After her last year’s breakthrough innovation, Wearable Solar, Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has come up with a revamped version titled Solar Shirt that combines not only the high-tech advantage of charging a smartphone ...
Tags: Wearable Solar, T-shirt features, Apparel
The government of Ethiopia has ushered in a manufacturing boom that is set to make the country a major regional player across several lines of products. According to government sources, the textile sector is among the industries poised to ...
Tags: domestic market, Growth and Transformation Plan, Textile
Hosiery products marketer, Dollar Industries has launched a new range of leggings, Dollar Missy Leggings, which is available in multiple colours. Dollar which has been catering to women with an extensive range of camisoles and panties has ...
Tags: Hosiery products marketer, Leggings, Apparel
Patagonia launched a cross-country mission with a message of reducing overall consumption. The Worn Wear Mobile Tour, kicking off April 2 in Ventura, CA, and ending May 12 in Boston, is the brand's attempt to encourage customers to make ...
Tags: Patagonia, Sporting Goods, Wagon
Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc. reported same store sales decreased by 5.3 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with a 6.2 percent decline in the prior quarter and an 8.4 percent decline for the full year. The Utah-based retailer ...
Tags: Sportsman, Sporting Goods
The Antigua Group, a marketer of lifestyle and golf apparel under the Antigua brand, has been named the official apparel licensee for the 2015 US Solheim Cup team. According to an Antigua Group press release, the 2015 Solheim Cup will be ...
Tags: Antigua, golf apparel, Apparel
UK based Worn Again, with a vision to eradicate textile and clothing waste from the global apparel and textile industry has joined forces with apparel retailer H&M and lifestyle Group, Kering. Worn Again which wants to make continual ...
Tags: Clothing Waste, new technology, Apparel
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded that German apparel and footwear brands should promote workers’ rights in their global operations by publicly disclosing names of factories producing their products. “Supply chain ...
Net sales for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014 at NYSE listed clothing distributor and retailer, American Apparel, Inc were down 9 per cent year over year. Net sales for the fourth quarter of 2014 declined 9 per cent from the ...
Tags: American Apparel, clothing
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has added to its full-visible-spectrum LED product portfolio by launching a PAR20 lamp with ...
Tags: PAR20 LED Lamp, Soraa, LED Lamp
Karmaloop Inc., a 15 year-old online retailer specializing in streetwear, action sports and music-inspired clothing for 18-35 year old males, has begun a formal restructuring and set a sales auction process. The restructuring and new ...
Tags: Karmaloop Inc, Brand val, Sporting Goods
Swiss speciality chemicals marketer, Archroma said it has launched Smartrepel Hydro line, a water repellent agent for outdoor clothing for polyester, polyamide and cotton-based textiles. “Smartrepel Hydro water repellent agents ...
The Textiles Technical Training Institute (TTTI), set up jointly by the Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) and PSG institutions, exclusively for training fitters and electricians at Nilambur, Coimbatore, is all set to commence ...
Tags: textile industry, textile
Newly appointed Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Benoît-Pierre Laramee has praised the progress made by Bangladesh in improving working conditions in readymade garment (RMG) sector. During a meeting with office bearers of ...
The Government of Zimbabwe has granted a one-year rebate to 52 clothing manufacturers which will allow them to import textile materials duty-free for use in garment making. The Ministry of Finance has granted a one-year reprieve ...