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Jaipur’s High Street Fashions to boost capacity
In the apparel industry, Jaipur is a place well-known across the country. But what many may not know about the Pink City is that a company by the name of High Street Fashions is engaged in...
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Fire in Shahi Exports Noida garment factory
India’s number one garment exporter Shahi Exports, which fulfills all compliance standards and has 51 state-of-the-art manufacturing set-ups across India, witnessed a fire at its Noida factory on...
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Pacific Garments moves towards more systematic working; adding kidswear
Owing to space constraints at its old unit, Pacific Garments has recently shifted to a new facility within Noida. This new plant, covering around 30,000 sq ft area, has accommodated all its processes...
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Impasse over garment workers’ wage revision continues
Despite six rounds of talks on wage revision for garment workers in and around Tirupur district (Tamil Nadu, India), the impasse is still on, with the meeting between factory owners and trade unions on...
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TEA to hold seminar on Certificate of Compliance
Tirupur Exporters’ Association is going to organize a one-day seminar on “Emerging Needs of Certificate of Compliances (CoC) on March 30. The seminar will be presided over by C Govindarajan, who has a...
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Shahi Exports improving lives of migrant workers
“Shahi has given me and my family a life. When all doors closed on me and my family, it was Shahi who shed a ray of hope on us. We are thankful to Shahi.” These were the words of a young Indian migrant...
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‘South Korean garment manufactures in Myanmar flout labour laws’
Several South Korean garment manufacturers operating in Myanmar are reportedly defied the established labour laws by not adhering to the overtime rules. According to a report released on March 25 by...
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Ludhiana’s Davinder Sandhu Impex to explore US market
Ludhiana-based Davinder Sandhu Impex is moving forward in multiple directions, with its focus now shifting to domestic as well as the US markets. Currently, manufacturing 40,000 pieces a day, the...
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Ten more RMG suppliers fail to comply with Accord’s safety standards
Ten more RMG suppliers in Bangladesh have faced Accord’s fury for failing to make sufficient progress in remediation work to ensure safe working environment for the workers. The Accord on Fire and...
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Vanduta Khurana & her N2-X — a tool of expression
Vanduta Khurana, President of Delhi-based Daks India, which currently employs a workforce of 2,000 and produces 10 lakh textile products annually, including apparel and home textile, was invited to be...
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Tirupur Employers’ Association signs 4-year wage deal with trade unions
The long-standing wage issue for Tirupur Garment workers has finally reached its fruition, with a four-year wage agreement being signed between Tirupur Employers’ Association (garment/knitwear units at...
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AR Exclusive: Indian apparel exporters tapping into Nepal’s manufacturing...
It may be too early to gauge Nepal’s potential as a sourcing destination for Indian apparel exporters in its totality, but it should come as no surprise that some Indian companies have already started...
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Deliveries feared effected due to strike at Brandix India Apparel City
With thousands of workers, mostly women, from 10 different units of Brandix India Apparel City (BIAC) at Atchyuthapuram, Visakhapatnam, going on strike since April 15, delivery of garments are feared...
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SEBI gives nod to SP Apparels’ IPO
Working with clients like TESCO, Primark, and having the right to manufacture, distribute and market products under the ‘Crocodile’ brand in India, Tirupur-based SP Apparels has succeeded in getting...
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Brand Finance ranks Brandix as Lanka’s top Export Brand for 2nd successive year
Brandix Group, Sri Lanka’s largest exporter of branded apparel, has, for the second consecutive year, been ranked as the country’s most-valued exporter in Brand Finance’s 2016 ranking of the country's...
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Work begins after 10-day strike at Brandix India Apparel City
Full-fledged operations kicked off at all 14 units of Brandix India Apparel City (BIAC) at Atchyuthapuram area of Visakhapatnam city in Andhra Pradesh (India) on Monday. The 10-day-long strike came to...
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US garment factory manager faces jail time for ‘bribing’ labour dept...
A garment factory general manager lands himself in trouble for offering bribe to a US Department of Labor recently for closing an investigation into wage violations. The person in question, 42-year-old...
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West Bengal-based bag maker Ashoka Exports expanding capacity
Howrah-based Ashoka Exports, known for its specialisation in jute and cotton bags, had doubled its capacity, and is looking to enhance it further. Now, the company has a capacity of producing more than...
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Gildan Activewear sees rise in net earnings
Canada-based branded apparel supplier, Gildan Activewear has witnessed an increase of 12.9 per cent in its net earnings to US $ 63.2 million in the first quarter of the current fiscal, ended April 3,...
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Accessories By Nupur to explore new markets
Noida-based young export house Accessories By Nupur (ABN) is on a success route, with its crystal-clear strategy and positive attitude, an uncommon quality in most mid-level Indian exporters. Company...
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