Chairman AEPC, Dr A Sakthivel has expressed happiness over the growth of exports. Lauding the efforts of the exporters and Government Dr. Sakthivel said, “Apparel Exports for the month of September 2013 grew by 14.95% touching 1.11 ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, Textile
China has become the largest producer and exporter of fur garments, Deng Xiaolan, Honarary Chairman-Asia, International Fur Trade Federation (IFTF), said at the recently concluded 29th International Conference on the world of fashion and ...
Tags: Fur Garment, Fur Raw
Wilmington, N.C.-based Guilford Performance Textiles will team with Red Bank, N.J.-based Concept III Textiles to generate business opportunities with U.S. outdoor and activewear apparel brands. The companies note that Asian supply chains ...
Tags: Textile
The shifting of orders for apparel from Bangladesh to other countries is a challenge for the country’s garment sector, Atiqul Islam, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), said at a press ...
The Central Bank of Bangladesh has created a fund of Tk 100 crore with the assistance of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to improve safety standards in the apparel sector. Factory owners will receive the loan from commercial ...
Tags: Bangla Garment, Textile
India has become an attractive destination for apparel sourcing due to its fairly high level of complaint factories engaged in apparel manufacturing and exports, Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) chairman A Sakthivel told mediamen in ...
Tags: Apparel Sourcing, garment exports
People from rural Gazipur and remote North Bengal, Bangladesh’s poorest region, are now being employed in the readymade garments sector after completing a 3-month skills training programme. The project is a partnership between East ...
With the increased recognition and value of GOTS logo and certification program, GOTS is also facing an increase in the number of trademark violations, false references to GOTS (certification) and fraudulent presentation that a company or ...
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has informed all its members that with immediate effect, Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) staff seeking access to garment factories for monitoring visits should be accompanied by ...
Tags: BFC Monitoring, Apparel
To stay connected with consumers and to be competitive in a fast-paced industry, today’s garment makers as well as retailers are embracing technology across every aspect of their business. According to industry representatives, ...
Tags: Apparel Sector, Textile
The garment industry of India is expected to achieve the target of US$ 17 billion in exports for the current fiscal year as the outbound shipments of apparel have already touched US$ 5 billion during the first four months of 2013-14, ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, garment industry
The Bangladesh Garment and Manufacturers Association (BGMEA) has agreed to accept the decision of the Wage Board with regards to the salary structure of those working in readymade garment factories. Talking to reporters after a meeting ...
The Institute for Export and Fashion of Colombia (INEXMODA) would be hosting the next edition of the World Fashion Convention in 2014, which is organized by the International Apparel Federation (IAF), announced president of INEXMODA, Carlos ...
Tags: World Fashion Convention, Apparel
intelloCut, a material planning and optimization software for sewn products (apparel/ leather/ inflatable/ upholstery footware/ home furnishing/ technical textie ) has announced that it has won Formal Clothing Company account. FCC is a unit ...
The textile and apparel sector in Spain has created 1,793 new jobs in September 2013 compared to August, as per the number of people registered with the Seguridad Social (Social Security), modaes.es reported. The monthly increase in ...
Tags: Textile Sector, apparel sector