The biggest institute for apparel training, the Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC), which has more than 170 centers across India and trains more than 50,000 students annually, has become affiliated to the Apparel, Made-Ups & Home ...
Tags: labour market information system, apparel value chain, Apparel
Six years ago, the 5 Gyres Institute formed to answer a question the world had put in its too hard box. Marcus Eriksen, PhD, director of research for the 5 Gyres Institute, explained, “The 5 Gyres Institute’s work began six ...
Ear climbers, like this 18-karat rose gold and diamond pair from Stephen Webster, will continue to be popular in the new year. Click through this slideshow to see a piece of jewelry that embodies each of the eight trends outlined for ...
‘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 ...
Rumours of a 4-inch iPhone 6 ‘Mini’ edition have now come into question as supply chain sources cast doubt over the chatter. Over the past few months we’ve heard from the grapevine that Apple has been setting up to ...
Tags: iPhone, mini, Consumer Electronics
Diamantaires were happy to see the back of 2014. After all, it was a tough year in which polished diamond prices declined, accelerating the general downtrend evident since mid-2011. Therefore, there is understandably some uncertainty about ...
The Nigerian government has approved a policy which aims to revive the country’s ailing textile and garment industry. The policy is a part of the National Industry Revolution Plan (NIRP) which covers the whole textile value chain, ...
Tags: funding and energy, smuggling, Textile
Revenues for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014 at Zuoan Fashion Limited, a leading Chinese fashion casual menswear company, dived 20.9 per cent year on year. Zuoan said its sales in the third quarter of 2014 amounted to RMB 301.1 ...
Tags: advertising expenses, Apparel
Indian synthetic fibre and yarn producers have urged the Union Ministry of Finance to abolish excise duty of 12 per cent levied on the industry and bring it at par with the cotton fibre and yarn sector. “This will help the growth of ...
Tags: cotton fibre, yarn sector, Textile
The proposed Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST), introduced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Lok Sabha last month, is expected to smoothen business process (ease of doing business) for ecommerce companies by ...
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
China's central government is now centralizing efforts to foster development in the nation's panel component and materials segments in an effort to develop more comprehensive supply chains in the nation following issued subsidies to local ...
Tags: Upstream Display, LED Display
Everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S6 The Samsung Galaxy S6 release date is fast approaching, and with 2015 now upon us, a flurry of Galaxy S6 leaks and rumours have started to surface. With the Galaxy S6 release date ...
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U.S. chain-store sales rose 2.2 percent year on year for the week that ended on December 27 and included the final shopping days before Christmas, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. ...
Eastman Chemical Company has announced it will join Together for Sustainability (TfS). Eastman and TfS have confirmed acceptance of Eastman's application to the consortium as the first U.S.-based company to join, with plans to finalize ...
Tags: Eastman Chemical, Construction