The 20th edition of Irantex, a trade fair of textile machinery, textile raw materials and finished products will held from November 17-20, 2014 in Tehran. Irantex 2014 will see participation of 170 Iranian and 160 foreign exhibitors from ...
Mombasa Apparels, a Kenya-based garment company, has opened a factory, set up at a cost of Sh2.2 billion, in Kenya’s coastal town of Mtwapa, Kilifi County. The new factory is expected to create 3,000 jobs and would manufacture ...
Tags: garment company, job creation, Apparel
VIDA, a new e-commerce platform that aims to connect shoppers directly with ethically produced apparels and accessories designed by artisans and designers from around the world, has been launched recently. With a primary aim to provide ...
The Indian discount fashion chain Brand Factory has introduced an Ethnic Wear Festival offering an eclectic range of over 2.5 lakh womenswear pieces. Slated to run from November 15 to 30, 2014, the festival offerings include a wide array ...
Tags: Ethnic Wear Festival, Apparel
Intertek, one of the leading multinational inspection, product testing, and certification companies, headquartered in London, has released the Trim Qualification program for children’s apparel companies, vendors, and suppliers to help ...
The American apparel retail company Tommy Hilfiger and the English television presenter and style icon Alexa Chung have come together to unveil an exclusive fashion edit selected from the former’s current seasonal offering. ...
Tags: Alexa Chung, fashion edit, Accessories
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
Bereavement clothing, the attires worn by mourners during the funeral rituals of a deceased, will be the subject of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s forthcoming fall season exhibition. Slated to take place from October ...
Tags: Metropolitan Museum, Attires, Apparel
Fashion and luxury brand Ralph Lauren has announced that the company’s Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of US$ 0.45 per share on Ralph Lauren Corporation Common Stock. The dividend is payable on the 10th ...
Tags: Ralph Lauren, US$0.45 per share, Accessories
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
Bill Blass, the New York-based fashion brand which was lying dormant for several years, has been given a new lease of life by the Bill Blass Group, LLC, a group responsible for sustaining and building on the legacy of the iconic fashion ...
Tags: Bill Blass, Stuart Goldblatt, Accessories
Burlington Stores, Inc., an American national off-price retailer of branded apparels, has appointed new members to its Board of Directors (BoD). The chief marketing officer of Global Consumer Engagement for PepsiCo’s Global ...
Tags: Burlington Stores, New Members, Accessories
The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has been constantly seeking an upward revision of duty drawback rates for garments for the past few months. In view of a proposal of duty drawback rate for 2014-15 expected to be submitted to ...
To get more orders from global markets, Bangladeshi apparel exporters should concentrate on manufacturing more value added products, South Korean envoy to Bangladesh said. Bangladeshi textile and apparel industry should move beyond ...
Tags: Apparels
Activewear sales account for 16 percent of the US apparels market and recorded a one percent growth in sales in the 12 months to June 2014, period. Activewear sales rose one percent and accounted for $33.7 billion or 16 percent of total ...
Tags: Sportswear, Activewear