The Accord on Building and Fire Safety said initial inspections of Accord producing apparel factories have been completed within the agreed timeline of September 2014. Out of 1,106 factories inspected, over 400 Corrective Action Plans ...
Tags: Apparel, Finishes Inspection
Hong Kong-based garment firm Prosperity Knitwear Myanmar Ltd. is investing US$ 5.5 million to set up a garment factory in the Thilawa industrial zone area of Myanmar, Eleven Media Group reported. Last month, the Myanmar Investment ...
Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) has launched the SCAP Extending the Life of Clothes Design Awards (SCAP ELC Awards), which seeks to find and award fashion or textile designers that show their flair for sustainable ...
The international clothing brand Esprit has unveiled its first-ever recycled Autumn/Winter apparel collection with the R Cert verification tag from the Hong Kong based environmental sustainability promoting NGO Redress’. Designed by ...
Tags: Esprit, Autumn/Winter14 Line, Accessories
At the recently held World Retail Congress, Swedish apparel retailer H&M and Japanese garment marketer Fast Retailing bagged the 'International Retailer of the Year’ award and ‘Retailer of the Year’ award, respectively. ...
Tags: Fast Retailing, H&M, Accessories
The exports of apparel form India shot up by 17.9 percent in the first five months of the ongoing financial year that began on April 1, 2014, according to the data from the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC). In April-August 2014, ...
Tags: apparel exports, Apparel
The exports of fabric and apparel from Vietnam surged by 19.4 percent year-on-year in the first eight months of 2014, according to the preliminary data released by the Customs IT & Statistics Department, General Department of Customs, ...
Over 150 experts across the cotton textile value chain from around 20 countries attended this year's Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) Stakeholder Conference held from September 24–26 in Cologne, Germany. Making African cotton ...
Smart clothing could help transition wearables from being a separate device to being one that users naturally wear. The technology, which is already getting the attention of athletes, features sensors that disappear into clothing. ...
Tags: Smart Clothing, Clothing
India's share has been slowly and steadily increasing in total textile (non-apparel) and apparel imports made by the US in recent years. In 2012, the US imported $2.854 billion worth of textiles from India, which accounted for ...
Tags: Textile, Apparel Imports
The Thailand Textile Institute (THTI) has joined hands with Rajamangala University of Technology (RMUT) to promote the local Muslim fashion industry in Thailand. The Ministry of Industry, Thailand, has successfully started using local ...
"Make in India" campaign covering 25 sectors, including the textile and garment industry, has been launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of Who’s Who of the corporate world from India and abroad at a ceremony in New ...
Tags: Make in India, Textile, Garment Industry
The environmental sustainability promoting NGO, Redress, has recently launched the R Cert recycled textile clothing standard, a verification standard that aims to educate consumers about the recycling process and the environmental savings ...
Tags: recycled textile, clothing
Ayka Addis Textile & Investment Group, a Turkish textile company, has been declared the top textile and garment export performer in Ethiopia for the year 2013-14 by Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute (TIDI), Ethiopian Radio ...
Tags: Ayka Addis Textile&Investment Group, Exporter, Textile
One of Vietnam’s largest apparel exporters and government owned - Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) raised around VND1.22 trillion or US$ 58.10 million through an initial public offering (IPO). Vinatex sold more ...
Tags: Vinatex, Raise, Accessories