With the finest decorative fabric inventory in Northern California, Norman S. Bernie Co, serving the San Francisco Bay Area since 1957, always has strived to provide the greatest range of upholstery fabrics and drapery fabrics for their very discriminating customers. It is with that in mind that Norman S. Bernie Co. is constantly looking for more ways to serve their loyal customers. Ideally, with more decorative fabrics to choose from, customers have more options, and are better able to tailo

The Nike Pro Elite Knit collection is mapped directly to the heat zones of the female body. Vertical ventilation openings down the centre also allow women to check out their alignment. Sportswear giant Nike has developed a range of lightweight and breathable seamless performance apparel for women based on its Flyknit technology. To create the Nike Pro Elite Knit collection designers studied a thermodynamic map of the female body, provided by the Nike Sport Research Lab. The map sh

China's average daily crude imports from Iran fell 12.6 percent in July from the same month last year, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Wednesday. China, Tehran's largest oil customer, bought 1.687 million tonnes of crude from the Middle East nation in July, or about 397,261 barrels per day. For the first seven months of the year, imports fell 3.5 percent over a year earlier at 12.205 million tonnes, or around 420,267 bpd, according to the data. Source: Reuters.

Pakistan’s textile industry and leading Chinese textile and clothing associations’ leadership have agreed to form a joint working group for providing match-making services to the prospective investors in realizing new projects in textile industry through joint ventures. In this respect, APTMA central chairman |Ahsan Bashir welcomed the Chinese businessmen delegation at the APTMA House Punjab. The visiting high-powered Chinese delegation included Gao Yong, President and Secretary General CNTAC,

A Tanzanian firm has indicated its intention to set up a cotton ginnery in Zambia to provide a ready market for small-scale cotton growers in the country. MeTL Group wants to set up a ginnery with the view of buying cotton from small-scale farmers (SSF) and process it locally. Company deputy chief executive officer Cosmas Mtesigwa said the firm was ready to bring huge investment into the country for the betterment of the Zambian people and help contribute to the country's economic development.

Taiwanese companies that attended a fashion trade exhibition in Las Vegas are expected to obtain about US$5 million worth of orders, the Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF) said Friday. The 16 textile exporters from Taiwan displayed readymade clothing, hats, socks and other accessories to potential foreign buyers at the Las Vegas Magic Show 2013 from Aug. 18-21, said the TTF, a private sector group. High performance fabric supplier AGT International Co., ladies woven apparel maker Caribbean Indus

A spark of revival has already been witnessed in Q1 2014, could lead to a 5-10% revival in exports. The textile sector could witness a jump in its export numbers this financial year due to the falling rupee as there is a spark of revival witnessed in the first quarter of this financial year. Textile exporters feel that the depreciating rupee could lead to a 5-10% rise in textile exports this fiscal after a bleak year in 2012-13. "There should be 5-10% increase in overall textile export as a r

Cotton imports by Pakistan, the world's fourth-biggest grower, may tumble this year as a jump in stockpiles help counter a potential drop in local output. Inbound shipments may drop 40 percent to 1.5 million bales of 170 kilograms (375 pounds) each in the year that began on July 1, Khalid Abdullah, the nation’s cotton commissioner, said in an interview in Karachi. Inventories have almost doubled to 1.5 million bales from 800,000 bales a year earlier, he said. Cotton climbed 12 percent this yea

Lingerie brand Freya has been short-listed for a place on the CoolBrands directory – the prestigious annual collection of the coolest brands in Britain. The selection is made by an Expert Council of creative, technology, business and media figures; and voted for by over 2,000 members of the public. This year’s CoolBrands Expert Panel of the UK’s most influential and fashionable figures includes Daisy Lowe, Julien Macdonald, Sadie Frost and Ben Drew (AKA Plan B), to name a few. Ann Marie

Uzbekistan plans to produce around 1.1 million tons of cotton in 2013, maintaining production at the 2012 level, the Uzbek Cotton Industry Association, which links the cotton processing plants of the republic, reported. According to the association, this year, raw cotton harvesting is predicted at last year's level of 3.35 million tons. In 2012, Uzbekistan's raw cotton harvest was 3.35 million tons. This is 4.5 per cent lower in comparison with the previous year when production decreased by