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

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

The sixth edition of FESPA Eurasia is expecting 25 per cent increase in the inflow of visitors since its inception in 2013. The leading event of the region for screen printing, textiles and digital wide format printing is scheduled to kick-start from December 6, 2018 in Istanbul. The previous FESPA Eurasia, held in 2017, welcomed 8.761 visitors. "Since the launch of FESPA Eurasia in 2013, we have developed our visitor portfolio by bringing together both new and previous participants every yea

Saurer Group, a globally operating group focusing on machinery and components for yarn processing, has registered an increase in its revenue in both segments—Spinning Solutions and Technologies—during the first half (H1) of 2018. Its revenue was up by 14 per cent to reach RMB 4,627 million, while its net profit rose 29.1 per cent y-o-y to RMB 409.8 million. However, earnings per share have dropped by 16.2 per cent due to the additionally issued shares for last year’s listing on the Shanghai S

The Federation of Gujarat Weavers’ Association (FOGWA) has petitioned Indian minister of state for road transport and shipping Mansukh Mandaviya urging him to ask the Gujarat state government to formulate a textile policy on the lines of the Maharashtra state Government state to stop power loom weavers from Surat migrating to neighbouring Maharashtra. About 250 power loom units have moved to Navapur in Maharashtra due to the proactive textile policy of the state. The units have been set up

The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) recently signed an agreement with the West Bengal state’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and textiles department for supporting and facilitating alternate sources of funding through equity among MSMEs. The aim is to get 100 SMEs from West Bengal listed on the NSE Emerge platform by 2020. The department has taken the initiative to engage the NSE with all industry associations and chamber bodies, so that a large number of SMEs in

Texbase, a cloud-based data management platform for textiles, has announced that customers can now integrate both lab test data and lab test reports created by third-party labs into their Texbase accounts. Texbase provides testing and material innovation software solutions that power great product experiences for apparel and consumer products industries. Now for the first time, independent testing labs such as Bureau Veritas, are able to integrate directly with Texbase to transfer field-le

Washington DC-based National Retail Federation (NRF), the world’s largest retail trade association, has urged the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) to reject tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods. It has released a new study that found tariffs on furniture and travel goods from China would cost American consumers nearly $6 billion a year. “By now the administration should know something it questioned several months ago: Tariffs will not get China to change its unfair trade pract

Workers in the clothing industry across South Africa will receive a 7.5 per cent wage increase, effective September 1, 2018. Workers in the non-metro areas will receive an additional 0.5 per cent in the form of greater employer contribution to the provident fund. This will benefit just over 60,000 clothing workers, employed in 745 factories nation-wide. The agreement was reached under the auspices of the National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry of South Africa. Empl

British international trade secretary Liam Fox recently unveiled an export strategy to make the United Kingdom a 21st century exporting superpower through better use of overseas network, new online tools and building an extensive business-to-business network. The aim is to raise total exports as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) to 35 per cent. This comes as the government continues to roll out sector deals as part of the industrial strategy, boosting jobs and growth in areas wh