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In South India, various leading exporters, trade bodies and other stakeholders are on their toes to overcome the challenge of high yarn price and lot of virtual meetings/discussions are taking place in this regard. And such efforts are giving some positive results also! Tirupur w..

Labour-oriented apparel manufacturing industry in India witnesses millions of workers churn out garments on sewing machines and thousands of associated workers who handle key jobs pre-production and post-production on shopfloor on a daily basis. These jobs become difficult especially in two case..

There shall be no hike in yarn price in April 2021. This was decided in a meeting of nationwide regional associations of spinning mills, which was organised by the leading trade body Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI). Apparel Resourcesgot to know that more than 50 people ..

Apparel industry has sought urgent intervention of Textiles Minister Smriti Irani for imposing quantitative restrictions and export duty on export of cotton yarn from India, specifically on cotton yarn of 26 counts and above. It is pertinent to mention that stability in cotton price and pred..

Citing concerns over a lack of progress in tackling exploitation at factories that supply to major fashion brands, UK-based lawmakers feel that Britain needs a garment industry watchdog to stop labour abuses, from low pay to poor working conditions. According to Parliament’s Environmen..

Leading apparel buying houses Triburg and Impulse believe that Indian manmade fibre (MMF) apparel exporters can aspire to grab US $ 20 billion business in global MMF apparel trade even as the domestic apparel industry works at resolving its limitations. Sanjay Shukla of Triburg believes, &ld..

Global retailers are still facing strong impact of COVID-19, as their 15 to 20 per cent stores still remain closed. A spokesman of the H&M, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, said that the company’s 1,050 stores are temporarily closed – That’s 20 per cen..

The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government has invited Vietnamese players to invest in the textile sector and enjoy the support being offered by the State Government. Easing tax compliance for setting up MSME units in the state, schemes like One District One Product (ODOP) are some of the various luc..

2020, the year of pandemic, has motivated people more towards sustainability and organic! The latest figures of Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certification too confirm as in 2020, this certification has touched five figures for the first time ever. In 2020, 10,388-certified faci..

Conventionally, the major chunk of the global garment manufacturing industry never believed in automating processes such as garment folding until a couple of years ago. Hundreds of workers used to spend hundreds of hours to manually fold the garments of different types on a daily basis in a typi..

Over the years, the cloth/fabric inspection machine has become a necessary special equipment for the inspection of fabrics before the production of the garment takes place as it replaces manual labour, automatically inspects and classifies the fabric, and counts the defects of the inspected fabr..

Value for money’ is one of the most successful approaches to retail adopted by the Indian apparel retail sector and now in post-Covid scenario, value retail/value segment is one of the most focused areas for growth. As per KSA market size report, middle and economy value segment is worth a..

According to OTEXA, USA imported US $ 2.80 billion worth of denim apparels in 2020, falling 24.92 per cent on Y-o-Y basis. In terms of volumes, the decline was 21.19 per cent as compared to 2019 and US imported 29.89 million dozen of denim apparels in 2020. Bangladesh concluded 2020 with..

Apparel exporters have welcomed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sharing of a positive outlook for the economy. Industry believes that RBI’s decisions will improve India’s export competitiveness. The RBI announced its bi-monthly monetary policy today. Experts believe that it i..

Apparel exporters have requested to announce Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) rates expediently along with additional sops. Raja M. Shanmugham, President, Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA), has urged the Central Government in this regard. These additional sop..

It is quite often heard that ‘robots are taking jobs’ or ‘they are not safe to work with humans’! But, as the need forautomationis growing across supply chains in all the industries, including apparels and textiles, there are some myths growing as well which are being ass..

Like Texon, SAKHO Enterprises is another sponsor that’s now joined ASW Marketplace to offer its products and services for the benefit of the industry. Bengaluru-based SAKHO has made a name for itself, ever since its inception in 2011, in providing affordable automation solutions to the..

Welspun India, one of the leading textile companies in the world, reported over twofold increase in consolidated net profit at Rs. 174.80 crore for the third quarter ended 31 December 2020. It is all-time high quarterly revenue of the company. During the same period of last financial yea..

Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India, has said that the Indian apparel exporters must aim to capture double-digit share of the world apparel market from its current level of 5-6 per cent through upskilling and use of latest technologies. Addressing an event, he said, “We should soon..

Here’s a best example of social, especially women, empowerment! Dantewada district in the state of Chhattisgarh, and also a Naxal hub, has got its first ever garment manufacturing unit–Nva Dantewada garment factory. Offering employment to around 200 people in two shif..

Struggling due to massive hike in yarn prices, apparel manufacturers have urged yarn producers and their associations for stable yarn price and normal supply of the same. It is pertinent to mention here that Rs. 10 per kg has been increased in the month of January whereas warp yarn price has..

As the yearning towards relaxed silhouettes superimposed the predilections towards buying fashion that sustains for longer and speaks for itself, a surge of anti-fit fashion that spotlighted material excellence rippled in the high-end designer label segment, and the trend soon became a fashion m..

The National Committee on Textiles & Clothing (NCTC) has appealed to Parliamentary Standing Committee to facilitate global competitiveness for man-made fibre (MMF). The NCTC comprises many export promotion councils (EPCs) and trade bodies of textile and apparel industry. Its represen..

Filatex India, leading manufacturing company of synthetic filament yarns, has seen its net profit surge by 255.63 per cent to Rs. 66.04 crore in Q3 FY21, compared with Rs. 18.57 crore in Q3 FY20. Net sales of the company fell by 2.19 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs. 721.59 crore during thi..

India’s knitted garment exports have seen sharp decline of 23.08 per cent in Jan.-Nov. ’20 period to US $ 5.51 billion. As all major markets of India fell in their import of knitted clothing during this period, there were some countries which remained positive. According toAp..

Techtextil India, leading exhibition of technical textile, is all set for its hybrid edition (the combination of physical and digital platforms) – to be organised from 1 to 3 September 2021 in Mumbai. The event will connect technical textile players from across the globe through its mu..

Strange but true Do we remember when was the last time that our industry did not face any challenge? I am sure most of you would vouch for my views that textile/apparel industry always have had some or the other disruptions like pandemic, labour, dyes and chemicals, power, wages, compliance,..

Though it isn’t good time for apparel manufacturers to grow, it is interesting to see new players entering the industry. Odisha-based MGM Minerals Limited is one such firm that plans to set up a garment factory. The initiative is expected to give employment to around more than 1,000 wo..

Leading multinational retailer M&S to ban Xinjiang cotton in its apparels over alleged treatment of its Muslim Uighur minority. The retailers said in a statement that it had become ‘one of the first companies to formally sign the call to action on human rights abuses’ in rela..

As the world reels under the effect of the coronavirus pandemic that is shutting down entire economies in its wake, the apparel and fashion world is forced to respond rapidly and effectively to deter exacerbating the spread of COVID-19. The domino effect that started with Wuhan in China has cata..