Ethiopian designer Fikirte Addis “feels like she is ready to fly.” A one-time child psychologist with a passion for design, Addis took a risk in 2009 by launching her own brand. Since that time, she has won the Origin Africa ...
Tags: Fikirte Addis, Textile
The government has announced increase in the rate of interest subvention from 2% to 3% to the exporters belonging to various sectors. It has been mentioned that all pending claims would also be cleared immediately. Welcoming the decision, ...
The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mallory Duncan on U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s decision that found that the Federal Reserve misapplied Congress’ ...
Tags: Swipe Fees, Textile
The Board of Appeal has annulled an ECHA decision because it failed to clearly and precisely communicate an important deadline in the decision-making process to the Registrant in due time. The Board of Appeal has remitted the case to ECHA ...
Tags: ECHA Decision, Appeal
“Sustainability” has become a conundrum for primary commodity industries: something everyone demands but no one knows quite how to define or what it means in practical terms. The ICAC Expert Panel on Social, Environmental and ...
With the ever-growing competition and rapidly increasing production cost, several US apparel manufacturers are focusing on fashion design competitions to boost their sales and to attract more consumers. Carolina-based t-shirt manufacturer ...
Tags: Apparel Makers, Boost Sales
The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART), as part of its continuing effort to provide leadership in the clothing and textile recycling industry, is taking several positive steps which focus on the issues surrounding ...
Tags: Clothing Collection Bins, Apparel
Demandware, Inc., the industry-leading provider of enterprise cloud commerce solutions, announced that Wet Seal, a leading specialty retailer of fashionable and contemporary apparel and accessory items for young women, has selected the ...
Honda and McLaren may expand their partnership outside Formula One to road cars, according to the British motorsport team's boss. McLaren Racing CEO Martin Whitmarsh told Autocar the two brands were open to a deepening of the relationship ...
Two V8-powered Ford Ranger utes will take on the 8500km-plus 2014 Dakar Rally when the event kicks off in South America in January. Built and designed in South Africa by Pietermaritzburg-based Neil Woolridge Motorsport with support from ...
The Suzuki iV-4 concept has been teased ahead of the compact SUV's unveiling at the Frankfurt motor show in September. The Suzuki iV-4 will preview a new design language for the car maker, though Suzuki says it will retain the clamshell ...
Indicating a year-on-year fall of 2.29 percent, textile and clothing exports from Tunisia dropped to 483 million Tunisian dinars (MTD) in June 2013, according to the June 2013 economic letter of the Technical Centre for Textiles (CETTEX). ...
Tags: Textile Exports, Clothing Exports
Mafatlal Industries Limited (MIL), the flagship company of the Arvind Mafatlal Group has shown encouraging standalone unaudited results for the quarter ended 30th June 2013. Total income has been Rs. 222.43 Crore and net profit after tax ...
Tags: Mafatlal Industries, Textile
The Municipality of Ontinyent in Valencia, Spain, recently signed a Joint Declaration between employers and unions for the revival of the textile industry in the region. The agreement was signed between the Ontinyent City Council, ...
Tags: Ontinyent City, Textile Sector
The prices at which cotton is sold in Ethiopian markets is comparatively lesser than the rates quoted in international markets. In March this year, cotton was sold at US$ 3.95 a kilo in international markets, whereas the local growers ...
Tags: Cotton Production, Lower Prices