Jack Wolfskin has reached an agreement to buy out its Chinese distributor and licensee over the next two years to clear the way for a new subsidiary it will establish in the People's Republic of China, or PRC. In exchange for a two-year ...
Tags: Jack Wolfskin, Chinese Distributor
The textile industry of the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu aspires to climb up the textile value chain and realise its true potential for which it is depending upon the central government, said an official of a trade body. D Prabhu, ...
Most of the traditional January or Boxing Day sales now start online before Christmas, even before you've had a chance to pull a cracker. Retailers are not obliged to give you a refund or an exchange if you simply decide you don??t want ...
Tags: Boxing Day, Christmas
Holiday sales as compared to overall annual retail sales have been trending downward for about a decade. Holiday sales in 2013, at $663.5 billion, were 18.7 percent of overall retail sales, well below the peak of 19.6 percent seen in 2004. ...
Tags: Gifts, Shoppers, Sporting Goods
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that the 3D printing footprint at the 2015 International CES® has doubled from the 2014 CES. Returning for its second year, the 3D Printing Marketplace, presented by TCT ...
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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced the Sensors Marketplace, presented by the MEMs Industry Group, a showcase of the latest innovations in gesture and motion technology, at the 2015 International CES®. Owned ...
The Vietnamese retailer Canifa, in collaboration with the Australia-based international wool textile organization The Woolmark Company, has launched its first-ever collection of Woolmark-certified clothing. Following the sell-out success ...
A survey by The Economist reveals that Asian women are increasingly empowered financially and they are the one’s driving the explosive growth of e-commerce in the region. The magazine did a detailed survey of 5,500 women across ...
Tags: Ecommerce Trade, Female consumers, Apparel
Arvind Internet Limited (AIL), the online arm of Arvind—one of India’s largest integrated textile and apparel company with a strong retail presence, has launched a revolutionary digital retail store concept by opening first such ...
Tags: Digital Retail, Store Concept, Apparel
The Government of Syria will support and protect the garment sector and has plans for reoperation of the textile factories in the country, the Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, Dr Humam al-Jazaeri said at a recent meeting with textile ...
The American PC antivirus software maker Norton has joined hands with Beatbrand to create a new line of wearable technology clothing that can prevent virtual identity theft. The collection incorporates silver-based Radio frequency ...
Tags: technology clothing, passport, credit card details, Apparel
US based, Environmental Testing and Research Laboratories (ETR) said it has developed a method for simply and quickly verifying levels of formaldehyde in apparel. Very often when garments are manufactured offshore, it is necessary to ...
Tags: formaldehyde, Apparel
Finland-based global developer and supplier of services and technologies for the pulp, paper and energy industries Valmet will build a new services centre in Indonesia. The company said that Indonesia is one of the key markets of ...
Tags: pulp, paper, energy industries, Agriculture
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on ‘GaN on GaN’ (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has extended its line of PAR and AR111 lamps to offer a full range of halogen ...
Tags: Soraa, GaN-on-GaN, LED Lamps
Germany based, Lidl, the world's second largest discount supermarket retail chain made a commitment to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from its textile value chain by January 1, 2020. Lidl alone sells over €1 billion worth of ...
Tags: Clothing, sportswear