Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials like fabrics, leather, technical textiles, and composite material, has announced that Italian luxury menswear brand, Brioni has ...
Tags: Lectra's Fashion PLM, Menswear
Tokyo is the world’s hottest market for retail expansion, attracting 63 new brands last year as leasing momentum in core areas remained strong, despite mixed signals in the economy and an increase in the sales tax to eight per cent in ...
Kewal Kiran Clothing, a marketer of Killer, Lawman and Easies denim and apparel brands, reported an 18 per cent year on year surge in net sales for the fourth fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2015. In a BSE filing, the Kewalchand Jain led ...
Tags: Kewal Kiran Clothing, denim, apparel
Dolls are a great gift for a new toddler and baby dolls are a treasured collectible all over the world. The earliest dolls were crafted from found materials like corn husks and red clay. Baby dolls from centuries past were created using ...
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For the first fiscal quarter ended May 2, 2015 gross margin at US apparel retailer JC Penney expanded 330 basis points to 36.4 per cent of sales, compared to 33.1 per cent in the same quarter of last fiscal. JC Penney reported net ...
South African retail heavyweight Christo Wiese through his private equity vehicle Brait SE has acquired 90 per cent stake in UK fast fashion apparel retailer New Look. Brait SE has acquired the stake for £780 million, primarily ...
Tags: Brait, Apparel Retailer, Apparel
Small brands with turnovers of Rs 10 crore to Rs 25 crore and mid brands with turnovers of Rs 25 crore to Rs 100 crore were affected by low sentiments, reveals the Clothing Manufacturers’ Association of India (CMAI’s) Apparel ...
Tags: Clothing Manufacturers, Apparel
Driven by Printwear and Branded Apparel sales, consolidated net sales at clothing retailer Gildan Activewear soared 15.9 per cent year over year in the first fiscal quarter ended April 5, 2015. Consolidated net sales in the first ...
Tags: Gildan Activewear, Printwear, underwear
Driven by Bonita brand sales, revenue in the first quarter ended March 31, 2015 rose 3.4 per cent year over year at German apparel marketer Tom Tailor Group. “And also despite a challenging environment, we were able to hike sales by ...
Tags: Bonita, apparel, textile market
U.S. specialty jewelry store sales slumped 5.8 percent year on year to $2.019 billion in March, reflecting the sixth consecutive monthly decline. Jewelry store sales during the first quarter of 2015 have fallen 5.6 percent to $6.266 ...
Less than half of consumers in the US are aware of most smart fabrics, including those that have been available in the marketplace for several years. For some smart fabrics, including cooling and heat-modifying fabrics, interest is higher ...
Global viscose giant Aditya Birla has announceed its industry-leading policy to eliminate any sourcing from the world’s ancient and endangered forests for all of its viscose fibres, which are widely used in clothing and textiles, ...
Cintas Canada released a new white paper titled ‘Should I Rent or Purchase Flame Resistant Clothing? Strategies for building a safer and more cost effective protective apparel programme.’ According to a Cintas press ...
Tags: FR clothing, Apparel
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday called for improved import and export policies to offer more choice to the domestic market. Boosting domestic demand is key to ensuring steady growth and successful economic restructuring, said a ...
Tags: Domestic Market, Consumer Goods
India’s e-commerce leader, Flipkart, says it has an ambitious plan to expand its network by increasing the number of sellers by more than 200 per cent by the end of this year. "Right now 30,000 sellers are connected to our network. ...
Tags: e-commerce, Flipkart, Apparel