Online retailer, Snapdeal has launched a pilot project with India Post to set-up facilitation desks at Varanasi post offices to enable local weavers to sell on the Snapdeal platform. According to Snapdeal, this arrangement will provide ...
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The economy grew at its fast rates in 11 years in the third quarter, according to a third estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) that showed consumer spending increased more than thought. The BEA now estimates real ...
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Altamont Capital Partners has partnered with existing shareholders to lead a strategic investment in Hybrid Apparel (Hybrid), a leading supplier of branded, licensed and private label apparel. Current shareholders, including Hybrid Founder ...
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Apparel brand, Calvin Klein, a brand owned by PVH Corp, said it will expand operations of its ecommerce website to more than 20 countries by end of 2015. Calvin Klein said, individual websites, customized by market, share a consistent ...
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Kids apparel market in India is growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20 per cent, due to rising media exposure, high disposable income of the parents, peer pressure and brand consciousness among children, according to The ...
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Germany based Südwolle Group, a producer of pure wool and wool blend worsted spun yarns for weaving and knitting, says its new Mount Airy distribution center in the US has exceeded its expectations with regards to service levels. ...
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Holiday sales as compared to overall annual retail sales have been trending downward for about a decade. Holiday sales in 2013, at $663.5 billion, were 18.7 percent of overall retail sales, well below the peak of 19.6 percent seen in 2004. ...
Tags: Gifts, Shoppers, Sporting Goods
The Yomiuri Giants, Japan’s best-known baseball team, will be outfitted by Under Armour in 2015, under a new agreement. The multi-year apparel and accessories partnership was announced in Tokyo by the team and Dome Corp., which is ...
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The retail industry in India is one of the fastest-growing in the world and could see a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10 per cent over 2012-2020, growing from US$ 500 million to $1 trillion in that time frame, says a recent report ...
TFL, the global leather manufacturing solution provider and dye maker, has unveiled the Spring/Summer 2016 colour trends catalogue for the leather garment, upholstery and accessory industries. Divided into ‘Wearing’ and ...
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Itema S.p.A, a producer of advanced weaving machinery participated in the recently concluded textile technology trade fair, ITMACH 2014 held in Gandhinagar, in Gujarat, India. Itema was also one of the sponsors of “India – ...
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The production and sales of khadi, a handwoven cloth, have grown during the last three years. In 2011-12, 887.32 lakh square metres of khadi cloth was produced, generating sales value of Rs 967.87 crore, with cumulative employment of ...
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ICER Brands, a leading apparel marketer, manufacturer, and multi-tier distributor of fashion clothes, has chosen the enterprise software solution by Simparel, a leading developer and marketer of next-generation business solutions for ...
Point6, the maker of wool socks, appointed RM Sales and Avidd Sports to cover sales in the five-state Intermountain Rocky Mountain region, a leading market for the brand. Led by Rob McGregor and his team of four seasoned, independent ...
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Première Vision New York returns at New York’s Pier 92 from January 13, 2015 and will have 297 exhibitors, up 14 per cent over the January 2014 edition. According to the organisers, the show is back with an even stronger ...
Tags: embroideries, lace, suitings, silkies, Apparel