Market quote of 100%cotton yarn in Xiaoshan and Shaoxing falls compared with last week. The price of rotor spinning 10S 100%cotton yarn is 13800 yuan/ton, which is about 20—30 yuan/ton lower than last week. The price of carded 32S 100% cotton yarn is 24125—24130 yuan/ton, about 90—135 yuan/ton lower than last week. The price of combed 40S 100%cotton yarn is 28055—28060 yuan/ton, about 40—65 yuan/ton lower than last week.

FC Index of Keqiao’s textile on April 12nd was 107.82, up 0.14% from the prior week, up 3.23% compared with the beginning of 2021, and up 3.38% compared with the same period last year.The turnover of fabric markets of China Textile City reached 49.375 billion yuan in the first quarter of 2021, up 74.71% compared with the same period last year and the turnover of online markets of China Textile City reached 108.76 billion yuan in the first quarter of 2021, up 48.06% compared with the same period

Egypt’s textile and apparel exports are expected to fall 15% in 2021 as a result of production cuts by several manufacturers, especially in the cotton textiles industry. In 2020, the country’s textile and apparel exports fell by 29% to $2,313.38 million. In 2019, the top five export destinations were the United States, Turkey, Germany, Italy, and Spain; however, in 2020, the United Kingdom replaced Italy on the list. Egypt exports a lot of clothing, home textiles, and fabrics. Yarn and fibres ar

According to Le Tien Troung, General Director of the Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group, the Vietnamese textile and apparel industry aims to concentrate on sportswear and yarn in the future as demand for masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) is expected to decline rapidly. Many clothing and footwear companies are looking for new markets after COVID-19. Sportswear is the most profitable avenue for such businesses, as public perception of physical activity increased during the pan

Several renowned fashion retailers are eyeing the famous Oxford Street location that once housed the Topshop flagship.Image Courtesy: buzzfeed.comAmong the retail bigwigs who are keen to get hold of the Topshop flagship are JD Sports, Nike and Amazon.Besides, Mike Ashley-owned Frasers Group has also, reportedly, shown its interest in acquiring the much-talked about flagship.Notably, the Topshop flagship was not a part of the Arcadia Group assets that was overseen by administrators from Deloitte.

SGS, the leading inspection, verification, testing and certification firm in the world, has been officially approved as the first Third-Party Laboratory member by The Microfibre Consortium (TMC).Image Courtesy: sgs-ehsusa.comAnd keeping its continual commitment to sustainability, SGS will be soon extending its fibre fragmentation testing services beyond consortium member organisations.The textile sector is fast becoming aware of the issue of fibre fragmentation and its potential as a serious env

The official data of the apparel import by USA says, the country has fallen by 8.70 per cent in February ’21 on Y-o-Y basis. The country imported US $ 5.39 billion worth of garments in February this year as against US $ 5.91 billion in the same month of 2020.However, volume-wise, USA saw a yearly increase of 3.20 per cent in its apparel import and the growth has been recorded after 17 months (on Y-o-Y basis).USA imported 2,069.78 million SME of garments in the 2nd month of 2021, as compared to 2

BRANDE – Danish fashion company Bestseller hopes to incentivise more farmers to make the transition to organic agricultural practices by promising that it will enrol more 'in-conversion' cotton into its portfolio.The company hopes that using in-conversion cotton - which is produced by farmers in the process of going organic - will encourage more producers toadopt sustainable best practicesBestseller’s sustainable materials specialist, Gudrun Gudmundsdottir, said:“We want to do our part t

LONDON – UK waste recycling charity WRAP has confirmed that its Textiles 2030 projectto create a more circular industry in Britain will be formally launched later this month.WRAP says Textiles 2030, which it describes as the world's most ambitious ten-year programme for clothing and textiles, will launch at an online event on Monday 26th April.Major high street names including Marks and Spencer, Next, Primark, John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, Ted Baker, Tesco and Dunelm have already signed up for th

LONDON – The British Fashion Council (BFC) has teamed up with more than 20 brands, including Burberry, Victoria Beckham, River Island and Barbour, to donate waste materials to colleges across the UK.The Student Fabric Initiative aims to provide fashion students with high-quality materials that can be reused through their studies. “One of the British Fashion Council‘s priorities is to encourage the industry to move towards a circular fashion economy while supporting excellence in fashion design,”