The Nigerian Bank of Industry has sponsored N100 billion through the Growth Enhancement Support (GES) scheme on the Cotton, Textile, and Garments (CTG) Funds for the cotton subsector, according to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and ...
Tags: cotton seeds, CTG businesses, Textile
Puma and United Legwear & Apparel Co. LLC (ULAC) have initiated a joint venture (JV) in North America for the production, sales, marketing, and distribution of Puma children's apparel. The JV will operate in the name of Puma Kids Apparel ...
Tags: merchandising, sales, marketing teams, Apparel
In the last five months of 2014, Ethiopia imported more than 3,000 tons of cotton to meet the demand of domestic textile industry, according to the Textiles Industry Development Institute (TIDI). Ethiopian Government resorted to ...
Tags: Textile Industry, raw material, Textile
Walls Brands, a leading provider of workwear and hunting apparel under the Walls Outdoor Goods, Big Smith, 10X, Liberty and Duxbak brands, has hired active lifestyle agency Backbone Media to manage its communications strategy and public ...
With the implementation of the Developing Country (DC) Preferences by the Australian Government from 1 January 2015, garments made in Fiji now have improved access to the Australian market. The DC Preferences replaces the earlier South ...
Tags: raw materials, textile, clothing, footwear industry, Apparel
London-based professor of synthetic biology at University College, Natsai Audrey Chieza, has developed traditional fabric with the dye and pattern created by soil bacteria, in a textile project named ‘Faber Futures’. The ...
‘Make in India’ has become the largest and fastest growing Government initiative ever on digital media, leaving behind all other Government schemes, Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced. Since its launch just ...
Global experts and apparel retailers have shown optimism in the Bangladesh apparel sector and said that its target to export $50 billion worth of garments by 2021 could be achieved. This was revealed in a statement from the Bangladesh ...
Tags: ethical standards, Apparel
A joint memorandum has been submitted to the Union Commerce Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman by various Indian textile associations, seeking additional two years time to fulfill export obligation under the export promotion capital goods (EPCG) ...
Tags: textile associations, Textile
Exports from the Vietnamese apparel sector are expected to touch US $24.5 billion and thereby surpass the set target by nearly $1 billion. “The garment and textile sector continues to top Vietnamese exports, mainly due to right ...
With demand for premium European textile products growing, Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition 2015 will once again feature SalonEurope and the Milano Unica pavilions. Leading European apparel fabrics and ...
Australian Wool Network (AWN) has moved forward in the wool textile value chain from brokerage to wool-made apparel retail by acquiring Victorian knitwear manufacturer and retailer, Hysport. “The acquisition will allow AWN to move ...
Tags: seamless technology, wool-made apparel retail, Textile
The textile industry of the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu aspires to climb up the textile value chain and realise its true potential for which it is depending upon the central government, said an official of a trade body. D Prabhu, ...
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in a statement said it has deferred till further orders the procedure it had mandated earlier, to export organic cotton made textiles. Earlier, the DGFT had mandated a December 18, 2014 ...
Anouk Wipprecht, the techno-couture designer of Dutch origin known for creating convention defying ensembles, has unveiled an updated version of her famous Robotic Spider Dress, featuring sensor-installed spider like legs and shoulder ...