Industrial thread and consumer textile crafts marketer, Coats plc has added David Gosnell as non-executive director, with effect from February 19, 2015, who will also chair the Remuneration Committee. David who retired from Diageo plc as ...
Tags: Industrial thread, Textile
In its 2015 economic forecast, the National Retail Federation (NRF) projected retail industry sales, excluding automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants will increase 4.1 per cent*, up from the 3.5 per in 2014. The 4.1 per cent growth ...
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Complying with the wishes of many exhibitors and visitors, Heimtextil organisers, Messe Frankfurt said, next year’s edition will begin on Tuesday and end a day earlier on Friday. The next Heimtextil in Frankfurt am Main will take ...
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Global yarn production witnessed a rise of 6.3 per cent in Q3/2014 in comparison to Q3/2013. This was supported by an increase of 7.3 per cent in output in Asia, whereas the other regions saw declines of 3.1 per cent annually in Europe, 2.4 ...
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The exports of textiles and apparel from Philippines crossed US$ 2 billion mark last year, according to the data from the industry and trade statistics department, under the Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippines earned US$ ...
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Cotton imports by the Southeast Asian nation of Indonesia decreased by 2.16 per cent in 2014, according to the data from Statistics Indonesia. During the year, Indonesia imported cotton (HS Code 52) worth US$ 2.499 billion, compared to ...
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Respondents to survey reported a 14 per cent hike to 18,234 acres in US organic cotton acres planted in 2014 from 15,973 acres in 2013, representing the largest planted organic cotton acreage in almost 20 years. This happened, despite ...
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The readymade garment industry in Bangladesh needs support in information and communications technology (ICT) in order to make its vision of reaching US$ 50 billion-mark in exports by 2021, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers ...
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Yarn Expo Spring 2015 which exhibits a wide range of fibre and yarn products returns to Shanghai from March 18–20, 2015 in Hall 7.2 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center. Yarn Expo will showcase natural and blended yarns ...
Career uniform designer and manufacturer, International Uniforms, Inc. has selected NGC’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) fashion Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution, NGC ERP XPress. NGC ERP XPress will provide International ...
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Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) and its Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative, are supporting Ugandan farmers through sustainable cotton farming. With successful verification of the Western Uganda Cotton Company (WUCC) and the ...
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The Karnataka government is planning to develop smaller textile parks at different places in Ballari, Chamarajanagar and Vijayapura districts, a government official said. Addressing a roadshow for Technotex 2015 in Bengaluru, K ...
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“In 2014, we delivered 16 per cent growth in adjusted earnings per share, significantly increased return on capital, and distributed over $480 million of cash to shareholders, CEO of Avery Dennison said. CEO Dean Scarborough said, ...
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The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has downwardly revised the country’s cotton output for the ongoing season 2014-15 to 397 lakh bales of 170 kg each from its December 2014 estimate of 400.25 lakh bales, a news agency reported. ...
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Leading apparel manufacturers from Lesotho, South Africa, and Botswana, with support from the US government, are participating in the ‘Sourcing South Africa’ pavilion at MAGIC apparel expo to be held from February 16 to 19, ...