A decade ago, few leaders in the apparel industry would have predicted the high level of technical expertise, quality, and design sophistication we are seeing in China’s knitwear business. While opinion once held that Italian and ...
Tags: Chinese Spinners, Yarns
It has been one year since The Woolmark Company officially launched its Out of Vietnam project in a bid to help Vietnam become one of the world’s top five textile and clothing manufacturing countries by 2020. As the global authority ...
Tags: Wool Supply, Textile
Australia’s leading wool company Woolmark has embarked on a plan to help Vietnam’s garment sector produce woolen products and thereby increase the sector’s competitiveness and profits. Speaking at a press conference in ...
Tags: Woolen Garments, Apparel
Australian apparel brand Toorallie is proudly boasting a 30 per cent increase in wholesale sales for winter 2013. And the good news for Australian woolgrowers is that Australian Merino wool is the core fibre in all the company’s ...
Last year’s Fibre of our Nation competition winners, Chad and Louise Taylor of Wellington, NSW, have recently returned to Australia after a visit to New York where they enthusiastically discussed helping to build the demand for wool ...
Icebreaker, the New Zealand company that pioneered the outdoor merino wool apparel category, announced that Sven Baxmann has joined the Icebreaker team as Germany Country Manager. Baxmann is responsible for strategically developing and ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
The AWEX Regional Indicators finished 2.7% higher, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week when the US exchange rate rose by 0.1%. It was a much stronger market in a small sale this week. There were good rises ...
Tags: AWEX Wool Indicator, Textile
PERFORMANCE DAYS has once again selected a winner for the popular PERFORMANCE AWARD for the most innovative fabric in the Active & Workwear sector among 560 fabrics. An exciting new product is being introduced for Summer 2015 that ...
Tags: Advansa Ferntree Fabric, Apparel
The AWEX Regional Indicators finished 1.9% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle last week when the US exchange rate fell by 0.5%. The wool market displayed more of the volatility seen since the resumption of ...
Tags: Aussie Wool, Textile
De Marchi is introducing a line of historical jersey reproductions from cycling's golden age. The limited edition series features jerseys that were originally manufactured by the Italian clothing brand, which has been designing and ...
Tags: Transportation, bike, bike jersey
International celebrities have been confirmed to attend the much anticipated Ermenegildo Zegna Group’s 50th Edition Wool Trophy to be held in Sydney on the night of 23 April 2013. The Zegna Family, flying in from Milan, will be ...
Tags: Wool Trophy, Textile, Wool
The Loro Piana Challenge Cup yesterday celebrated in Hong Kong the finest Merino wool bale produced in 2012, in a competition between Australia and New Zealand. After 14 Australian wins, affirming the leadership of the Australian wool ...
Tags: wool industry, Apparel
The AWEX Regional Indicators finished 5.6% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle last week. The US exchange rate rose by 0.5%.It was a disappointing opening sale after the Easter break. Demand from all parts of ...
Tags: Aussie Wool, Wool Prices
The Wool Market The market has turned down since the lift in prices in January, when the AWEX Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) rose by 39¢ to 1111¢. Unfortunately, a series of downturns during March took the EMI back to 1059¢ ...
Tags: Wool Indicator, AWEX Wool, Wool Market
The time has come for the unveiling of the 10 U.S. finalists of the 2013 International Woolmark Prize.The award promotes awareness of Merino wool fiber, a natural and renewable source of fiber that provides resilience, softness, and ...
Tags: Merino wool, wool, Textile