Courtesy: AmazonAmazon is to set up its first Mississippi fulfillment centre in Marshall County. The facility will create 850 jobs. Employees at the 554,000-square-foot facility will pick, pack and ship household consumer goods such as lawn and garden products, and toiletries. Customer reviews and 1-Click shopping are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. “We are excited to bring our first fulfillment centre to Mississippi, creating 850 full-time jobs with a $15minimum hourl

Courtesy: Aalto UniversityAalto University is setting up a pilot plant in the Aalto Bioproduct Centre in Otaniemi for enhancing Ioncell fibre manufacturing process to accelerate production of fibres. The pilot plant can be used to produce about 10 kilograms of textile fibre a day whereas so far, it has been produced manually in a laboratory with an output of 100 grams per day. Ioncell is a method for producing regenerated cellulose fibres “There is a strong interest in ecological textile

Courtesy: Boll & BranchDirect-to-consumer startups are all trying to make a mark, but, NJ-based Boll & Branch is truly being celebrated for changing the world. In just five years, the luxury bedding brand has emerged as the world's largest consumer of Organic Fair Trade Certified cotton, ranked number one in the 2018 Textile Exchange Preferred Fiber and Materials Benchmark. The socially and environmentally conscious startup has used millions of pounds of raw organic cotton to make its

The Indian ministry of textiles will soon take up the issue of reducing the tax rate of Kashmiri handicrafts under the goods and services tax (GST) with the GST Council, Shantamanu, development commissioner, handicrafts, in the ministry told a seminar on Kashmiri art and craft organised by the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently. Local artisans told Shantamanu that the 12 per cent GST on handicrafts has badly affected the trade, according to a report in a top Kashmiri newspaper

Courtesy: KeringKering and the innovation platform, Plug and Play, have introduced the Kering Sustainable Innovation Award to fast-track sustainable innovation in the luxury and apparel sectors in Greater China. It offers comprehensive mentorship and networking, travel to Europe and the US to meet with fashion and innovation leaders, and a € 100,000 grant to the top winner. The award was launched in Beijing. Inspired by Kering’s motto Crafting Tomorrow’s Luxury, the award programme will iden

Courtesy: AlizillaErmenegildo Zegna, a leader in luxury menswear, has unveiled a flagship store on Tmall Luxury Pavilion, marking the launch with an exclusive collection created with the Chinese Football Association. The Pavilion, Alibaba Group’s dedicated site for premium brands, is Zegna’s first official third-party digital channel in the market, apart from its own site. The move comes as China is poised to overtake the US as the world’s largest fashion market next year, according to global

Courtesy: ColorifixColorifix, the developer of the first commercial biological dyeing process, has raised $3 million from impact and strategic investors with strong links to the fashion industry. The funds will help the expansion of its Norwich-based facility and the team build-out as Colorifix launches pilots with leading players in the international fashion industry. The funds were raised in a Series A round which was led by Challenger 88, with participation from Cambridge Enterprise, H&am

Experts will discuss the latest research and textile innovations for a restful night at the upcoming Heimtextil which will have special focus on sleep in its new ‘Sleep! The Future Forum’. The leading trade fair for home and contract textiles, to be held during January 8-11 in Germany, brings together around 800 producers of textiles in the bed segment. Of these, 140 international industry leaders will be represented in the ‘Smart Bedding’ segment alone, which will be presenting the latest s

Courtesy: Mimaki EuropeMimaki Europe will present work from leading designers including Sigrid Calon and Claire Vos (Studio Roderick Vos), under the theme ‘The Fusion of Innovation and Design’ at Heimtextil 2019 to demonstrate the power of digital print. It is collaborating with over 10 inspirational world leading designers for the show to be held during January 8-11 in Germany. Seeing printed applications on a diverse range of textiles, fabrics and interior materials, visitors will learn ho

PPSS Group, a UK headquartered specialist in body armour and protective clothing, supports product designers who are looking for new potential applications of its high-performance cut resistant fabric Cut-Tex PRO. Since its inception, cut resistant fabric Cut-Tex PRO has been used in slash resistant clothing for law enforcement, security, and prisons and corrections personnel, as well as bite resistant clothing for healthcare professionals. Earlier this year, the company also launched its ran