Among all the diversified garment products in Bangladesh in recent years, denim emerged as a foremost potential item for the country. Nowadays, Bangladeshi denim is the much-talked-about items worldwide, especially in European countries.Figure 1:Denim emerged as a foremost potential export item in Bangladesh.Not only the highest supplier to the EU, but Bangladesh is also the third-largest denim supplier to the US in a year. Bangladesh exports nearly $1billion worth of denim products to the Europ

Bangladesh’s apparel industry, the $34 billion industry and the lifeline of the economy may suffer badly due to the outbreak of ongoing Coronavirus as the supply chain of raw materials for the sector might be disrupted if it prolongs and spread further.Figure 1: Bangladesh textile and apparel sector is highly dependent on China. It can be a disaster with a delay in shipment if the supply chain does not work properly. Courtesy: Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty ImagesPrimarily some of the ap

The company announced today that its three textile fairs in Shanghai will be postponed from March to a later date due to the Novel Coronavirus outbreak.This includes Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition, Yarn Expo Spring and Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Spring Edition which were due to be held in Shanghai from 11 – 13 March at the National Exhibition and Convention Center.

Lindex’s very popular baby assortment is being expanded to now include ‘Lindex Baby Home’ – a playful home collection for kids.The home collection is made from organic cotton and recycled polyester, and the cotton products are alwaysGOTS certified.Having about 460 stores in 18 markets, Lindex is an international fashion company with head office in Gothenburg, Sweden and has about 5,000 employees. The company, notably,has6production offices in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Myanmar and Turk

Image Courtesy: www.dudeiwantthat.comCoats, the industrial thread maker,has collaborated with Osram, a global lightning specialist to bring out a lightweight and customisable LED light system with application in actiwear or workwear.Coats Signal Active Illumination isa chargeable device that offers3times better visibility than retro-reflective products.It’sconstructed using flexible light guides and can be easily clipped and unclipped from the garment, making the garment fit for machine wash and

BlinQ, the online luxury fashion platform, has teamed up with Italian online fashion retailer Yoox Net-A-Porter Group to make its products available for users in Southeast Asia.Image Courtesy: techwireasia.comBlinQ will be, reportedly, adding over 10,000 products from more than 700 luxury brands to its platform, which already has several products from different brands.Speaking about the alliance with Yoox, Bob Chua, Founder and CEO, BlinQ, said “The association with Yoox will give Southeast Asia

The fashion industry is always on the lookout for innovation and though a lot of work is being done in this area by various trend agencies, The Woolmark Company has created an invincible niche with The Wool Lab, an innovative seasonal guide to the best wool fabrics and yarns in the world. The Wool Lab brings together the Company’s global supply chain network to showcase real samples of commercially available fabrics aligned to the season’s macro-themes.Each season, The Woolmark Company reaches o

, one of the subsidiary companies of Chu Cheong Co. Pte Ltd. deals in one-stop solutions for all industrial sewing machines and garment equipment from cutting, sewing to finishing section. The company also manufactures machines under the brand ‘VITONI’.Figure 1: Focus is a one-stop service company able to supply all kinds of machines and spare parts including Juki, Pegasus, Brother, Kansai special, Hashima, KM, etc.At the event of Garmentech 2020 in Bangladesh, they introduced on VITONI Automati

January forecast of 2019-20 shows less production of cotton and beginning stocks. It seems that the forecast is unchanged as cotton production is lowered again for India, Pakistan, Australia, and Turkey. Consumption is largely unchanged in Bangladesh and Vietnam, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.For few months Bangladesh has been seeing negative growth from apparel exports and the weakening apparel exports triggered lower import of cotton in Bangladesh. Many Bangladeshi m

The outbreak of coronavirus, which spread from China to over a dozen countries, is likely to pose a major threat to the overall apparel supply chain. However, the Cotton Association of India (CAI), the apex trade body, said that it will not create any threat to India’s cotton exports as India’s rates are competitive in the international market and the exports can be diverted from China to other markets.The apex trade body said there are no specific concerns. “On the export front, we are doing go