COTTON USA’s December rollout of “Crease Culture” led to marketing success including a potential reach of 130 million consumers and an equivalent earned advertising value of more than $3.3 million. The public relations campaign presents COTTON USA research that reveals what the shirt says about the man. The campaign included a home makeover video featuring COTTON USA licensees’ products and a series of product promotions through consumer competitions on high value media sites. The COTTON U

With its ‘tradeshow for selected brands’, BREAD & butter GmbH & Co. KG realizes the concept of an innovative trade fair event for contemporary clothing culture. The internationally prevailing trade show provides a creative marketing and communication platform for selected brands, labels and designers from the progressive segment that is unrivalled throughout the world. Under the maxim “fun & profit”, BREAD & BUTTER unites inspiration and business. The brands exhibiting at B

ILC Dover, the designer and manufacturer of NASA’s space suits and a wide range of engineered film and fabric products, announced today it was awarded an 18 month contract to design, manufacture and test the next generation of NASA’s Spacesuits – the Z-2. The new suit, designed for enhanced spacewalk capability, will operate at higher pressure levels than previous models, which will greatly improve exploration work efficiency. “This contract is a testimonial to the continued trust and fait

The studs and clasps on the pants can detach, posing a choking hazard to infants and small children. The recalled overall corduroy dungaree pants were sold in light brown and red in sizes 0-24 months and 2Y through 4Y. There are two snaps on each side of the overalls, side pockets and a center pocket with a sewn-in black and white tab label. Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission

Geared up to set up a garment industry in Adamjee Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Bangladesh, Indo-Bangladeshi joint venture firm Remi Holdings Ltd. has entered into a deal with Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA). Sarah Ali, Director of Remi Holdings and BEPZA (Investment Promotion) Member Sayed Nurul Islam inked the deal to this effect on behalf of their respective organizations. As per the deal, the firm intends to spend US$ 18.02 million for setting up the new facilit

The FabricLink Network is constantly working to give designers and product developer’s easy access to textile companies and their latest technologies. FLN, the premiere online networking and fabric education resource for the textile industry and its consumers, announces the improvement and expansion of its Searchable Indexes to make it even more simple and quick to find new innovations and the companies that produce them. “We now have 11 Searchable Indexes to make networking easy, including i

The American Quilter’s Society, headquartered in Paducah, KY, presents an all-new exhibition from the Tentmakers of Cairo at AQS QuiltWeek in Paducah, KY. The 2013 North American tour of Stitch Like an Egyptian makes its second stop with 100 new works of appliqué artistry. Each piece is handmade in Cairo specifically for exhibition in the United States, and will be accompanied by two of the artists. All 100 works on display are masterfully designed and crafted, showing the breadth of design a

American Textile Recycling Service is excited to bring its textile recycling mission to the Nashville Earth Day Festival, Saturday, April 20th at Centennial Park in Downtown Nashville. A free, family-oriented event, the Nashville Earth Day Festival attracts over 15,000 attendees in celebration of National Earth Day and is widely considered to bring the city closer to Mayor Karl Dean’s goal to be “the greenest city in the Southeast.” ATRS Recycling will be the only textile recycler at the fest

NY futures continued to slip this week, as July gave up 126 points to close at 85.48 cents, while December dropped 58 points to close at 85.08 cents. The futures market remained under pressure as hedge funds continued to exit commodity positions. According to the latest CFTC report, speculators were 7.3 million bales net long as of April 9, down by 2.5 million bales in three weeks, and over the last ten days this position has probably been reduced further. This exodus by the spec sector has g

The quintessential British luxury firm, Burberry, Wednesday reported revenue for the fourth quarter was 10 percent higher than in the previous month, driven mainly by consumption in China. The turnover Burberry British textile group in the second half of its fiscal year grew by 8.7 percent over the same period the previous year, to 1.116 billion pounds (1.299 billion euros), thanks to the drive of sales in the Asia Pacific region, particularly in China, the company said. Specifically, in its fi