India has always been an eminent producer of handmade textiles that have global recognition for their exquisite nature. Handloom production is an important aspect of the textile industry since it constitutes around 15 per cent of the cloth production in India as per the statistics provided by ... Views: 640
Depicting a perfect blend of age-old craftsmanship and modern sensibilities, Indian home-grown label Samatvam by Anjali Bhaskar brings to the market an array of structured styles imbibing immaculate silhouettes and time-honoured Indian craft techniques. It is a brand that capitalises on the ... Views: 536
Lately, the Bangladesh Government has decided to extend policy support to garment exporting factories falling under the SME category to improve their competitiveness during this time of the pandemic. Sometime back, the central bank of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a notice ... Views: 480
It is important to know what is brewing in the fashion industry and that is why you need to be abreast of the latest fashion apparel news. Have a look at what is new so that you can upgrade your wardrobe:
1) Summery hues
Designers are making their best effort in trying to bring the colours ... Views: 592
Sustainability, in the Indian textile and apparel industry, is one of the most discussed subjects, but at the same time, it is surrounded by several questions and confusions too. Even today, the majority of owners in the industry are not very well familiar with the concept of sustainability. ... Views: 447
The textile and garment industry of Vietnam has a long tradition and history. The industry is one of the important sectors of the country’s economy. Currently, the country has around 6,000 textile and garment manufacturing companies that employ around 2.5 million employees. This makes Vietnam ... Views: 794
Since the apparel industry is witnessing some major transformations like change in consumer buying behaviour, adoption of online shopping, increase in influencer marketing, etc., the tech solutions also have to be modified to meet the current needs of the industry. Below
are few tech ... Views: 381
Catastrophe is one word that best describes the impact of COVID-19 on Bangladesh’s RMG sector. As people in the western world – Europe and the USA – started isolating and retail stores downed shutters amidst countrywide lockdowns, manufacturers in Bangladesh were spending sleepless nights ... Views: 545
The fashion industry contributes around 5 per cent to the emission of greenhouse gases. To reduce its contribution in causing harm to the environment, some preventive measures have to be taken in this regard for sustainable future.
As the world is on the brink of facing dangerous climatic ... Views: 539
Is working remotely in the fashion industry just a temporary measure or will remain for long? Aida Tagarro, an industry professional from Spain, expresses her views…
“Moving working places from office to home needs a great degree of adaptation too. Home will be a working place to often share ... Views: 413
Whilst some fairs and shows got postponed to a later date, or adopted a digital outreach, the international menswear showcases for the upcoming season of Spring/Summer 2021 took place.
Apart from delivering a memento on the trends of the future and an insight into consumer psyche, the shows ... Views: 527
Q3 ’20 (July-September) data of US apparel imports shows that the market is still sluggish in the country and the shipping partners of USA are just surviving in this tough time while revival doesn’t seem to be on the cards – at least not in the subsequent quarter! According to an analysis done ... Views: 587
The year 2020 hasn’t been good for the world trade of apparels, and the hardest hit is obviously taken by the largest importer – the USA. The country was significantly down in its imports by 12.07 per cent on Y-o-Y basis to import US $ 17.85 billion worth of apparels in the first quarter of the ... Views: 549
While a solution or a vaccine for coronavirus is still in the works, companies have started innovating ever so aggressively to provide a hint of safety to consumers while we wait to tide over COVID-19.
India’s leading textile group Vardhman is leading the charge in innovative textiles with ... Views: 496
Despite being full of negative experiences, for Indian apparel manufacturers, 2020 had few positive aspects also and that too in various directions – be it large scale manufacturing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs); thrust on medical textiles; adoption of quick as well as short-term but ... Views: 380
Year 2020 has seen severe impact on apparel business world over due to COVID-19 pandemic which has reduced consumers’ demand and shuddered the profitability of both retailers and manufacturers. However, resilience is something that could be seen in some progressive apparel and textile ... Views: 411
Vibemac is one such company which has developed specialised sewing automats for 5 pocket denim jeans production and has imparted the understanding of the same to the industry impressively in last 40 years of its business. However, it is also a fact that, to do turnkey projects, it had to depend ... Views: 538
The apparel and textile industry has seen a clear downward trend all over the world, majorly caused by a massive shrink in buying capacities of consumers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This shrinkage in buying capacity of final products on retail shelves has caused a disruptive turbulence along ... Views: 675