The Gores Group, LLC announced that Kevin Mahoney has been named Chief Executive Officer of Big Strike, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of casual and career apparel for women. “We are pleased to welcome Kevin Mahoney to Big ...
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In one of the most dynamic fashion markets in the world, Brazilian apparel companies have many opportunities in front of them. But along with rapid growth comes challenges. The national appetite for fresh fashion is requiring retailers to ...
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Banana Republic is proud to announce Simon Kneen, Creative Director and Executive Vice President, Design, has been awarded a Doctor of Arts honoris causa from Kingston University in London, United Kingdom. A Kingston University graduate, ...
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Bangladesh's extensive diplomatic efforts and constant lobbying has saved one billion dollar RMG export to Canada, and paved the smooth way for future export. The Parliament of Canada has recently decided to amend the relevant criteria in ...
MarketKey Ltd announced the launch of Product Innovation Apparel 2013. PI Apparel 2013 takes place on the 16th-17th July in Kensington, London. Part of the Product Innovation series of events PI Apparel 2013 brings together the fashion ...
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Ed Gribbin, president of Alvanon, Inc. has been named to the board of the American Apparel & Footwear Association. The announcement was made by AAFA President & CEO Kevin M. Burke at the AAFA Board of Directors Meeting, in conjunction with ...
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Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Denim has launched the Cone? 3D initiative for bringing denim innovations to the marketplace. Cone 3D — which refers to denim, design and development — will focus on technologies offering ...
CRAiLAR Technologies Inc., which produces and markets a natural fiber made from flax and other bast fibers, has entered into a marketing and development agreement with Cone Denim, America’s largest and most innovative working denim ...
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The High Court in Pietermaritzburg has ruled that small apparel manufacturing units, owned by families of Chinese and Taiwanese descent in Newcastle, in South Africa’s eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, are exempt from National ...
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Singletree Technologies, an innovative supplier of software to Retailers and Wholesalers in the Apparel Industry, has announced the latest release of its software product called Intellimas, an application that eliminates inefficient ...
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MAS Holdings was declared winner of the prestigious Women’s Empowerment Corporate Leader 2012 award by The New Economy (TNE), a global multimedia platform that captures and commends the spirit of thought leadership. With the ...
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Several international retail brands are planning to invest in Indian textile sector as the Central Government has announced many incentives, including tax exemptions, to the textile and garment industry in the Union Budget 2013-14. ...
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The Intimate Apparel Association of India (IAAI) expresses its gratitude to the Hon. Finance Minister of India, Shri. P. Chidambaram for his move of rolling back excise duty from the ensuing financial year. The Centre had levied 10% central ...
Larry R. Phillips BOCA RATON, Fla. — Larry R. Phillips, a founder of high-end furnishings and home décor source Phillips Collection, has died at 95. Phillips ended up in home furnishings by way of the apparel industry. ...
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“The Pakistan Government will apply for Least Developed Country (LDC) status, which it would get by 2014”, the Textiles Minister - Makhdoom Shahabuddin recently told the Pakistan National Assembly. This would mean that ...