The US withhold release order (WRO) on cotton and apparel imports from specific producers in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) may escalate global trade tensions and thus have negative implications for the Indian textile sector in the short run, according to India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra), which believes it could, however, be beneficial in the medium term.Pic: ShutterstockThere is a risk of further sanctions by the US government on curbing imports of the products originating from or h

One of the top denim mills in Turkey, Calik Denim aims to reinforce its sustainable position in the international arena by dedicating 2% of its revenue to R&D and allotting more than 0.5 million dollars to environmental spending in 2019 — the investments are already helping clients like H&M, Zara, Diesel, Gap, Tommy and others to towards sustainable fashion.Figure: Calik’s second-eversustainability reportshares how the Turkish denim mill conveys its motto, “passion for denim, passion for

Thealong with the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) is participating in thebeginning in Tamil Nadu, A Sakthivel, chairman of ATDC and AEPC, told the 17th annual general meeting of ATDC held virtually today. Professional upgradation (Pro-Up) programmes for apparel exporters will be started from January, vice chairman Rakesh Vaid said.Pic: ShutterstockMembers from Usha Fabs Pvt. Ltd., Jyoti Apparels, Monica Garments, Cheer Sagar, Goodwill Impex, Neetee Clothing, Trend Setters Intl., Madan Tr

Thehas named second round of recipients of the BFC Foundation Fashion Fund, supporting creative fashion businesses to survive the COVID-19 crisis. Following a £1 million emergency fund distributed in May, the BFC raised a further £500,000 that are now being distributed in grants to an additional 30 British designer businesses.Pic: British Fashion CouncilRecipients for the Fund are Camilla Elphick, Charles Jeffrey Loverboy, clothsurgeon, Cottweiler, Danshan, Emilia Wickstead, Eudon Choi, Feng Che

Everything has good and bad aspects. From that point of view, the Coronavirus which has grown pandemic is not different from other things. The highly transmissible virus has brought about changes to the forms or natures of all trades and commerce across the world.Since the virus emerged in late 2019, demand for PPEs (Personal Protective Equipment) including face masks has gone up on large scale leading to a rise in production of the medical apparatus.Figure: Demand for PPEs (Personal Protective

, a provider of advanced, high quality products and mission critical textile solutions, has announced that its American & Efird (A&E) division is set to purchase the high performance yarn business of Charles Craft. Charles Craft is a manufacturer of high-performance flame resistant/cut resistant industrial yarns and other specialty products.Pic: ShutterstockThe purchase is expected to close in early October. The combination of these legacy brands brings together leading technical yarn ex

BENTONVILLE - Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is targeting zero emissions across the company’s global operations by 2040 without the use of carbon offsetting.Walmart, together with its charitable arm, the Walmart Foundation, is also committing to help protect, manage or restore at least 50 million acres of land and one million square miles of ocean by 2030.Doug McMillon, president and chief executive officer of Walmart, said: "We want to play an important role in transforming the wor

The inventories of high-count pure cotton yarns and polyester-cottonblendedyarns are massively declining in China due to high demand since last couple of weeks.The same has been stated by cotton textile firms located in Jiangsu, Shandong and Anhui,amongst other places.Ring spinning and OE yarns of C40S (or below) have witnessed great surge in the terminal consumer marketand most of the spinning mills have accelerated their destockingfor these products.According to a medium-scale cotton spinning

KOBE – Sportswear brand Asics is the latest to join the global environmental initiative RE100, as it commits to using only renewable energy across its entire business operations by 2050.Asics joins the likes of Ralph Lauren, Burberry, Chanel and American Eagle Outfitters in aligning with the aspirations of the initiative, the members of which range from fashion to automobile manufacturing and electronics.“We are committed to taking action on climate change and limiting global warming to 1.5°C so

The denim industry has been trying to age new jeans for almost half a hundred years, to the detriment of the climate and wellbeing of clothing workers. To date, ozone machines that use ozone gas to naturally bleach clothing have been a key solution to this form of desirable effect. The laundries will, however, diversify their options with Officina+39’s latest technology.Oz-One Powder was recently launched by the Italian sustainable business. This product enables laundries to obtain a bleached, d