Clothing makers find it hard to break with China’s supply chainExperts say that China being so integral to the global apparel supply chain that even shifting countries doesn’t really reduce reliance tha...
31 Oct, 2023, 09.49 AM IST
Price hikes help apparel market grow 15% in FY23While sales growth has breached pre-Covid levels, the segment could see demand recovery only during Diwali this year, according to the asso...
24 Apr, 2023, 01.03 PM IST
Cotton rally squeezes Asian garment makers, threatens recovery from COVIDIn India, world's top cotton producer, several small apparel makers are struggling to fulfil orders from three months ago, when cotton pric...
02 Jun, 2022, 05.00 PM IST
Retailers and apparel brands to stay away from sharp price hikesRetailers across apparel, lifestyle products, restaurants, and supermarkets are expected to post double-digit revenue growth year-on-year f...
21 Apr, 2022, 12.00 AM IST
Retailers lose love for Asia: Snarled supply chains force manufacturing exodus to Balkans, LatAmBulgaria, Ukraine, Morocco and Turkey were some of the countries drawing new interest from clothing and shoe producers, though China contin...
10 Nov, 2021, 09.51 AM IST
Premium goods drive global cos to recovery in Q4The Economic Survey released on Friday said India’s GDP will decline 7.7% in the current fiscal but projected 11% growth in FY22 on the bac...
30 Jan, 2021, 10.20 AM IST
India to soon airlift critical machines from China for making protective coverallsCoveralls, or body suits, are glued at the seams using a special tape and a sealing machine to prevent contaminants from getting in. One se...
15 Apr, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
RIL ties up with VF for moisture control WranglerBillionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has launched an umbrella brand `R|Elan' to venture into co-branded apparels, and the tie-...
06 Oct, 2017, 11.08 AM IST
Japan to help India with fashion trendsIndian apparel makers are seeking the help of Japanese designers to keep up with the fast-changing fashion trends in the land of the rising...
04 Apr, 2013, 05.58 PM IST
- California AG files lawsuit against Indian, Chinese apparel companies
These companies did not pay licensing fees for software, manufactured by Adobe, Microsoft, Symantec and others, Harris, who is an Indian Am...
25 Jan, 2013, 01.17 PM IST
- Dalal Street makes a beeline for rising textile stocks
Shares of textile companies are finding more takers, as investors believe attractive valuations, weaker rupee and waning exports from China...
19 Oct, 2012, 08.58 AM IST
Woodland in talks for first overseas acquisition; likely to induct strategic partnerWoodland is in talks with three different makers of mainly specialised functional footwear, apparel and accessories in South East Asia and ...
21 May, 2012, 10.02 AM IST
China apparel makers must observe social trendsTogether with this new lifestyle, they have started experimenting with clothing to suit each occasion, and through this, the demand is grow...
15 Jan, 2012, 12.26 AM IST
- Pantaloons, Globus, Turtle and other retailers eye Bangladesh to cut costs
While Pantaloons and Globus are looking at sourcing textile from Bangladesh, Turtle is looking at setting up factories.
19 Oct, 2011, 07.02 AM IST
- Surging cotton prices to make garments costlier
A doubling of cotton prices since February 1 may mean more expensive clothes, sheets and towels as textile mills including Arvind Ltd and r...
06 Nov, 2010, 02.19 AM IST
- Starbucks-Pepsi ally in launching bottled coffee in China
Starbucks has come a long way in making itself a household name in this nation of tea drinkers creating a "coffee house" niche where none e...
01 Nov, 2007, 05.12 PM IST
- Rise in rupee, sluggish sales take toll on apparel exports to US
Sluggish apparel sales in the US, rupee appreciation and a general decline in Indian textile industry’s competitiveness has led to a slowdo...
27 Aug, 2007, 03.48 AM IST