Source: https://elevenmyanmar.com Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) set the industry development target this year for export turnover at US$40 billion, which would mark a 10.8 per cent year-on-year increase. The industry’s trade surplus is expected to reach $20 billion this… Read More ›
Source: https://gazette.com Colorado Springs clothing manufacturer Janska will close March 31, becoming the latest victim of online competition that has claimed some of the nation’s largest retailers. Founder and owner Jan Erickson said Monday in an email that she is shutting… Read More ›
Source: https://www.tvo.org The quick rise to fame of tidying expert Marie Kondo — she has a bestselling book and her own Netflix show — underscores a growing anxiety about overconsumption and the havoc it can wreak. And one of the main… Read More ›
Source: https://apparelresources.com Luxury online retailer Farfetch has made an official announcement to ban the sale of animal fur from its website from December 2019. The retailer that has products from 700 boutiques and brands from around the world, currently stocks a… Read More ›
Source: https://sourcingjournal.com The Internet has spawned a new breed of fashion brand that operates and behaves differently to those before them. They are typically an online-first business, run by digitally savvy teams that have the ability to appear from obscurity and… Read More ›
Source: https://sourcingjournal.com A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes, though consumers might want to update that idiom to indicate that a picture is more “trustworthy” than its alphabetical counterpart. Chalk it up to our fraught political climate… Read More ›
Source: https://sourcingjournal.com Trade, technology, sustainability, collaborations and trends make the denim world go around. The topics were also among Rivet’s most-read and written about subjects in 2018. To offer insight into how these buzzwords may evolve in 2019, Lenzing’s director of… Read More ›
Source: https://www.fibre2fashion.com With consumers’ preference shifting towards sports inspired athleisure clothing, Italian sports and fashion brand Fila , a key player in the Indian market, is planning to strengthen its presence in the country though an aggressive expansion strategy. In the… Read More ›
Source: https://www.fibre2fashion.com In the third quarter of fiscal 2019, the operating income of VF Corporation soared 30 per cent to $656 million, including a $7 million contribution from acquisitions net of divestitures. On a reported basis, operating margin was up 15.0… Read More ›
Source: https://www.fibre2fashion.com Shimmy Technologies has won the first Retail Innovation Challenge: Digital Transformation, which presents technologies that could revolutionise the clothing industry. The company has developed Shimmy Upskill, a browser-based tool that uses gamification to teach workers skills like digital pattern… Read More ›