• College students look for right trend at right price

    College students prioritize trendy fashion on a budget, influenced by celebrity styles and online trends. They spend about 69 monthly on clothes, favoring affordable brands like Zara, HM, and local boutiques offering stylish options. Online sales, ecoupon

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  • Dressing the baby bump in style

    The global maternity apparel market, driven by fashionconscious expectant mothers inspired by celebrity styles, is projected to grow significantly despite economic challenges. While developed nations like the USA lead in market size, emerging markets show

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  • Design Concept on 'Street Art' for Punjabi Rajput Bridal Lehenga

    The project Street Art for Punjabi Rajput Bridal Lehenga explored integrating street art motifs into bridal wear designs through extensive research and designer evaluations in Delhi, Rajasthan, and Chandigarh. The focus was on incorporating vibrant colors

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  • Cold Protection: A need for cold region body wearers

    Cold weather protective clothing requires materials like wool, Thinsulate, and down feathers to effectively insulate against extreme cold and manage moisture. Wools unique properties of crimp and scales aid in heat retention, making it ideal for winter we

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  • Changing Lifestyles will be the next disruptor

    The evolving Indian retail landscape faces disruptions from ecommerce and changing lifestyles. Challenges include brand adaptation, mall saturation, and online retail dynamics. Indian brands must enhance product cycles and reduce costs while navigating co

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  • For things to work, all process must be in place

    Catwalk, founded by Asif Merchant in 1990, struggled initially but thrived with a pay as you like model. Embracing Make in India faced setbacks due to infrastructure challenges initially. However, by 2015, Catwalk achieved success through integrated proce

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  • Jordan becomes the home for luxury apparel

    Jordan has emerged as a preferred destination for luxury apparel manufacturing, boasting a robust textile industry with significant international brands. Despite challenges like labor issues and regional competition, its strategic trade agreements and ski

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  • Remodelling Kolkata: The workwear capital of India

    Kolkata, known as Indias workwear capital, is transforming textile and apparel industry to enhance efficiency and growth. Leading companies like JPM Exports, Rama Overseas, and Mallcom are centralizing operations to reduce costs, improve quality, and attr

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  • Plus size clothing in India

    The plus size clothing market in India has evolved significantly, gaining attention from both domestic and international retailers due to increasing demand facilitated by online shopping. With brands like Myntra and Allen Solly expanding their offerings,

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  • The Organisation of a clothing factory

    Dr. Punam Rani outlines the comprehensive processes involved in managing a clothing factory, from fashion forecasting and sample development to production planning and control. Key management principles such as division of work and unity of command are cr

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  • The challenge for standards

    Animesh Saxena highlights the apparel industrys struggle with sustainability standards, citing reluctance from brands and buyers to bear the associated costs. He proposes solutions including longterm commitments from buyers, transparent costing, consumer

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  • Three Nations: One Motto

    Denim is a versatile fabric. Moving from work wear to fashion, denim is not only for the youth and for style icons, but for all age groups and genders. Fibre2Fashion analyses the potential, challenges, and opportunities India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan hol

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  • Apparel Value Chain Ripe for Disruption

    Momentous change can happen when you are bored, says Ram Venkatesh. In the Foreword to his book ReImagine bestselling author, business and management guru Tom Peters explained how his eleventh book came about. Because Im pissed off, he wrote, I happen to

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  • State textiles: An ensemble of policies

    The muchawaited National Textiles Policy may be announced in another few weeks by the Union textiles ministry. Now is a good time to take a look at what various state textiles policies currently offer the textiles and apparel industry. The objective of th

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  • South Korean Black Yak heads for Europe

    Wellknown South Korean outdoor brand Black Yak stole the show at the ISPO sports fair in Munich in January. The brands plans of entering the European market that have been on hold since 2013 is now set to see the light of the day later in September. Regin

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  • Supply chain issues: Cleaning up for sustainability

    Two recent studies reveal corruption and abuse in supply chains, linking these issues to sustainable development. An October 2013 roundtable highlighted risks from climate change and reputational damage, underscoring the need for sustainable practices. Th

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  • Bangladesh garment industry has high hopes for year 2016

    The textiles industry in Bangladesh has grown and a critical demandsupply gap has arisen for both yarn and fabric. The crisis will naturally deepen unless appropriate backward linkages are built to meet the rapidly approaching challenges in the global tex

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  • Supply chain collaboration in the apparel industry

    More than ever before, todays consumers access product information through the Internet and social media. With 24x7 access, scrutiny and negative publicity can grow. So, it is critical for a company to truly understand the supply chain and work towards co

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  • Textile package: Can this stitch save nine?

    Most textileapparel brands are failing on sustainable cotton benchmarks, a recent survey, 37 international brands has found. Lack of uptake of more sustainable cotton is being seen as a massive missed opportunity. Subir Ghosh leafs through the 36page repo

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  • Chile's retail evolution

    Santanders Latin America Desk Head, Mauricio Munguia, discusses exporting opportunities offered by Chiles retail sector. On the face of it, it seems that one drawback of exporting in Chile is its relatively low population of 17.6 million people. Yet, in p

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  • Stitching up the gaps: Textile Reforms

    The textile industry was the first organised segment that facilitated the Industrial Revolution. It is time to bring in some reforms in its Indian counterpart, say Krrishan Singhania, Karan Dogra and Yuga Deodhar. Textile Industry can be recognised as the

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  • Cambodia: A SWOT analysis

    Asian suppliers of fabrics, accessories and machinery as well as Western clothing brands continue considering Cambodia as a zealous cutmaketrim garment manufacturer that is advantaged by low labour costs and preferential access to developed markets. It lo

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  • Buyers can also support cost-effective apparel manufacture

    A fruitful association between apparel customer and apparel manufacturer can be established only after several interactions to match each others objectives of profitability, says G. Jayapal Nair. Apparel manufacture is rather like life. Benefits can be re

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  • Let's have a hybrid apparel manufacturing policy

    Major constraint that exportoriented apparel manufacturing companies face is seasonality of work orders, says G. Jayapal Nair. It is the bane of many apparel manufacturer depending on exports. Several fail to bag production demands consistently through th

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  • Six Sweater Trends Heating Up Winter 2016

    Begin the festive season with trendy sweaters to beat the freezing cold, says Lemon Lin. As Winter 2016 peaks with bonechilling temperatures, the upcoming Christmas season offers warmth and happiness. Embrace the latest womens fashion trends with these st

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