Indian e-commerce site Jabong showcased Spring/Summer 2015 pieces from its global label offerings at the Delhi instalment of India Kids Fashion Week (IKFW), a runway platform aimed to encourage the country’s burgeoning childrenswear ...
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Outside of China, cotton stocks at the end of 2014/15 season are expected to increase for the second consecutive season from 7.5 million tons to 9.5 million tons, which is the largest volume of stocks in the last 35 years, says the ...
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Global seed technology major Monsanto’s Indian subsidiary said it would submit final trial results for its genetically modified (GM) corn to lawmakers within a year. As cited in Reuters, Monsanto India CEO Shilpa Divekar Nirula said ...
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Tamil Nadu-based Akshaya Textile, one of the leading home furnishing textiles exports house from the textile city of Karur, is going to showcase its products at the 5th edition of the India International Handwoven Fair (IIHF), scheduled for ...
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Owing to its large population and rising disposable incomes, India continues to be an attractive long-term retail destination, says the Economic Survey 2014-15. Citing AT Kearney’s Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), the ...
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Red Brick has partnered with Novelis to offer its beer in the latter’s evercan certified high-recycled content aluminium can sheets. The company will initially offer Laughing Skull Amber Ale in the new cans, followed by its ...
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It is time for the Government of India to liberalise policies and remove the ‘uncalled-for protection’ from the textile industry in the form of anti-dumping duties and certification requirements, which will eventually help in ...
To create more sustainable denim, India-based KG Fabriks has installed 1.05 MW rooftop solar power plant at its denim and industrial manufacturing plant in Perundurai town of Erode district. The solar power plant, owned and developed ...
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Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Limited (KCI), leading manufacturer of chemical intermediates in India, has opened Kanoria African Textiles Plc, a subsidiary and a denim fabric production unit in Ethiopia’s Bishoftu town of Oromiya ...
The Indian ethnic, Indo- western and lifestyle fashion brand Jashn has forayed into the world of e-commerce by launching its exquisite womenswear ensembles on popular sites like Myntra, Jabong and Flipkart. In a bid to tap in the young ...
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Alvanon, leading global apparel expert, has announced details of the first ever garment sizing, fit, and development project carried out in the Middle East. The project was commissioned by Splash, the Middle East’s largest fashion ...
US-based brewing establishment 612Brew has introduced three of its beers in cans supplied by British beverage can maker Rexam. 612Brew's SIX, Unrated Rye IPA and Gateway Park Lager will be available in Rexam 12oz cans, which are ...
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India’s biscuit maker Britannia Industries is set to increase exports and eyes joint ventures, acquisitions as part of its strategy to enhance its manufacturing capacities in the Middle East. Britannia managing director Varun Berry ...
After holding review meetings with various stakeholders, India’s ministry of textiles has initiated several steps to strengthen the jute sector. The key decisions taken by Minister of State for Textiles (I/C) Santosh Kumar ...
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Minister of State for Textiles Santosh Kumar Gangwar inaugurated a Weavers’ Service Centre at Toluvi in Northeastern state of Nagaland, and also laid the foundation stone for Apparel & Garment Making Centre at Dimapur, also in ...
Tags: Textiles Minister, Apparel, Garment