Despite being one of the major quality issues in any garment, there are only limited ways to calculate and asses the pucker level in any seam says Rahul Bhardwaj.
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The textiles and apparel industry is a dynamic one, much happens here through the year. We bring to you 10 select developments of 2016 which we believe will have a bearing on 2017. By Subir Ghosh
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Over the past few years, Bangladesh has seen rapid development of its exportoriented textiles industry. The country is now the second largest RMG exporter in the world. The textiles and garment industry is the most important segment of Bangladeshs manufac
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Sensitised to growing concern, manufacturers are paying increased attention to hazardous substances in our wardrobes supply chain. The US Federal Trade Commission has something to say about what you wear. While not a fashion arbiter and unable to advise o
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Curious and selective about wardrobe solutions, tweenagers today are as fashion conscious as adults and love to flaunt the latest trends, says Mohita Indrayan. Guess whats spilling out of the preteen wardrobe This clothing trend appeals to tweens as it le
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Madagascar expects the countrys textiles and apparel industry to create 200,000 supplementary jobs in the next five years. The African country is among few in the world that has been seeing an acceleration in both textile imports as well as apparel export
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The Indian apparel sector had lost the plot earlier, and missed the chance of emerging as the worlds leader in apparel. Rahul Mehta, President of the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India CMAI, takes a hard look, and suggests 10 ways that the govern
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McKinsey Apparel CPO Survey 2017 McKinseys biannual Chief Purchasing Officer CPO survey, first conducted in 2011, has delivered a comprehensive overview of the most important trends in apparel sourcing including the need to balance cost, compliance, and
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With the growth of ecommerce through platforms like Amazon, Flipkart and Jabong, many wouldbe fashion entrepreneurs found an opportunity to fulfill their aspirations. While fashion holds the potential to create a successful business, it is not as easy as
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Fibre2Fashion brings to you 10 select developments from 2017 that we believe will have a bearing on the textilesapparelfashion industry in the days to come. By Subir Ghosh Not always do bigticket events or headlinegrabbing incidents dominate the developme
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A waitandwatch sentiment prevails in the textiles and apparel industry. Though businesses are expecting good revenues in the coming months given the positive present and expected status of the order books, there is hesitation among businesses when it come
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The Rana Plaza disaster of 2013 has been cited so often when talking about the state of Bangladeshs garment industry, that it has virtually become a clich. It has also, for the same reason, remained a blot on the industryone that refused to go away. But f
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The overall sales of top textiles companies have increased marginally, and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization EBITDA margins declined significantly. The findings are from the Wazir Textile Index WTI comprising cumulative financia
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The concept of transparency is being diluted to include all types of information. Sarah Ong asks how we can sharpen our focus on incisive data that makes transparency actionable in the apparel industry. Transparency used to be a dirty wordat least, in the
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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs CBIC has announced that import duties on 50 textile products will be doubled. The move, which comes in the wake of increasing imports from countries like China, Vietnam, and Bangladesh, may not be enough, wr
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A staggering 23.5 billion pairs of shoes were produced in 2017, but more shocking is that millions of these will end up in landfills as waste. In addition to polluting the environment, the footwear manufacturing process is also chemically intensive and po
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While nothing is inherently new about selling used clothes, the projected growth rate of 15 per cent annually over the next five years announces a growing trend within the apparel industry. Clothing brands are turning to recommerce partners to tap into se
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Wellness Wear Fashion a new generation of skin nourishing garment made from milk is coming. The custom of bathing in milk to maintain and improve ones beauty thanks to its skinsoothing and perfecting properties remains one of the oldest beautifying prac
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The readymade garments RMG industry of Bangladesh is bursting with selfconfidence, reports Jozef De Coster from capital Dhaka. Nobody could have predicted that the RMG readymade garments industry of Bangladesh, which started very small in the 1980s export
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Much has changed, particularly for the textiles and apparel industry, since the goods and services tax GST regime was rolled out in July 2017. Arun Kumar Singh looks at the state of things.The textilesapparel industry is one of the oldest and largest cont
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There is a trend gathering steam in the Netherlands, and that is of vintage clothing bound intricately around the concept of sustainability. Hop around to the The Ninth, Amsterdams famous shopping districtderiving its name from the fact that as many as ni
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Spread over three floors at the upmarket Ninth Street, Laura Dols was first launched at the flea market at Waterlooplein. My very creative boss started out as a hippie, bare feet and all, informs store manager Joyce, who has been with Laura Dols for 20 ye
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Do consumers buy sustainable products For years, brand managers have tried to understand why consumers say they intend to buy sustainable products, but when it comes to buying, they dont.
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In the Textile and apparel industry, market research has always been an integral part of businesses. But doing it right has always been the most challenging part of it. TexPro assists textile and apparel business with qualitative market research by combin
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