Outdoor Research, the independent, Seattle-based manufacturer of technical outdoor apparel and accessories, has retained a new sales agency, Tokul Creek Marketing, to cover the Pacific Northwest region. Tokul Creek, also based in Seattle, ...
Tags: Outdoor Research, Sales, Recreation
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 ...
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"India is a very different market from Europe. For men in Europe, dressing up is a way of life. Indian consumers are more conservative and followers of fashion,” says the top Indian honcho of a European fashion brand. Rajiv Nair- ...
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At the recently held World Retail Congress, Swedish apparel retailer H&M and Japanese garment marketer Fast Retailing bagged the 'International Retailer of the Year’ award and ‘Retailer of the Year’ award, respectively. ...
Tags: Fast Retailing, H&M, Accessories
Stuart Redsun, most recently SVP of global brand marketing for Under Armour and a former Nike marketing exec, will join COLM on Oct.6 as chief marketing officer,a new poisition at the Portland, OR,company.Meanwhile, Steve Woodside, a ...
The exports of apparel form India shot up by 17.9 percent in the first five months of the ongoing financial year that began on April 1, 2014, according to the data from the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC). In April-August 2014, ...
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The exports of fabric and apparel from Vietnam surged by 19.4 percent year-on-year in the first eight months of 2014, according to the preliminary data released by the Customs IT & Statistics Department, General Department of Customs, ...
The India-based fashion forward brand Monte Carlo Fashions Ltd has launched its latest Autumn/Winter 2014 collection for men, women as well as children between the ages of 8 and 14 years. Inspired by current trends, couture looks and ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories, Belts
India's share has been slowly and steadily increasing in total textile (non-apparel) and apparel imports made by the US in recent years. In 2012, the US imported $2.854 billion worth of textiles from India, which accounted for ...
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Vietnam, the largest economy and the market in the ‘New Asean’ (comprising Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar), has announced that its business sector is officially ready for wider engagement with Sri Lankan businesses and ...
In the nine months to August 31, 2014 sales including VAT in local currencies at Swedish apparel retailer H&M surged 15 percent, year-on-year. Converted into SEK, sales excluding VAT amounted to SEK 108,775 million, up 18 percent from SEK ...
"Make in India" campaign covering 25 sectors, including the textile and garment industry, has been launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of Who’s Who of the corporate world from India and abroad at a ceremony in New ...
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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 ...
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Exceed Company Ltd., owner of China's Xidelong athletic brand, said it is negotiating with its Chairman and CE0 Shuipan Lin to again extend the deadline for him to close on his proposed acquisition of the company following news that he had ...
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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