Cambodia’s garment and footwear sector has continued to perform solidly, with exports growing by 10.6 per cent over the year to the first quarter of 2015, according to the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) new bulletin ...
Tags: apparel manufacture, garment, footwear
Apparel brand Patagonia has introduced Merino Air Baselayer and what it calls the first-ever fusion of sustainably sourced wool and cutting-edge technology. “Merino Air offers outstanding warmth, more breathability and better fit ...
Tags: apparel manufcture, wool, Patagonia, Merino Air Baselayer
Haiti’s apparel sector has just got a shot in the arm. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has decided to invest $4 million to help The Willbes Haitian S.A., a subsidiary of South Korea-based ...
Tags: apparel manufacture, IFC, knits, sweaters, woven products, microfibers
Work uniforms and facility services provider UniFirst Canada Ltd. said it has acquired Canadian company and Ontario based McGuire Uniforms. “The acquisition unites two of Canada’s largest suppliers of direct purchase programs ...
Tags: textile manufacture, apparel, clothing, UniFirst, Work uniforms
Coats Group, the world’s leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business, is launching a fusible thread which helps secure buttons and also other decorative applications such as sequins and beads. Named Secura, the ...
Tags: textile manufacture, Coats Group, thread, textile crafts
The Nigerian presidency has constituted a special committee to resuscitate the country’s ailing cotton and textile industry, according to newspaper reports in the country. The direction is in line with the campaign promises of ...
Tags: textile manufacture, garment, ailing cotton
India’s cumulative readymade garment exports in April-May 2015-16 were to the tune of $3.012 billion, showing an increase of 7 per cent compared to the exports of $2.814 billion in the same period of previous financial year, the ...
Tags: apparel and clothing, garment manufacture, garment exports
According to the latest cotton report of the Indian Cotton Federation (ICF), Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has managed to get a good response to their e-auctions recently. “Mills are buying for their near future requirements and ...
Tags: textile, cotton, cotton sowing
Textiles minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has said that given its employment and export intensity, the apparel industry plays a significant role in realizing the vision of ‘Make in India’, according to an official statement. His ...
Tags: Apparel Industry, Textile
Virender Uppal, chairman Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has requested the Indian Government to look into its demands favourably. The AEPC has demanded inclusion of 2 per cent fabric within 5 per cent overall entitlement under ...
Tags: fabric, Apparel Export Promotion Council, garment industry
On the sidelines of Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show, the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) in partnership with the Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF) will organise the ICAC International Seminar 2015. “The theme ...
Concept III Textiles will introduce Coolcore cooling and performance fabrics to its network of iconic global brands who value chemical-free wicking, cooling and drying performance. Coolcore’s complete line of commercialised cooling ...
Tags: apparel and fabric, Concept III Textiles, performance fabrics
The latest report on working conditions in Cambodia’s garment factories, compiled by the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia Programme (ILO-BFC), has found a slight improvement in factories’ ...
Tags: garment manufacture, BFC, footwear, apparel, clothing
In the nine months to May 31, 2015, sales soared 23.9 per cent year over year at Japanese apparel marketer retailer Fast Retailing Group, which has in its portfolio clothing brands like Uniqlo, etc. In the period between September and May ...
Credit rating agency India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has maintained an overall stable outlook for the cotton textile sector for FY16. This is led by stable spinning margins in the cotton yarn segment, range-bound cotton prices and ...
Tags: textile manufacture, garment manufacture, cotton textile