Textile exporters in India are a worried lot after failing to meet the export target for the last financial year, according to media reports. "These declining trends in exports are a matter of deep concern," Texprocil chairman R K Dalmia ...
Tags: Textile
The government is working on guidelines for e-commerce sector in the backdrop of ongoing tussle between online and offline retailers, according to media reports quoting a top government official has said. The government is aware of the ...
Tags: E-Commerce, Service
China is to reduce import taxes by more than 50 per cent on some consumer goods, including apparel, in a bid to encourage an increase in domestic spending, according to media reports. The Chinese finance ministry has said that it will ...
Tags: Import Duty, Consumer Goods
Once implemented, the Goods & Service Tax (GST) may in particular, impact Indian ecommerce retailers, who may witness their costs going up. Costs may move northwards for online retailers or their vendors as they would be liable to pay ...
Tags: Indian Ecommerce Players, Apparel
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
Meghalaya will soon have its own apparel and garment centre. Chief Minister Mukul Sangma recently laid the foundation stone of an apparel and garment centre to be set up under the North East Region Textiles Promotion Scheme, according to ...
Tags: Apparel, garment centre
Inaugurating a textile park at Nandgaonpeth MIDC (industrial colony) near Amravati on Thursday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said such parks would be established in eight other places in the state's cotton-belt, according to ...
Tags: Textile Parks, Cotton Belt, textile
Arvind Brands and Retail Ltd, the Indian partner of the US-based fashion retailer Calvin Klein Inc, has picked Parag Dani to head the latter’s business in India, according to media reports. Prior to this appointment, Dani ...
Tags: Arvind Brands, fashion retailer
Reliance Retail, part of Reliance Industries, plans to launch multi-channel shopping across all its formats to tap the fast growing e-commerce segment, according to media reports. The company, which operates its business under five ...
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
A delegation of the European Union trade office of generalised system of preferences (GSP) programme reviewed the benefits of GSP plus facility to Pakistan and the progress made so far on implementation of social standards related to labour ...
Tags: GSP Benefits, Textile exports
Pakistan will support women businessmen in the garment sector in Bangladesh to upgrade their entrepreneurial skills, according to media reports in the two countries. Pakistani high commissioner Shuja Alam and acting managing director of ...
Tags: garment sector, women garment
Garment makers in Bangladesh have urged the government to collect 0.3 per cent tax at source on 10 per cent of their profits from exports, instead of overall profits, according to media reports in the country. The National Board of ...
Tags: Garment Exporters, apparel export
India’s e-commerce leader, Flipkart, says it has an ambitious plan to expand its network by increasing the number of sellers by more than 200 per cent by the end of this year. "Right now 30,000 sellers are connected to our network. ...
Tags: e-commerce, Flipkart, Apparel
Hit by sluggish Chinese demand, India’s cotton export is expected to fall 29 per cent to 7 million bales in the current crop year that ends in September. India has so far exported only 4.5 million bales of cotton this year, media ...
Tags: Chinese demand, cotton export