The Steering Committee of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh announces its plan to implement the Accord programme, which it delivered within the 45 days deadline. This pioneering Accord is a binding contract between 70 ...
Tags: Fire Safety, Apparel
Building on the success of the last edition of Texcon 2012, organised in association with Ministry of Textiles, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) North Zone is organizing the second edition of its flagship event on textiles & apparel ...
Tags: Seminar, Textile Sector
The US apparel retailers Walmart and Gap are aiming at improving the safety standards of the readymade garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh by implementing new safety proposals in their stakeholder factories. Although Walmart and Gap ...
Bangladesh's export potential to the European Union has not been fully tapped though the country gets very good market access, Ambassador William Hanna, Head of the EU Delegation in Dhaka, has said. Inaugurating a two-day workshop on ...
Tags: Apparel
The 2013 Shenzhen International Textile and Accessories Fair, sponsored by the China International Trade Promotion Committee branch of the textile industry, the Shenzhen Garment Industry Association and Messe Frankfurt (HK) Co. Ltd., will ...
The proposed Asean framework for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) between the 10-nation Asean grouping and six other counties, viz., Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, will benefit Vietnam's ...
Tags: Garment, Textile, Apparel, Accessories
India’s garment exports are likely to increase to US$ 17 billion this fiscal, compared to US$ 14 billion exports made during 2012-13, according to Clothing Manufacturers’ Association of India (CMAI). Speaking at a ...
Global clothing companies must work with governments and local groups to improve factory safety and working conditions, the Bangladesh, Cambodia and Indonesia chapters of anti-corruption group Transparency International (TI) said in a joint ...
The Polo Ralph Lauren division in New Jersey was one of the first fashion companies to adopt the NScan digitizing system. In a time where many companies were still skeptical about replacing the slow and manual methods of doing pattern ...
Tags: Ralph Lauren, Digitizing System
The Shanghai International Occupational Uniform Exhibition, sponsored by the National Federation of the Textile and Garment Industry Association and hosted by Ling Shuo Exhibition Company, will be held from June 5-7, 2013, at ...
Tags: Shanghai, Apparel, Occupational Uniform
The Clean Clothes Campaign welcomes the European Parliament resolution of 20 May 2013 on health and safety in the Bangladesh garment industry, which sets out the Parliament’s expectations of multinational textile retailers to ...
Tags: CCC Hails European, Safety Accord
With 13 years' experience and development, The China (Yiwu) International Exhibition on Hosiery, Knitting, Dyeing & Finishing Machinery (hereinafter as "YIWU KNITTING") has become a highly internationalized and professional exhibition ...
Tags: Yiwu, Knitting&Machinery Expos
The 14th China Jiangsu Clothing & Accessories Fair has commenced at Changshu, a county-level city in the Jiangsu province of China. At the venue, a conference reflecting the trends for the autumn-winter season of 2013 is also organized by ...
Tags: Apparel, Changshu City
The textile and apparel exports of Botswana, a landlocked country located in Southern Africa, may continue to decline due to the withdrawal of tax incentives by the US and the EU under the Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) as the country is ...
Tags: Botswana, Textile, Tax Incentives
The recent incidents in Bangladesh, including Rana Plaza building collapse, Tarzeen and Spectrum fire accidents, have negatively impacted the growth of readymade garment (RMG) sector of the country. The clothing manufacturers of Bangladesh ...
Tags: RMG Sector, Bangladesh