The variety of hiking boots has exploded in the past decade as designs become increasingly specialized and borrow from other categories like trail running shoes and approach shoes.Choosing the right hiking boots is a matchmaking process. ...
Tags: Hiking Boots, Hiking Shoes
Seven fashion and retail trade organisations in the US and Africa, including the United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA), have called for immediate renewal of the African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA), which is scheduled to ...
Tags: Fashion Industry, Apparel
Apparel Export Promotion Council chairman Virender Uppal has said there has been a vacuum in a policy support in the readymade garment (RMG) manufacturing export industry, according to a statement by AEPC. Uppal has requested the ...
Tags: Apparel Export, Apparel
Sheets are a textile - designed, fabricated and finished much like any garmen. Picking out bed sheets based solely on color or print is not a good idea. But the first step when deciding to buy bed sheets are picking the best matching color. ...
Tags: Buying Bedding, Thread count, fabric
Lema showcased their furniture collection at the Milan International Furniture Fair 2015, furniture and furnishing accessories designed by famous names in the international design sector, in addition to emerging designers, that underscore ...
Tags: Milan International Furniture Fair 2015, furniture, furnishing
The biggest FESPA show ever, FESPA 2015 opened today and will run till May 22, 2015 in Cologne, where visitors will be able to see technologies from over 700 exhibitors. FESPA 2015 incorporates four events under one roof, addressing ...
Tags: FESPA 2015, European Sign Expo
World Textile Information Network Ltd (WTIN) launched a Digital Textiles Channel, the first additional service in a new analytics strand, delivered by WTIN.com, an established global platform for textile industry insight and news. ...
Tags: Digital Textiles Channel, FESPA, Textile
Cotton Council International (CCI), which works in conjunction with the National Cotton Council to promote US cotton exports, is all set to launch its 25-year old flagship brand COTTON USA in India. Under COTTON USA brand, CCI ...
Tags: Cotton Council International, US cotton exports, cotton
Apparel marketer PVH Corp will use Talon International’s Tekfit proprietary stretch technology in collars of its dress shirts. In a press release, Talon a supplier of zippers, apparel fasteners, trim and stretch technology ...
Spanish company Nylstar which specialises in the production of premium polyamide yarns and fabrics and is known worldwide for its brand Meryl has signed a collaboration agreement with another Spanish fabric maker Puntiblond to promote Meryl ...
Tags: Meryl Fabrics, Yarns
Partnering with Toray Fluorofibers and fire garment manufacturer Majestic Fire Apparel, Victaulic, a producer of mechanical pipe joining technology developed a leading-edge foundry worker safety coat. According to a Victaulic press ...
Tags: Safety Coat, worker safety coat
Less than half of consumers in the US are aware of most smart fabrics, including those that have been available in the marketplace for several years. For some smart fabrics, including cooling and heat-modifying fabrics, interest is higher ...
Performance apparel, footwear and accessories marketer Under Armour has signed a multi year partnership with rugby club, Wasps and has become the club’s official technical wear partner. According to a Wasps press release, it ...
Tags: Performance apparel, footwear
In order to pick the best yarn clearer equipment, Chinese spinner Shandong LiaochengHuarun Textile which produces super fine cotton yarn counts conducted trails on yarn clearers of various makes. In the trial, Uster clearers were ...
Tags: Yarn Clearer, spinner
The exports of textiles and garments from Pakistan earned US$ 10.207 billion in the first nine months of fiscal year 2014-15 that began on July 1, 2014, according to the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. However, ...
Tags: Textile Exports, garments