It is learned by Construction Management Committee of China Textile City that 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 andthe turnover of online markets of China Textile City reached108.76 billion yuan in the first quarter of 2021, up 48.06% compared with the same period last year. Online and offline markets have a good start in the first quarter of 2021.

PORTLAND – After successfully removing PFCs from its supply chain, US footwear brand Keen is sharing its insight by publishing an open-source model explaining how other companies can follow suit.Image Credit: Keen“We spent the last seven years researching, developing and refining what is now a proven process to eliminate PFCs from our products without sacrificing performance, and we want to share this for the common good,” said Erik Burbank, vice president, The Keen Effect.The Oregon-headquarter

CHELTENHAM - Fashion brand Superdry has signed an agreement with Swedish clean tech company We aRe SpinDye (WRSD) to use its resource-efficient dyeing process.WRSD's dyeing process involves melting colour pigments and recycled polyester together, prior to extrusion, to create coloured yarns without the use of water.The company works exclusively with recycled polyester made from post-consumer water bottles or wasted clothing, allowing for a circular production process.Source:Eco Textile

VANCOUVER – Industry non-profit Textile Exchange is seeking feedback over the next two months on the latest versions of its Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) and Global Recycled Standard (GRS).The Vancouver-based organisation says it will welcome the thoughts of industry stakeholders until the 31stMay, at which point suggestions will be considered and the standards revised once more.“Your feedback will help to inform our revision of theGRS/RCS this year. We will research your issues submitted during

KARACHI - Pakistan's largest vertically integrated denim company, Soorty, has launched an initiative to increase the use of organic cotton in the denim supply chain..The Soorty Organic Cotton Initiative (SOCI) has been launched in partnership with the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Pakistan as well as the provincial government of Balochistan's Department of Agriculture.The Laudes Foundation is also supporting the project which is aimed at reducing the use of chemicals and fertilisers

Australia’s Security Matters (SMX), a platform for authenticating chemical markers and blockchain, recently signed a cooperation agreement with the Israeli Cotton Board (ICB) to certify and trace organic and conventional cotton, which represents all cotton farmers in the country, from seed to product. The first project will label conventional and organic cotton at the field level.Pic: StockStudio Aerials / Shutterstock.comThe process will ensure identification of cotton products at the end of li

Prospects of an economic rebound in South Asia are firming up as growth is set to rise by 7.2 per cent in 2021 and 4.4 per cent in 2022, climbing from historic lows in 2020 and putting the region on a path to recovery, according to the World bank, which recently said growth is, however, uneven and economic activity well below pre-COVID-19 estimates.Pic: World BankThat is because many businesses need to make up for lost revenue and millions of workers, most of them in the informal sector, still r

UNESCO and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) recently joined hands to support lifelong learning among garment factory workers across the country. The strategic partnership through GMAC’s Cambodian Garment Training Institute (CGTI) will help ensure that the accredited Factory Literacy Programme (FLP) developed by the ministry of education Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and UNESCO will involve GMAC’s participation in its implementation.Pic: ShutterstockThe Cambodian garment sector

QUEENSLAND – WoolProducers Australia, a native grower body, has described Australian Wool Exchange’s (AWEX) review of its National Wool Declaration (NWD) as “premature”, and believes this year’s document shouldn’t be finalised until conclusions are drawn from ongoing pain relief trials into the freeze branding procedure.Contentious proposals to differentiate between mulesed wool and freeze branded wool led to several rounds of consultations among stakeholders last year, before AWEX reverted to o

FC Index of Keqiao’s textile on March 29th was 107.82, up 0.33% from the prior week, up 3.23% compared with the beginning of 2021, and up 3.08% compared with the same period last year.Marketing of spring market of China Textile City rises this week. Amount price of raw material market drops compared with last week, amount price of grey cloth market rises obviously, amount price of garment fabric market’s cloth falls slightly, transaction amount price of home textile products drops slightly compa