Fiji could become the apparel making hub within the next 10 years and garment exports may become a major income generator for the country, according to Fiji Fashion Council. In an interview with fibre2fashion, chairman of Fiji Fashion ...
IAF President Mr. Harry van Dalfsen announced that IAF will launch an action plan on global responsibility. While speaking in the opening session of the Fashion Retail Summit in Mumbai celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Clothing ...
The recent hike in minimum wages may lead to layoffs in Bolivian textile and apparel sector, El Conglomerado Textil Boliviano (COTEXBO or Bolivian Textile Conglomerate), has said. The textile sector in Bolivia, a land-locked country ...
Tags: Wage Hike, Textile Sector
The predominantly cotton based textile industry in India faced a crisis during 2008-09 due to global recession and again a grave crisis during 2010-11 owing to high volatility in cotton prices and certain external factors. The Government ...
Tags: textile industry, textile, Apparel
The China International Clothing and Accessories Fair 2013 (CHIC 2013), which concluded last week, saw an increase in participation of European brands. The fair saw participation of more than 400 foreign brands this year, with majority ...
Tags: Clothing, Accessories
Vietnamese textile industry will maintain its growth momentum in second quarter of the current year, according to the Vietnam Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex). Vietnamese textile and garment exports to the US, Japan and South Korea ...
Tags: textile industry, textile
India Market Days is a project approved by Ministry of Textiles and is funded under the Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India for inviting overseas buyers and buying agents under ...
Taylor, a comfortable but common easy chair. Mia Gammelgaard highlighted the details (inspired by the clothing industry) on the chair. And by doing so made Taylor a simplified yet distinctive easy chair with its own integrity that is ...
Tags: Common Chair, Chair, Furniture
For the fashion industry too sustainability is more than just a buzzword. Ever since the 1990s the entire textile industry, everyone from machine manufacturers to companies producing fibres, fabrics and garments, has been implementing ...
Tags: fashion industry, fabrics, garments
Crew Clothing Co. is pleased to announce a further positive set of results for the full year to October 2012, with continued strong sales and profit growth. Highlights are as follows: •Top line sales growth of +19% to ...
Tags: Crew Clothing, Clothing, Clothing Industry
On 10-11 April 2013 in Malta, the textile and clothing sector from the Euro-Mediterranean Area will discuss how social dialogue can address skill needs. Representatives of national administrations, industrial associations, trade union and ...
Tags: textile sector, clothing sector, textile
The textile industry has been pleading to the Government to direct Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to offload the cotton to the domestic textile mills to maintain the stability in cotton prices. Unfortunately, it has been reported that ...
Tags: textile industry, textile, Cotton
The textile industry has been pleading to the Government to direct Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to offload the cotton to the domestic textile mills to maintain the stability in cotton prices. Unfortunately, it has been reported that ...
Tags: textile value, textile, Cotton
To honour the achievements of OEKO-TEX? certified companies who have shown special commitment to the issue of sustainability, the OEKO-TEX? Association will be presenting the Sustainability Award for the first time on 12 June 2013 during an ...
After the unions and employers failed to reach an agreement for yet another time, unions like CCOO and UGT have announced their decision to protest across Spain. The wage agreement between employers and employees of the Spanish textile ...