Levi Strauss & Co. said it has expanded its clothing recycling initiative to all Levi's mainline and outlet stores in the United States. In a press release, the denim jeans marketer added that is making it easier for consumers to recycle ...
The Russian outdoor apparel and garment industry is trying for foreign investment in the sector. Representatives of the official Russian delegation at OutDoor, Europe’s leading trade fair for the outdoor sector in Friedrichshafen, ...
Tags: outdoor apparel, outdoor garment
American fibre producer Invista, co-sponsor of the Kingpins denim show in New York City, will be showcasing the latest Lycra Beauty branded shaping fabrics from around the world at Kingpins on July 21 and 22, it said in a press statement. ...
Dick's Sporting Goods will launch a new retail format—Chelsea Collective, a specialty women's fitness and lifestyle boutique with the first of two stores expected to open in August 2015. “Chelsea Collective will provide ...
Tags: women's boutique, women's apparel
Malaysia's Penfabric has become the world's first integrated textile company undertaking yarn spinning, greige weaving to dyeing and finishing, to be awarded the STeP by Oeko-Tex certificate for sustainable textile production and with it, ...
Tags: integrated textile, yarn spinning
Vietnam’s textile and garment sector continues to be a magnet for FDI. While FDI in Vietnam has fallen significantly in the first six months of 2015, it rose sharply in the textile and garment sector, according to the country’s ...
Tags: textile industry, FDI, garment
Producer and marketer of recycled nylon fibres Aquafil has entered into a partnership with Outerknown, a new menswear apparel brand founded by 11 time world champion surfer Kelly Slater. An Aquafil press release informed that ...
Tags: textile manufacture, Nylon Fibres
Heavy ceremonial robes traditionally worn during convocations in universities may soon become a thing of the past with the University Grants Commission (UGC) asking universities to consider using handloom fabric for ceremonial dresses ...
Apparel brand Patagonia has introduced Merino Air Baselayer and what it calls the first-ever fusion of sustainably sourced wool and cutting-edge technology. “Merino Air offers outstanding warmth, more breathability and better fit ...
Tags: apparel manufcture, wool, Patagonia, Merino Air Baselayer
Optitex, the leading provider of integrated 2D CAD and 3D digital product solutions for the textile industry, has released version O/15 of its O/Dev 3D Product Creation Suite. The upgraded software package enables fashion and apparel ...
Tags: textile manufacture, apparel and clothing, fashion design, pleats
Alibaba.com, the world’s largest e-commerce company, has launched a reseller platform in India in a bid to muscle its way to a larger share of the country’s e-commerce market, according to media reports. A reseller is a ...
Tags: textile manufacture, Alibaba.com, apparel, handicrafts
Haiti’s apparel sector has just got a shot in the arm. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has decided to invest $4 million to help The Willbes Haitian S.A., a subsidiary of South Korea-based ...
Tags: apparel manufacture, IFC, knits, sweaters, woven products, microfibers
The 2015 edition of the annual Euratex Convention will be devoted to sustainable innovation in the textile and clothing industry. The Convention will be organised by the European apparel and textile confederation (Euratex) and its Italian ...
Tags: textile manfacture, apparel and clothing, clothing manufacture
Textile and apparel exports from the Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia are set to benefit as the Malaysia-Turkey Free Trade Agreement (MTFTA) will come into effect on August 1, 2015, according to Malaysian media reports. The MTFTA ...
Tags: textile manufacture, apparel and clothing, MTFTA, apparel exports
Multi brand online retailer Bluestem Group completed acquisition of Orchard Brands Corporation, also an online retailer of multi-brand family of 13 catalogue and ecommerce brands. The deal, according to a Bluestem Group press release, has ...
Tags: apparel, Orchard, Bluestem Group, private label