Global apparel buyers expressed their concern over frequent accidents in the country's apparel sector, including the latest Savar tragedy, and demanded coordinated efforts from the government and apparel leaders to ensure safety. We are ...
Tags: Bgmea, Savar Like Tragedies
The decision of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to reduce its budget to Sri Lanka from 2014 could affect the garment industry in the country. “USAID has made its decision to reduce its footprints in ...
The Government of Canada is planning to extend the no-tariff provision for another 10 years to the Least Developed Countries (LDC) identified by the United Nations, which includes leading textile and garment manufacturing countries such as ...
Thousands of garment workers took part in a march to mark the International Labour Day in the capital Phnom Penh on May 1, 2013. The workers were demanding better working conditions and more wages in Cambodia’s garment factories. ...
Tags: Apparel, Cambodian Garment
Readymade garment manufacturing units in Bangladesh reopened on May 2, 2013, after the Savar building collapse. “Yes, the garment factories have reopened today,” Mr. Atiqul Islam, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers ...
Tags: Garment Units, Apparel
Dr. A Sakthivel, Chairman AEPC, while releasing the apparel export data for the month of March 2012-13 stated that, “Export in dollar terms for 12 months of the Financial Year (FY) 2012-13 has declined by 6 per cent over the same ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, Textile
ASOS and Virtusize (the virtual fitting solution) announce the UK launch of ‘Fit Visualiser’ after an extensive six month trial. Starting, shoppers can tell if an item of clothing fits, before buying it online, by using the ...
Tags: Virtusize, Retail Giant Asos
Garment and textiles would become Vietnam’s top export item this year, if the sector manages to maintain the 19 percent growth rate attained during the first three months of the current year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has ...
Tags: Garments, Top Export Item
Just weeks before the European Union and the United States are slated to begin historic free trade agreement talks, some U.S. manufacturers were jolted by the EU's recent decision to dramatically increase tariffs on specific US-made goods, ...
Tags: Denim Trousers, Apparel
Apart from the nominal rise in consumption of textiles and apparels worldwide, the trend of shopping is gradually changing from the brick and mortar stores to the web and mobile devices. With the rapidly increasing competition in online ...
Tags: Kidswear Buyers, Textile
To address the challenge and risks facing the garment industry is sub contracting and the uncertainty and risks associated, AEPC in association with Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) organized, a workshop on, ensuring safe sub contracting ...
Tags: AEPC, Safe Garment
With the increasing awareness on the importance of sustainability, several global garment brands, including Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), Walmart and luxury brand Stella McCartney, have started promoting sustainable fashion for reducing the ...
Tags: Recycling Apparels, Apparel
Garment exports from India registered US$ 1.22 billion in February this year, showing a decline of 4.7 percent compared to exports of US$ 1.28 billion made during the same month last year, according to the data from the Apparel Export ...
Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a leader in innovative technology and front-end solutions, and its parent company Fujitsu Frontech Limited, announced that it has shipped more than 2 million of its WT-A521/A522 RFID tags in the first ...
Tags: Robust Demand, Fujitsu
The retailer has released sales data that shows for the first time brides are turning their backs on pretty lace lingerie and plumping for control wear figure tucking pants. So large is the demand that figures from Debenhams show that Spanx ...