AR Exclusive: Shapes India’s parent company mulling over establishing...
One of the oldest apparel export houses based in Noida, Designers Point India which also owns one of the first readymade casual trousers brands in the country, Shapes, is planning to set up a separate...
View ArticleAR Exclusive: Indian apparel exporter Avin International increasing focus on...
Unlike the usual practice of undertaking the route of expansion capacity, Delhi-NCR based high fashion apparel exporter, Avin International is focusing on increasing its FOBs by adding value to...
View ArticleNew AEPC Chairman initiates fresh talks for solutions to Apparel House deadlock
In a proactive and highly appreciated move, the new Chairman of AEPC, Ashok Rajani, has instituted a sub-committee to look into the options of export promotion, including the revival of the disputed...
View ArticleN C John & Sons expands its non-organic offerings, as organic loses its wow...
The collection of N C John & Sons, displayed at the India International Garment Fair, revealed a clear evolution from their earlier focus theme of 100 per cent organic garments to more non-organic...
View ArticleMallika Textiles’ knitted stoles a crowd-puller at IIGF 2016
Taking part for the first time at the ongoing 56th India International Garment Fair 2016, Mallika Textiles, a one-year-old Ludhiana-based company, turned out to be quite a crowd-puller because of its...
View ArticleChanged ‘attitude’ helps Jaipur’s Patterns India reach new heights
Most garment export houses in India suffer from a rigid mindset that does not allow them to evolve with the change in market trends. Very few among them realise or care to admit that their approach...
View ArticleKolkata-based Kapoor Fashions to start its own label in overseas markets
Exporting kidswear to the Middle East and Singapore, in both departmental stores and wholesalers, Kolkata- based Kapoor Fashions is planning to launch its own label in international market. “As we are...
View ArticleBangladesh’s DBL Group expanding capacity, focus on green
One of Bangladesh’s well-known garment exporters, DBL Group, is expanding its knitting capacity. This is expected to increase apparel production as well. Currently having a knitting capacity of 60...
View ArticleBangladesh’s Fashion For Future to foray into bottom wear
Dhaka-based Fashion For Future Ltd, an exporter as well as a buying agent, running a knit factory with nine circular knitting and 450 machines, is planning to set up a woven factory for bottom wears....
View ArticleBangladesh’s SB Sweaters to start making jackets
Dhaka-based SB Sweaters Ltd, which is associated with the Famous Composite Knitwears Ltd, is in the process of expanding its sweaters’ business, and is also planning to venture into jacket...
View ArticleTextile industry wants GST levied on ex-factory price, not MRP
Several bigwigs in India’s textile industry have suggested that the government must levy GST on ex-factory price and not the maximum retail price (MRP), as proposed. They maintained that if GST is...
View ArticleBangladesh’s CRL Fashion to start new factory for bottom wear
Several buying houses in Bangladesh, particularly those that already have their own manufacturing units, are expending in various ways. One of the names in this category is CRL Fashion. With its...
View ArticleBangladesh’s Hams Garments Ltd expands business with new technology, bottom...
Under the leadership of its MD, Engr Shafiqur Rahman, Dhaka-based apparel export house Hams Garments Ltd has initiated fresh business ventures by bringing in new innovative technology as well as...
View ArticleBangladesh’s Cotton Group to explore new avenues
In view of boosting its growth, Bangladesh’s Cotton Group is expanding its knitting and garment manufacturing capacity. It is also working on energy and water-saving measures, in which it has already...
View ArticleAR Exclusive: Toray looking for joint ventures in Bangladesh
Japan-based business conglomerate Toray International Inc (Toray Group) is increasing its apparel sourcing from Bangladesh, and now it is looking for joint ventures in the manufacturing sector, with...
View ArticleTirupur exporters approach Javadekar over ZLD
The Tirupur Exporter’s Association has urged the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change to address issues concerning the establishment of Zero Liquid Waste and inclusion of CETP under...
View ArticleBangladesh’s Comfit Composite Knit to enter lingerie manufacturing
Manufacturing a wide range of knit garments like T-shirts, polo shirts, trousers, tops, bottoms and kid’s wear, Bangladesh’s Comfit Composite Knit Ltd is now expanding, exploring other areas previously...
View ArticlePakistan witnesses 50% plunge in orders at Heimtextil fair
Pakistan was in for a surprise at the Heimtextil fair in Germany this year, after it saw a drop in the overall orders by 50 per cent. Pakistan, which happens to be the fourth largest exhibitor at the...
View ArticleBangladesh EPZs’ earnings rise by 9.62% in 1st half of current fiscal
Putting up an outstanding performance, Bangladesh’s Export Processing Zones-based (EPZs) manufacturing units have reportedly increased their export earnings by 9.62 per cent in the current financial...
View ArticleIndia’s Alfine Knit plans to explore new markets
Catering mainly to traditional markets like those in the US and Europe, four-year-old company Alfine Knit, Tirupur (Parent company Jak industries, Chennai, which is two decades old) is now exploring...
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