Vietnam and EU have agreed in principle on a trade and investment agreement, the most ambitious and comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) that the EU has ever concluded with a developing country, the European Commission said on its ...
Gross area and exhibitor numbers have jumped to an all time high for the Messe Frankfurt organised Yarn Expo Autumn to be held from October 13–15, 2015. This year's autumn fair will take up 8,500 sq. metre gross area and will house ...
Tags: functional fibres, biochemical fibres, nylon
US based apparel marketer Columbia Sportswear Company said its net sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 grew 17 per cent year over year and thereby created a record for second quarter sales. In a press release, Columbia Sportswear ...
Tags: Sportswear, apparel
For the second quarter ended June 30, 2015, apparel sales at German sports goods and sportswear marketer Puma were broadly flat at € 263.3 million from the same quarter of previous year. “This is against high comparables in the ...
Tags: sports goods, sportswear
Xidelang Holdings (XDL), China-based manufacturer of sports and leisure wear, has signed an agreement to acquire the entire existing business and undertakings of Jinjiang Yangsen Garments Company, including all of its assets and certain ...
Tags: sports wear, leisure wear
Chemical-free cooling brand Dr Cool, launched its new collection of cooling accessories and clothing for men, women and children. “The line is designed for a variety of sports and activities including dance, golf, running, tennis, ...
Tags: Women's apparel, crew long sleeve
One of the world's greatest football clubs, Real Madrid and Tmall Global, an overseas platform and an extension of Alibaba Group's B2C Tmall.com business in China, have announced the launch of the official online Real Madrid store for ...
Tags: player jerseys, club apparel
Industrial threads producer Coats Group said it has developed a metallised thread antenna specifically for use with a revolutionary radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. Convergence Systems Limited (CSL), a provider of RFID products, ...
Tags: Industrial threads, RFID tag
In its trading statement for the 26 weeks period to July 25, 2015, UK fashion retailer Next reported a 3.5 per cent year over year hike in full price sales. “Next full price sales for the first half of fiscal 2016 grew 3.5 per cent, ...
Tags: Next Retail, Clearance rates, Apparel
The summer edition of Texworld USA, International Apparel Sourcing Show and Home Textiles Sourcing Expo ended with exhibitor numbers as well as show space growing by 25 per cent. In total 917 exhibitors from 40 countries presented their ...
Tags: Home Textiles, textile
Global outdoor apparel major Columbia Sportswear Company has opened its newest Performance Fishing Gear (PFG) concept store in Miami's The Falls, the company said in a press release. The new 5,654 square-foot Miami location will feature ...
Tags: Sportswear, footwear
Paul & Shark, the luxury sportswear brand, has selected Centric Software to provide its Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software. According to Andrea Dini, owner and CEO of Paul & Shark, the company, known for combining technical ...
Tags: luxury sportswear, sportswear
Boden, one of the leading British fashion brand, has selected Centric Software, Inc., to provide its product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. The company will deploy the solution including mobile apps across design, development, ...
Tags: apparel, footwear, luxury goods
Intertek, a leading provider of quality solutions to industries worldwide, has expanded its Southeast Asia presence into Myanmar with the launch of its garment inspection services in the country, the company said in a statement. ...
Tags: textile manufacture, garment
Italian fashion company, Bennetton, has chosen Cad.Assyst and Automarker, designing tools from the Human Solutions Group's Italian subsidiary, Sistemi Assyst, headquartered in Lainate, Milan. Special additional functions have been ...