles, clothing
The garment and textile industry of Vietnam is aiming to reach a localization rate of 60 percent by 2015, and thereby reduce dependence on imported inputs, Le Trung Hai, vice president of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group ...
Tags: Garment Sector, textile industry
The exports of garments from Thailand are expected to touch US$ 7.8 billion in 2014, due to signs of global economic recovery, especially in the EU countries, Mrs. Duangkamol Jiambutr, Deputy Director-General of the Department of ...
Tags: Garment Exports, apparel exports, Apparel
Garment manufacturers from Hong Kong have entered into an agreement to set up their first industrial park in Myanmar, reports the South China Morning Post. The apparel park would be set up on 200 hectare area in Yangon, the former ...
Made in France 2014, the only exhibition devoted to high-end apparel and accessories manufacturing, will be showcasing a wealth of French high-end manufacturing expertise, skills, craftsmanship and industrial techniques, and welcoming new ...
Tags: apparel, Accessories, fashion
Apparel firms in Honduras are gearing up for the soon to be implemented Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Canada. The Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement was signed on November 5, 2013, and it would come into force once it is approved ...
Tags: Honduran Apparel, Apparel
Groups call on global clothing brands to use their influence to achieve an end to repression against workers involved in wage protests and the resumption of good-faith wage negotiations. Labour rights groups and trade unions across the ...
Tags: clothing brands, Apparel, Textile
Executives from Columbia Sportswear, Adidas Group and Puma SE condemned the Cambodian government's use of deadly force against protesting garment workers and urged the nation's factory owners and trade unions to work together to help the ...
Tags: Columbia Sportswear, Adidas Group, Puma SE, Cambodian, garment workers
The readymade garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh has suffered a loss of US$ 20 million in the month of December 2013, due to shipment delay, cancellation of orders, extra-burden of air freight, price discounts, and losses due to vandalism, ...
Tags: RMG Sector, Apparel
China's overall textiles export volume is expected to hit an all-time high this year, even a little higher than the levels seen before the financial crisis, despite an estimated growth slowdown in the second half of the year. "Textile ...
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Garment orders from foreign buyers would decline by 30 percent owing to the turbulence prevailing in the country that is affecting the Bangladeshi garment industry, said Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association ...