Workers at the Yung Wah Industrial garment factory complex ended their two-day blockage of Takhmao town’s road 21Bon 14thafter government officials promised to pay their overdue salaries today, but they continued to demonstrate in front of the factory to demand other benefits. The provincial committee tasked with resolving the dispute had inspected the factory’s equipment and decided to sell it to pay the workers’ salaries, said Um Visal, labour dispute resolution officer at the Coalition of

China has decided to maintain its the highest strategic cotton reserves of 42.61 million bales resultantly the upward trend of prices was trend in the world. Chinese demand for Pakistani cotton has increased and will benefit the Pakistani growers in near future, said Amanullah Qureshi, former chairman of Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) while talking to media percons here today. He said that China has increased its cotton reserves by 2 million bales. Our local cotton arrival target for

Photography by Peter Stigter Buh-Bye Big Apple, hello London! The New York Fashion week collections are done for Fall 2013 but the fashion set has already packed up their Goyard and Louis Vuitton luggage and jetted across the pond for the next leg of this month-long sartorial journey. Before we fall in love with all things British–Burberry Prorsum, Christopher Kane, Peter Pilotto–we’ve rounded up the hottest trends from New York Fashion Week Fall 2013. Start your shopping list now. 1. THE

The slide in the value of the Egyptian pound since December is good news for the textile industry, but its impact is blunted by the deterioration in economic and business conditions since the 2011 revolution, exporters say. Manufacturers have been arguing for years that the currency is overvalued, damaging competitiveness and business. Though they now welcome the devaluation of the pound, they are deeply anxious about the upheavals in the exchange market and the more general deterioration in t

National Cotton Council economists say cotton's 2013 outlook will be influenced by China's policy decisions and continued competition from man-made fiber (MMF). Gary Adams, the NCC's vice-president Economics and Policy Analysis, told delegates at the NCC's 75th Annual Meeting in Memphis that recent data on fiber market share clearly demonstrates the many challenges in terms of competition from MMF that the cotton industry faces in 2013. According to Adams, "Measured on the basis of pounds of

In a backdrop of foreign buyers and customers building confidence with the end of the three decade war and the boost in tourism in Sri Lanka, the country’s apparel industry was reaching a positive boom, said Managing Director of Flying Apparels, Asiri Perera. He said this was despite government opponents and outsiders saying that a problem had risen from the withdrawal of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) concessions scheme that the US had initiated and other duty grants. “With me,

The Los Angeles International Textile Show (LA TEXTILE) announced its newly minted partnership with prominent fashion trend analyzer and forecaster Stylesight. Stylesight is the industry-leading content and technology solution for professionals in the style, fashion and design sectors. They deliver global information and a visionary online workspace designed to help the industry anticipate and analyze an ever-changing marketplace. “LA Textile has been an important venue for the West Coast appar

The Federation of Indian Art Silk Weaving Industry (FIASWI) has opposed the move by Union government to allow import of man-made fabrics (MMF) at concessional duty to boost the exports of ready-made garments. In a representation to joint secretary (exports), ministry of textiles, Government of India, FIASWI chairman Arun Jariwala has stated that the proposed move by the government will destabilize the powerloom sector in the country. Recently, the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) in its

India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has given its nod to foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals of four single-brand retailers – three from France and one from the US. The proposal of sportswear and sports equipment retail giant Decathlon is for bringing in FDI of about Rs. 7 billion. The French brand is already present in India's wholesale space, and it now plans to enter the retail segment. French womenswear brand Promod’s proposal is for setting up a 51:49 joint venture

Fullbeauty, a revolutionary lingerie website that is part of OSP Group, has rolled out an expanded bra and shapewear collection with new product from its own proprietary brand, Comfort Choice, as well as top national brands. Fullbeauty features plus size bras and lingerie representing the most comprehensive range of styles, sizes, brands, and colors available anywhere in the world (100,000 styles, sizes and colors; band sizes 32-58 and cup sizes A-N). Comfort Choice is a long-standing brand w