On January 17th, 2013 at 6 PM BREAD & BUTTER BERLIN closed its doors – for the first time on a Thursday evening; very successfully. After the concept changes, which were broadly discussed upfront, B&B President Karl-Heinz Müller can look back to a successful January edition of the ‘tradeshow for selected brands’: "Since its presentation in fall 2012 our new concept has been an extensively discussed topic. Despite the doubts our huge efforts bear fruit, and the quality offensive has fu

Apparel companies in China are now spending more resources on marketing and branding of their products in order to enhance competitiveness and to win consumers, states a latest report. According to "China’s apparel market, 2012", a report released by Li & Fung Research Centre, event sponsorship was a popular marketing strategy adopted by apparel companies last year to get increased media coverage. Sportswear manufacturer Anta designed the "Champion Dragon Outfit" for the Chinese Sports

Increase in yarn imports by China will boost Pakistani and Indian yarn exports besides it will also boost US cotton prices, as the United States is the largest exporter of the fibre to China. This step by China, the world’s biggest cotton consumer and importer, is forcing the world’s largest textile industry to boost imports of yarn by as much as a third in 2013 in order to lower down the costs. Pakistan Yarn Merchant Association member Ghulam Rabbani said Chinese textile mills were turning t

Korea’s National Baseball Team officially unveiled its uniform for the 2013 World Baseball Classic that begins in March. Nike, the creator of the team’s uniforms since 1998, developed the innovative design for speed, power and movement. After earning gold medals in 2008 in Beijing and 2010 in Guangzhou, the Korean National Team hopes to achieve a Baseball Grand Slam by winning the upcoming classic. In a change from previous uniforms, the top's design features a V-neck instead of a button-down

Target Corporation announced collaboration with Kate Young – one of the fashion industry’s most influential celebrity stylists – to introduce an exclusive collection of women’s apparel and accessories, including an assortment of special occasion dresses. The limited-edition collection will be available April 14 at all Target stores and Target.com. "I’ve been working with Target for a number of years as a stylist, so having the chance to design my own collection with a brand I already know and

ABACA production in the Philippines fell by 10 percent from January to November 2012, with Region 5 (Bicol)—the country’s top producer of the fiber—recording a 19.3-percent drop in output, according to a Fiber Industry Development Authority (Fida) report. In terms of exports, shipments of abaca fiber and manufactured items decreased by 25 percent between January and October last year. Bicol, which contributes more than a third of the country’s abaca production, saw its output drop to 137,470 1

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. announced that researchers, working pursuant to Kraig's collaborative research program, utilizing customized spider silk genetic engineering sequences, succeeded in creating a new type of recombinant spider silk, which the Company is designating as "Big Red." The "Big Red" silk is currently being spun within the laboratory by transgenicly modified silkworms. "'Big Red' is a composite fiber," said Company CEO, Kim Thompson. "This new type of fiber was desig

Top 10 popular fabric（2013-01-21） No. Item WidthCM Specification/Weight Price 1. Full Size Lustrous Polyester Positioning Printed Curtain Fabric 280 680g/meter 18.50yuan/meter 2. Cotton Pad-dyed Drill 150 20S×16S 128×60 14.70yuan/meter 3. Viscose/Wool cloth 150 550g/meter 27.00yuan/meter 4. 210T Water-jet Polyester Taffeta 150 50DFDY×63DFDY 2.00yuan/meter 5. Cotton Pad-dy

The garment and textile sector has set an export target of US$18.5-19 billion in 2013, said Le Tien Truong, Deputy Director General of Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex), at a press briefing recently. Vinatex will follow a strategy of fast growth, high efficiency, and suitable usage of investment capital in 2013, Truong said. The garment and textile sector earned $17.2 billion in revenue from exports last year. Vietnamese made garments are on the list