AMSTERDAM – A new online campaign has been launched with the aim of highlighting injustices experienced by artisans in the textile and apparel supply chains. The #WhatYouWearMatters campaign will aim to promote the highly-skilled work of artisans around the world The #WhatYouWearMatters social media project will seek to promote the importance of “fair and sustainable fashion consumption,” and raise awareness among consumers about the manufacturing processes and stories behind the clothes and

China is becoming a very attractive market for the sports industry. The Chinese government has set a goal of 20% annual growth for the sports industry in the country until the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. According to government data, by the end of 2020, the total turnover within China’s sports industry will amount to more than US$ 460 billion. In 2015, the total output value of China’s sports industry was US$ 58 billion. Understanding the Chinese sports marketHalf of the Chinese

Women are conquering the sports business, whether as trainers, as sports travel organisers or fitness bloggers – and as customers, too. These are the findings of a survey by ISPO Munich 2019 on the topic of “Women in Sport Business”. Sports equipment for women have long been anything but a copy of the male version. However, now, from lightweight women’s skis to stylish hiking boots for sportswomen – high-quality products that have been specially devised and developed for the female target gro

Investments in the textile industry are picking up, if IEMs filed with the DIPP in 2018 are an indication. As many as 269 IEMs were filed by various sectors of the textile industry in 2018. Around 79 IEMs were filed for yarn manufacturing. This was followed by fabric weaving (and to a much smaller extent knitting) sector proposals, with 49 IEMs. The third largest segment to file IEMs was the readymade garment sector with 48 proposals, followed by technical textiles with 44 IEMs, and processin

Shoe with knitted upper are footwear, where the upper part of the shoe is made using machine knitted fabric has become increasingly popular among the younger generation owing to high influence of sports, which decreases the costs of shipping and tariffs. Figure: The casual shoe segment is expected to maintain dominance throughout the shoe with knitted upper market forecast period.The global market size of knitted footwear was valued at US $2 billion in 2017 and is expected to grow at a CAGR

Ahead of ITMA 2019 in Barcelona this June, a Swedish company Texo AB has reported a surge in demand for its specialised weaving machines for the production of paper machine clothing (PMC). “Rather surprisingly, given that China is now by far our biggest single market and the paper manufacturing industry has been gradually consolidating in Asia, we currently have new orders from both long-established North American and European customers,” said Texo President Anders Svensson. Texo’s TCR high-s

The Nigerian Government recently signed in Marrakesh an agreement with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group for a $523,823 technical assistance grant for capacity building and logistics upgrade of the Hajj Commission and for improving the cotton, textile and garment value chain in the country. The 44th annual meeting of the IsDB was held in Morocco. The agreement was signed by Nigerian finance minister Zainab Ahmed and IsDB Group president Bandar M H Hajjar, according to Nigerian media

Bangladesh has approved Tk 90.6 million for a project to manufacture biodegradable jute bags, popularly called Sonali bags, and conduct advance research on the environment-friendly product. The Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund, formed under the ministry of environment, forest and climate change in 2010, allocated the amount at a recent meeting. The project will help the government achieve the seventh five-year plan and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Bangla media reported citing an

Control Union, a founding member of Textile Exchange, has given five new standards to Textile Exchange for future growth and industry transformation, with a grant to support the initial review. Control Union is a strong promoter of the third-party assessment system, namely policy making, certification and accreditation organised by different parties. Pic: Control Union In 2011 Control Union gifted to Textile Exchange the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) and Recycled Content Standard (RCS) whic

India’s annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at 3.18 per cent for the month of March 2019. The index for textiles fell by 0.3 per cent while for apparel it declined by 0.9 per cent in March, according to the provisional data released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, ministry of commerce and industry. The official WPI for all commodities (Base: 2011-12 = 100) for the month of March 2019 rose by 0.4 per cent to 120.0 from the previous month’s level