Cannot absorb hike in wages: Noida exportersNoida apparel exporters warn wage hikes and labour unrest may disrupt shipments, as rising costs and pressure from global buyers threaten o...
16 Apr, 2026, 12.35 AM IST
NCR workers unrest adds to cost strain on firms already hit by Iran warWorker protests over minimum wages are escalating in Noida and Manesar. This unrest, following a significant wage hike in Haryana, is incre...
15 Apr, 2026, 01.23 PM IST
Impact of 26% reciprocal tariff: Price ain’t right! US garment companies bargain shopping in IndiaUS garment retailers are urging Indian apparel manufacturers to absorb some price increases caused by President Trump's 26% tariff on India...
05 Apr, 2025, 05.30 AM IST
Auto, electronics, apparel, jewellery cos work around reciprocal US tariffsIndian companies in consumer electronics, jewellery, and apparel sectors are strategizing with their key US export clients amid threats of ...
07 Mar, 2025, 12.13 AM IST
Tiruppur stares at labour crisis as UP migrant workers return homeThe Tiruppur apparel industry in Tamil Nadu is facing a potential labour crisis as thousands of migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh are retu...
03 Feb, 2024, 06.17 AM IST
Apparel units suspend production amid decline in orders from global brandsMore than 20% of apparel exporting units in Tiruppur and Noida have halted manufacturing operations due to a decline in orders from interna...
17 Jul, 2023, 11.36 PM IST
Apparel exporters in Tiruppur, Noida plan periodic shutdownsAbout 80% units in Noida have a month's orders in hand, while in Tiruppur, orders have fallen 40-50% compared to the previous year. Tiruppu...
17 May, 2023, 12.24 AM IST
Apparel exporters eyeing Japan, Oz and Canada"Japan at present buys 5% of their apparel requirements from India. But with Covid again spreading in China, it is looking at alternative c...
21 Dec, 2022, 12.42 AM IST
US slowdown hits Noida apparel companiesNoida-based apparel exporters generally make fashionable apparels priced at $8-10 per piece, unlike Tirupur exporters who make basic items ...
14 Nov, 2022, 12.18 AM IST
New garment companies turn to India as lockdowns hit China outputChina eased Covid restrictions in Shanghai after two months of lockdown on Tuesday, but the country's "zero Covid" policy continues and nea...
02 Jun, 2022, 11.51 PM IST
NAEC seeks govt intervention in containing high cost of cotton yarn, fabrics to boost exports"Apparel industry is facing a severe problem of high cost of cotton yarn and fabrics. During the last couple of months the cotton prices ha...
23 Jan, 2022, 02.07 PM IST
Garment and leather goods exporters face shortage of workers due to rising covid casesThe exporting units at Noida fear that if they do not deliver the export orders on time due to shortage of manpower and rising cotton price...
09 Jan, 2022, 07.55 PM IST
Garment exporters fear losing business to Bangladesh, VietnamThe industry has urged the government to put a complete ban on export of cotton and cotton yarn, the chief of an exporters' body said, addi...
02 Aug, 2021, 06.50 AM IST
Migrant workers return to textile exporting hubs as Covid cases declineApparel exporters said they expect the order position to reach the pre-pandemic level by the third quarter of FY22. Tirupur is one of the l...
21 Jul, 2021, 05.41 PM IST
Apparel exporters from Noida face acute labour shortage amid Covid surgeSome factory staff also left the city to vote in the local-body polls, which were held last month to choose officials that would run the gr...
23 May, 2021, 05.09 PM IST
Exporting units in Tirupur, Noida try to procure local labourers in the absence of migrant workersThere are 12 million workers engaged in garment manufacturing across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi-National Capital Re...
17 Jun, 2020, 10.58 PM IST
- B'desh labour unrest may divert garment orders to India
The ongoing labour strife in Bangladesh over minimum wages may rob the country of its cost-advantage and prove to be a boon for the Indian ...
12 Aug, 2010, 03.12 PM IST