Yarn Expo Autumn, the China International Trade Fair for Fibres and Yarns, will return to Shanghai again this year. The 2013 show will take place from 21 – 23 October 2013 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in hall N4. Suppliers will showcase their latest collection of natural and blended yarns including cotton, wool, flax / regenerated flax, and man-made fibres and yarns, as well as specialty products including elastic, and fancy and blended yarns. Indian pavilion confirms partic

Despite the increasing production cost and shift in orders by global apparel and textile buyers from China to other Asian countries, several global clothing and textile brands are still sourcing major portion of their clothing from China. “Uniqlo has been operating in China since September 2009 and around 70 percent of clothing for the brand is manufactured in the country,” says the spokesperson of Uniqlo in an interview with fibre2fashion. When asked about the trade relation of the comp

Head of the National Chamber of Italian Fashion, Mario Boselli, has declared that the top Italian designers, including Giorgio Armani and Dolce & Gabbana, will not showcase as part of the official programme during the Milan Fashion Week starting next month. Armani and Dolce & Gabbana are not associated with the Italian fashion chamber and continue to hold out from participation. As a result, they will no longer be presenting their men’s collection during the Fashion Week, Mr. Boselli

Top 10 Categories in Rising Top 10 Categories in Falling 1. Bedding 2.11% 1. Fashion fabric -0.85% 2. Lining 1.57% 2. Viscose/wool fabric -0.59% 3. Thread/rope 1.34% 3. Other chemical fibre -0.58% 4. Apparel lining 0.71% 4. Viscose -0.56% 5. Lace 0.57% 5. Household textiles -0.44% 6. Natural fibre grey cloth 0.32% 6. Polyester/wool fabric -0.35% 7. Polyester/viscose fabric 0.31% 7. Belt -

Top 10 popular fabric (2013-05-20) Item Width(cm) Weight/Composition/Specification Price(Yuan/m) Printed Bubble Crepe 135 t/c、45S×45S、100×80 8.50 Burnt-out Printed Plain Cloth 147 t/c、45S×45S、110×76 9.80 Wool-like Thin Serge 150 t/r80/20、30s×30s、99×80 9.00 Printed Artificial Cotton 145 40s×40s、100×80 8.10 Printed One Way Stretch 150 118DFDY(yuan/kg) 23.00 Pri

Prada Spring 2013 Campaign | Source: Prada “We dedicate a lot of time to understand markets, and at the basis there is Miuccia’s work in creating product, which has an identity,” said chief executive officer, Patrizio Bertelli, on the principle causes of Prada Group’s continuing success at the company’s annual general meeting, in Milan, yesterday. The CEO went on to dismiss calls to show collections from group’s Miu Miu label in Milan, as well as the possibility of an IPO on a European exchan

For the first quarter, San Fransisco-based Gap reported that net sales for the first quarter, which ended May 4, 2013, increased 7 percent to 3.73 billion dollars compared with 3.49 billion dollars for the first quarter last year. Due to the 53rd week in fiscal year 2012, comparable sales for the first quarter of fiscal year 2013 are compared with the 13-week period ended May 5, 2012. On this basis, the company’s first quarter comparable sales increased 2 percent compared with a 4 percent incre

"With our strong start to the year, especially first-quarter sales,” proudly stated Glenn Murphy, chairman and CEO of Gap, in a statement on Thursday. “The consumer has been operating pretty much for the last five-plus years in a very challenging environment,” Murphy told analysts in a call. Revenue at stores opened at least a year better up by 2 percent with global businesses at both Gap and Old Navy increasing by 3 percent respectively. Impressive hike at their online business, as revenue jum

Women at work in a Bangladeshi garment factory. Photograph: Jonathan Saruk/Getty Images A revised minimum wage could help women working in harsh conditions who have few other places to go, but employers say they are also suffering as a result of disrupted production. The bulldozers have moved on and the eight-storey Rana Plaza building, in which more than 1,120 workers died when it collapsed on 24 April, is nothing more than a gaping hole in the ground. For workers hurrying to t

Many members in the local textile industry say they have won plenty of export contracts for this year and that they are running at full capacity to meet deadlines. Nguyen An, general director of Garmex Saigon, said his firm had acquired a great deal of orders from foreign buyers and that the already-signed orders surpass its capacity by around 5%. In the last two years, export orders earned by Garmex Saigon have mainly come from the United States instead of the Europe Union as before. Besi