Broder Bros., Co. the nation's largest distributor of imprintable apparel, announced the appointment of Norman Hullinger as Chief Executive Officer. Having been with the company for the past decade, Mr. Hullinger was most recently Chief ...
Tags: apparel, apparel brands, embroidery, apparel industry
HanesBrands announced that it intends to redeem the final $147.1 million of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2014, which will complete the retirement of approximately $300 million of floating-rate bond debt as planned in 2012. Hanes is ...
Tags: debt, HanesBrands, basic apparel
Arvind Lifestyle Brands, a subsidiary of Arvind Ltd, one of the largest players in the apparel brands and retail space, today announced the signing of an exclusive distribution agreement with the iconic surf lifestyle brand Billabong in ...
Tags: Arvind Lifestyle, apparel, Billabong, exclusive distribution
Santa Monica's Cynergy Cycles, a flagship concept store for Specialized, appears to be in transition as its owner and general manager Eric Woods recently left. Longtime store manager Jim Whitsett was let go before Woods' departure, ...
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Greenpeace International investigations have revealed dumping of industrial wastewater containing toxic and hazardous chemicals from two of Mexico's biggest textile manufacturing facilities.These facilities supply clothing to big fashion ...
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China apparel and home textile brand building achievement conference was held in the Great Hall of People in Beijing."China apparel and home textile brand development report 2012"and the list of own brand enterprises were issued. The ...
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The Indian government which recently permitted 51 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) stake in multi-brand retail, while welcomed by the apparel brands and retailers, is being opposed by a few key political parties. Crisil ...
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Arvind Lifestyle Brands, subsidiary of Arvind Ltd, one of the largest players in the apparel brands and retail space, announced the acquisition of the business operations of British fashion retailers Debenhams and Next and American ...
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Polartec LLC, a leading global supplier of performance fabrics sold under the Polartec brand, announced the appointment of Gary Smith as Chief Executive Officer, and Joe Robinson as Chief Financial Officer, successfully completing the ...
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Apparel retailing is one of the sectors to be hit the hardest by the US economic slowdown of the last four years, as a result of US consumers holding back on spending the way they used to do before 2008. Which is the reason all the more ...
HanesBrands announced that it is making an initial donation of three tractor-trailer loads of underwear and fleece apparel to East Coast victims of Hurricane and Superstorm Sandy. Hanes, which has a manufacturing plant in Dover, Del., two ...
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The textile industry is considered the biggest consumer of water among all industrial sectors and also one of the worst polluters. Among the various processing sectors of the textile industry, the dyeing and printing sector is the largest ...
Tags: Textile chemical, machinery firms, textile market, textile industry
After the success of the Second edition of the Source Zone Fair, the Third Source Zone Fair 2012, opened up at Apparel House Gurgaon on 5th November 2012. Shri Suhir Sekhri commented that, “Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) is ...
Tags: AEPC, Source Zone, Apparel House, textiles
The Asean Economic Community (AEC), which would come into effect from 2015, would benefit the Thai apparel brands, rather than giving rise to stiff competition for them, according to Reno (Thailand) Co, manufacturer of fashion apparel brand ...
Tags: AEC, Thai apparel, Reno, brand-building, marketing
Talon International Inc., a leading global supplier of zippers, apparel fasteners, trim and interlining products, announced this week that as a result of its rapidly growing apparel accessory business the Company has relocated and expanded ...
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