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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen recently cautioned workers that an unreasonable rise in the minimum wage could drive companies to bankruptcy and out of the country. Addressing garment workers in Phnom Penh, he urged them to be reasonable in their expectations from their employers. The minimum monthly wage for workers in the sector was set at $170 for 2018.
The labour ministry and relevant parties started talks on the minimum wage for 2019 earlier this month.
The prime minister noted tha
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Around 450 Indian exporters will participate in Ambiente 2019 to be organised by Messe Frankfurt from February 8 to 12, Indian minister of state for textiles Ajay Tamta announced recently. India is a partner country for the event. While 380 exhibitors were shortlisted by Messe Frankfurt, the rest were selected by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH).
According to EPCH, the handicrafts sector has always shown a growth of around 10 per cent for the last nine years. However, duri
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AATCC, a leading not-for-profit association for textile professionals, will host Moisture Management Testing Workshop on October 3 and 4, 2018, at its headquarters in US. The workshop will provide an overview of the performance technology associated with moisture management and discuss the test methods needed to evaluate your products’ performance claims.
Industry experts will share information regarding customer expectations as well as data interpretation from standard and customised tests.
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Indian commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu recently chaired a meeting of exports stakeholders and commerce ministry officials to discuss a strategy to double exports by 2025, which is necessary due to uncertainty in global trade, rigid approach of banks affecting availability of credit, high logistics cost and productivity standards and qualities.
Minister of state in the same ministry CR Chaudhary will chair the mission and will review the work of different export promotion counc
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Abstract : 2018 The First World Textile Merchandising Conference (2018 WTMC) will be held at the Keqiao District, Shaoxing City of east China's Zhejiang Province in September 20-21, 2018.
Photo: Keqiao District, Shaoxing City in east China's Zhejiang Province
2018 The First World Textile Merchandising Conference (2018 WTMC) will be held at the Keqiao District, Shaoxing City of east China's Zhejiang Province in September 20-21, 2018.
Nearly 1,000 leaders and representatives in the well-kno
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Abstract : 2018 The First World Textile Merchandising Conference (2018 WTMC) will be held at the Keqiao District, Shaoxing City of east China's Zhejiang Province in September 20-21, 2018.
Photo: China Textile City
2018 The First World Textile Merchandising Conference (2018 WTMC) will be held at the Keqiao District, Shaoxing City of east China's Zhejiang Province in September 20-21, 2018.
Nearly 1,000 leaders and representatives in the well-known enterprises of the textile industry, top f
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Abstract : 2018 The First World Textile Merchandising Conference (WTMC) will be held at the Keqiao District, Shaoxing City of east China's Zhejiang Province in September 20-21, 2018. Nearly 1,000 leaders and representatives will attend the conference.
2018 The First World Textile Merchandising Conference (WTMC) will be held at the Keqiao District, Shaoxing City of east China's Zhejiang Province in September 20-21, 2018.
Nearly 1,000 leaders and representatives in the well-known enterprises
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Abstract : The First World Textile Merchandising Conference (2018 WTMC) recently released its agenda.
The First World Textile Merchandising Conference (2018 WTMC) recently released its agenda. According to many industry insiders, the 2018 WTMC is expected to explore the latest changes and trends in the textile industry and seek to build a cooperation system throughout the industrial chain, therefore promoting high-quality development.
The conference consists of four parallel forums themed
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Canada-based insights and strategy consultancy GlobeScan and the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) recently announced a new collaboration to develop robust communication guidelines and materials for engaging consumers globally on the Higg Index, a holistic suite of tools for measuring sustainability performance across the industry value chain.
Both will try to identify what consumers want to know about the sustainability credentials of products, brands and manufacturers and how different
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Around 700 villages in India’s western state of Maharashtra have reportedly officially confirmed the outbreak of pink bollworm in cotton crop crossing the ‘economic threshold limit’. An economic threshold is the insect's population level or extent of crop damage at which the value of the crop destroyed exceeds the cost of controlling the pest.
The crossing of the threshold means that a sizable amount of the crop may be lost to the pest, a news agency reported quoting a top government offic