adidas and Real Madrid present the Third kit that the team will be sporting for the 2013 /2014 season Real Madrid fans will be able to buy the new third kit to be worn by their footballing idols this year, at official Real Madrid and adidas retail outlets as well as authorized distributors. Kick-off time for a UEFA Champions league fixture is always a special moment for Madrid. The city comes to a standstill in tribute to one of the great sporting spectacles of the year. The day is proc

REVEL Style, announces the launch of its online store, presenting its fall collection of apparel and accessories handpicked in Los Angeles alongside art by local talent from the Washington DC Area. In the young and growing fashion culture of the Washington DC Metro area, it is a challenge to find that standout dress, jacket, or pair of leggings that at least hundreds of other women aren’t already wearing. Local trendsetters on a mission to find unique piece have been visiting REVEL Style, a c

Nike has launched the new Pumas away jersey in advance of the team’s participation in the second edition of the Rugby Championship. The Pumas, Argentina's national rugby team, had several of its players on hand for the unveil of the new jersey in Perth, Australia ahead of the upcoming Championship game against Australia including Juan Hernández, Juan Leguizamón, Martín Landajo, Juan Imhoff and the captain, Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe. The dark blue jersey features a subtle puma print and t

In a bid to gain level playing field with traders for purchase of cotton, textile mills have sought several benefits from the Textile Ministry. Apart from a 5% interest subvention, mills have demanded extension of credit limit from current 3 months to 9 months in order enhance their cotton inventory holding capacity. Mills are of the view that except for a few large players, almost the entire industry ends up buying a very small portion of cotton during the peak season of November to March, w

Germany is the country where most Spanish apparel firms plan to expand this year in Europe. This was one of the conclusions of the 2013 edition of Fashion Business Barometer in Spain, a study sponsored by vente-privee.com and developed by Modaes.es, based on the data provided by about 300 companies. The report ‘Fashion Business in Spain’ was presented at Isem Fashion Business School at University of Navarra. In 2012, exports averaged to 45 percent of turnover of all companies and the forec

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the international buyers to play their due role in helping Bangladesh garment industries to follow compliance in the sector by raising product prices, reports UNB. "The international buyers could help Bangladesh garment industries follow compliance in the sector through increasing product prices," she said. She came up with the view when British MPs Rushanara Ali and Shabana Mahmood met her at her official residence Ganobhaban in the eve

Inclusion of Nepali garments and pashmina in the United States Generalised System of Preference (GSP) facility could help triple the total export figure of these products within three years, say exporters. On an average, annual export of garments and pashmina products to third countries is worth Rs six billion but exporters believe that the export of these products will jump to Rs 18 billion within three years once the US approves the GSP facility for these two products. During its heyday

Three years ago, Chinese businessmen, when asked if they would make investment in Vietnam, all said “no.” However, they have changed their mind. Vietnam’s TPP membership would bring benefits to China The 19th negotiation for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement ended in Brunei with no further progress made. However, economists all are certain about Vietnam joining the agreement. While Vietnamese enterprises still have not got ready for TPP, the neighbor China ha

US cotton exporters met with their Vietnamese customers in Ho Chi Minh City on September 11 to seek ways to step up cooperation. The participants come from the Vietnam Cotton and Spinning Association (VCOSA), the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association and the US Staple Cotton Cooperative Association. With garment and textile being a key export staple, the demand for cotton in Vietnam is increasing fast. The country imported 420,000 tonnes of cotton last year, putting it in the top ten c

Consistent recovery of the rupee in the last few days, with the currency hitting a three-week best of 63.38 against the dollar on Wednesday, has finally brought some relief and hope to the knitwear exporters in Tirupur cluster. Though the initial depreciation of the rupee gave a measure of short-term benefits to the knitwear exporters in the region, in the form of better returns on the sale value, the deep slide of rupee against major foreign currencies in the last few months started creating