Itema India has dItalian weaving technology specialist, Itema S.p.A is exhibiting at Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) organised, textile trade fair, Texfair which is currently underway in Coimbatore. Itema is the only manufacturer ...
Jabong.com, one of India’s leading online fashion retailers, is set to launch its first technology lab in India, with an aim to use innovation across multiple platforms, including search, data, and marketing, The Economic Times ...
Tags: personalisation, platform architecture, promotions, Apparel
Indian conglomerate Dharampal Satyapal Group (DS Group) is planning to set up five new dairy production plants in the country, a move that will increase its capacity. The company intends to invest around INR2bn ($32.14m) in the expansion, ...
Tags: dairy production, butter, cheese, Agriculture
Diageo-owned Indian alcoholic beverages subsidiary United Spirits has secured minority shareholders' approval to produce and sell Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vodka and other brands. The Press Trust of India reported that United ...
Tags: whisky, alcoholic beverages, Agriculture
The manmade fibre (MMF) segment needs to grow substantially if the Indian textile industry has to achieve a turnover of US$ 350 billion by 2025, according to Prem Malik, chairman of Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI). ...
Tags: textile machinery, cotton prices, Textile
Utilising its 20 year expertise in the fashion industry, garment manufacturer Saivana Exports has ventured into online retail with Saiesta.com, with an aim to revolutionise the women’s wear market in India. Saivana Exports Ltd, ...
Tags: evening wear, fusion garments, Apparel
An abnormal rise in imports of cotton yarn from India is posing a threat to the viability of domestic textile industry, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has said. According to APTMA, an average of 2,500 tonnes of cotton ...
Tags: remedial measures, textile industry, Textile
The Government of India has agreed to provide all necessary assistance for developing the textile industry in Afghanistan, as per a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two nations. The MoU was signed by Mazamil ...
Tags: clothing, cotton, man-made fibre, Textile
The ninth edition of Texfair—the textile machinery, accessories and spares expo—organised by the Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) will be held from 9-12 January, 2015 in Coimbatore. Texfair 2015 is intended to bring ...
Tags: textile mills, powerlooms, handlooms, Textile
Ecommerce, which created a buzz in the Indian retail market last year, is likely to further grow in 2015, given the growing number of Internet users in the country, which is already estimated to have touched 250 million. Although ...
Tags: retail market, e-retail space, Apparel
New England Brewing Company has apologized for using a picture of late Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi on its Gandhi-Bot beer cans. The move comes after a lawyer filed a petition in a court in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, alleging ...
India is likely to open its first packaging park, which will be a cluster of industries specialising in making a wide variety of packaging material for user units, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Indian Institute of Packaging, an ...
The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) anticipates that, despite expected growth in cotton consumption this season, a world production surplus of 1.7 million tons is still expected. This, according to ICAC, will bring 2014/15 ...
Tags: cotton consumption, Textile
Government is adding a new paradigm to the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model, by involving all stakeholders in key decision-making processes, the Indian Prime Minster, Narendra Modi said at a workshop on the Make-in-India program. ...
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), under Department of Revenue, India’s Ministry of Finance, has issued a circular announcing extension of 24x7 Customs clearance facility at 13 more airports in respect of all export goods ...
Tags: specified import, export goods, Textile