With the UK Prime Minister advising Brits to avoid all non-essential travel and work from home where possible as a result of COVID-19, businesses across the country are quickly having to establish a new norm, says digital supply chain specialist SupplyCompass.Sock factory. © SupplyCompass.“Technology and team management tools are becoming crucial in order to maintain some level of ‘business as usual’ – but are companies digitally prepared enough in these uncertain times?” the London based outfit

As the situation comesunder control in China, the Japanese fast-fashion retailer Uniqlo opens most of its stores located in the country.Image Courtesy: fastretailing.comPeople return to their work as the situation getsbetter in China and South Korea;however condition is still worse in USA and Italy.Fast Retailing, which owns the brand,had closed about 350 of its casual clothing stores and some partner factories in China a month ago.Out of 750 Uniqlo stores in China, 30 stores that are located in

E-commerce major Amazon announced that it would hire an additional 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers in the United States in order to deal with a huge surge in online ordersin the wake of Coronavirus outbreak.Image Courtesy: techcrunch.comAmazon is looking to add extra full-time and part-time positions for warehouse and delivery workers. It will raise pay for these employees by US $ 2 per hour in the US, £ 2 per hour in the UK and approximately € 2 per hour in many EU countries, through the

The founder of UK-based outdoor group Mountain Warehouse has urged the government in London to take immediate action to help companies facing difficulties because of the coronavirus outbreak.Speaking to the BBC on March 17, Mark Neale, who launched the group in 1997, said: “Things are nothing short of catastrophic. Last week we were having meetings about expansion, growth and recruitment. Now, sales have evaporated and we are in a battle for survival.”He said Mountain Warehouse, which makes many

SHANGHAI - Cellulosic fibre producer Sateri is claiming a breakthrough by successfully producing viscose fibre regenerated from textile waste on a commercial production line.The new fibre uses a mix of dissolving pulp made from recycled post-consumer textile waste by Swedish company Södra, and other PEFC-certified wood pulp.Sateri, which claims to be the world’s largest producer of viscose, successfully trialled the fibre on a production line at the company's Linz Nanjng yarn spinning mill i

Mimaki Europe, manufacturer of inkjet printer and cutting system, is set to host ‘The Mimaki Virtual Print Festival’, an interactive online event with informative sessions, product demonstration and networking opportunities.The event is scheduled to start on 24 March 2020, the same date thatFESPA 2020(1)was originallyscheduled to happen.The idea of organising the event is to provide the same virtual environment as FESPA 2020.More on the same, Danna Drion, Senior Marketing Manager EMEA, Mimaki Eu

Touchpoint,a Finnish pioneer in sustainable workwear, has joined hands with Spinnova, asustainability fibrecompanybased in Finland, to launch Tapio, a sustainable apron for workwear collection.Image Courtesy: www.touchpoint.fThe manufacturing of these biodegradable aprons does not include any harmful chemicals and is100 per cent wood based.The Spinnova process can easily recycle these apronsinto new fibres without any need fordismantling.Moreover, the absence of microplastic and plastic makes it

The Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas shows, which were scheduled for May, have now been postponed until 15-17 December 2020. Show owners Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH made the following announcement over the weekend.“In light of the worldwide spread of COVID-19 and after heavy analysis in collaboration with event stakeholders, including our partners at ATME-I and co-producers at SPESA, we have collectively decided to postpone Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas.Up

Yarn market situationLocal spinning mills are booked forward and some are even booking the rest quantity of April’20 delivery. Now 100% cotton Ne 30/s card knit yarn now is selling at USD 2.95-3.05 per kg. So, 100% cotton spinning mills are now operating with too good margin.Figure:Due to the effect of Coronavirus the global cotton has greatly affected.But as cotton price has gone down by another 7-8 cents per lb (Now at 15:52 Bangladesh time on 13-03-2020 ICE July’20 is selling at 60.30), and s

TERASIL®BLUE W high wash fastness dye raises operational excellence of mills, providing right-first-time results leading to savings of water, energy and costs.Huntsman Textile Effects introduces TERASIL®BLUE W, the latest addition to our TERASIL®W/WW range of wash fast disperse dyes. TERASIL®Blue W is designed to meet all major requirements for high performance sportswear and athleisure wear.TERASIL®BLUE W stands out as the leading disperse wash fast blue dye in the market which is not sensitive