The global athleisure market is booming, projected to reach $3.2 billion by 2032 with a steady growth rate of 5.2 per cent, says a new report by Allied Market Research. This growth is due to several factors viz: from rising health consciousness to innovative marketing strategies. Let's delve deeper into thi... Read more
At JEC World 2024 in Paris, the Karl Mayer Group showcased its innovative technologies in multiaxial reinforcement fabrics and technical flat knitting solutions. While satisfied with the response, the company acknowledges a challenging economic landscape. Hagen Lotzmann, Vice President Sales, notes a pause ... Read more
India's recent move to impose a minimum import price (MIP) of $3.50 per kilogram on specific synthetic knitted fabrics from China has sparked debate within the textile industry. This policy follows earlier restrictions on fibre and yarn imports under Quality Control Orders (QCO)/Bureau of Indian Standards (... Read more
In a dramatic shift, Bangladesh, with its flexible supply chain and focus on safety, soars past China in EU knitwear exports, shipping 571 million kg vs. China's 442 million kg (Jan-Sept 2023). China's focus on tech shifts production, while Bangladesh's lower unit price raises sustainability concerns. ... Read more
Between January and September 2023, Eurostat, the Directorate-General of the European Commission responsible for European data, reported a historic shift in the EU's trade landscape. Notably, the import of knitwear from Bangladesh surpassed that from China for the first time. As per Eurostat, the EU's combi... Read more
The rise of knitwear from its traditional role as innerwear to a fashion statement has been remarkable, capturing the attention of both consumers and designers. The fabric's exceptional versatility has empowered designers to break barriers and explore novel trends, with emerging fashion creators enthusiasti... Read more
With heightened awareness around health and wellness in the post-Covid era, sports-inspired clothing has injected new vitality into the fashion industry. Particularly, the youth segment seeks stylish attire not only for gym sessions but also for home workouts. The surge in global sports events and tournamen... Read more
Texworld Evolution Paris is poised to make a triumphant return to the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles from February 5th to 7th, 2024, with a resounding 75% of exhibition space already booked by September. This remarkable response underscores the event's international appeal and the burgeoning interest ... Read more
The fact that one country’s loss is another one’s gain is coming true for India’s top knitwear hub Tirupur. Its slowly losing space due to the progress made by Bangladesh knitted fabrics manufacturing segment. The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and Bangladesh is negatively affect... Read more
Source Fashion, Europe's premier platform for responsible sourcing, continues its rapid growth, announcing a remarkable 50% increase in exhibitors for its upcoming February 2024 edition, bringing the total to over 320 exhibitors from around the world. This expansion solidifies Source Fashion's reputation as... Read more
The hosiery sector has come a long way from just providing bare necessities through innovations in fabric and knitting technologies. In 2022, the global sector including men’s and women’s hosiery was valued at $41.8 billion and is projected to reach $55.6 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 3.... Read more
The women’s active wear promotional segment seems to be doing more harm than good with most women experiencing negative body image as they compare their own body shapes with fit and toned models in tight-fitting clothing on these websites. Most images are far from realistic as these photo-shopped body... Read more
Around 110 companies produce home textile and terry towel items in Bangladesh currently, according to the Bangladesh Terry Towel & Linen Manufacturers & Exporters Association. Their factories employ nearly 65,000 workers and have investments totaling around $1.20 billion. The success of the terry towel busin... Read more
Bangladesh is back to being the world’s second-largest apparel exporter. Latest Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) statistics show, Bangladesh’s apparel exports surged 30.30 per cent to $23.99 billion from July to January 2021-22. Knitwear exports surged 32.89 per cent to $13.27 billion. On the oth... Read more
The DTC activewear market remained one of the busiest in 2021 with a large number of acquisitions and IPOs being launched. Some of the most prolific deals in during the year included the acquisition of Sweaty Betty by Wolverine World Wide, the purchase of Beyond Yoga by Levi’s and the snapping up of Osp... Read more
Driven by technological innovation and sustainability, the Italian hosiery sector is growing at a robust pace even in the midst of the global pandemic. As per a Knitting Industry report, pandemic has increased the sector’s sustainability awareness and its use of eco-textiles. Alessandro Gallesi, Preside... Read more
National perspective plans ‘Vision 2021’ and ‘Vision 2041’ were launched by Bangladesh to transform itself from least developed countries (LDCs) to a middle-income country, and become a developed nation by 2041. ‘Vision 2041’ aims to amplify Bangladesh’s bilateral tra... Read more
Athleisure shopping for pregnant women is a complicated exercise as it involves searching online discussion forums for recommendations and testing several products. And pointed out in ‘The Next Big Activewear Opportunity’ in the Business of Fashion, though reputed brands have been serving this seg... Read more
Sports apparel has gained a lot of traction in Bangladesh with increased health awareness and fitness activities among consumers. Growing demand for trendy and fashionable sports apparel both among adults and kids is expected to drive future growth of the sportswear market in Bangladesh. Leading sportswear br... Read more
As the work from home culture grows across the world, Fashion Snoops women’s wear editor and head of intimates and loungewear Patricia Maeda and Nia Silva, Fashion Snoops’ materials editor, expect a few key apparel trends to wash over the loungewear and intimates categories in the next 18 months. As per th... Read more
March 23, Beijing Chonglee Machinery Engineering Co.Ltd., a subsidiary to China Textile Academy, signed a business contract at its medical-purpose equipment and protective gear workshop to start up the export of its first batch of facemask lines to Italy. (Mr, Wang Xusheng{in the middle}, Vice Presid... Read more
There is a well-known saying in China’s textile industry to commend Shenzhou International Group quoted as “Shenzhou is to the knitting industry what Foxconn is to the electronics industry”, speaking highly of the knitting giant that has grown up synchronically with the rapid development of the whole ... Read more
Accounting for almost 46 per cent of India’s garment exports, Tiruppur knitwear hub has been under acute stress since for the last few years due to the twin blows of demonetisation and GST. Cheaper products, duty-free access attract buyers to competing countries The multi-crore industry in the cluster is on the... Read more
If spring/summer 2020 runways are to go by, trendy tights have caught the attention of many designers across the globe. British designer Richard Quinn has launched a new range of tights decorated with brash florals to match the prints on his gowns. The mania of logo is also rife with labels like Gucci, Saks Potts and F... Read more
The world’s leading provider of industrial machine needles, precision parts and fine tools, Groz Beckert Asia offers its customers systems and services for production and joining of textile fabrics. The company, founded in 1852, employs more than 9,000 people and has production sites in Germany, Belgium, the Czec... Read more
“The knitting industry has grown over the past few years with over 4,500 machines making knitted shoe uppers in New Delhi today,” notes Rajesh Bihani, Managing Director, RI Texsolutions, a company engaged in manufacturing knitted shoe uppers for adults and children. Dismal outlook for future However, the ... Read more
"Turkey is not just the biggest textile producing country on the European continent but also the third largest textile exporter of Europe, the seventh largest apparel exporter in the world, the fourth largest apparel supplier of Europe, and the fourth interior textiles exporter in the world" Over the past seve... Read more
"To cater to this demand of their consumers, GST continuously invests in new technologies to ensure top performance and sustainability of their products. The group has laboratories close to its factories to customise the testing of its products It can also provide fast lab testing and adapted onsite testing, helping wi... Read more
"Making history in the Chinese e-sports industry, global sportswear brand Nike signed a four-year exclusive apparel sponsorship deal with TJ Sports on February 28, 2019. The deal industry supply of sports apparels for China’s League of Legends Pro League (LPL), running until 2022. This deal includes supply of Nik... Read more
"Tailored Industry, Co-founded by Alex Tschopp, believes many knitwear brands today are forced to plan lengthy production cycles and undertake astronomically high order quantities which prevents them from launching new collections. Their chronic overproduction also results in vast quantities of unwanted apparel ending ... Read more
"The latest results of the 41st annual International Textile Machinery Shipment Statistics (ITMSS) shows, there was an increase 1.5 per cent and 13 per cent in global shipment of new short-staple spindles and open-end rotors to the world spinning industry in 2018. Similarly, shipment of draw-texturing spindles increase... Read more
"Contemporary designer womenswear trade show, Scoop has unveiled a tantalising line-up of “new brands” who will showcase their SS20 collections at the show to be held from July 21-23, 2019 at the iconic Saatchi Gallery in London. The carefully curated and enticing selection of new designers will includ... Read more
"British Wool will sponsor the England, Scotland and Wales teams at the 2019 Shearing & Wool Handling World Championships. The Championships, to be held in Le Dorat, France from July 01-07 July, 2019, will see the teams from England, Scotland and Wales face competitors from over 20 countries, up to 300 shearer... Read more
Shima Seiki , the industry leader in knitting, showcased here at ITMA Bacelona, with a great new ambition and confidence, a new way of looking at knitting and wide range of possibilities that knitting can offer under its new theme KNITify the World – Smart Solutions in Textiles, Proposing knitting as an alternati... Read more
"At ITMA, Stäubli is exhibiting a wide range of machinery equipped with state-of-the-art high-end technologies and software solutions that offer new and expanded benefits to textile mills. Stäubli solutions can boost weaving or sock-knitting performance and overall mill efficiency, besides offering decisive f... Read more
With China becoming health conscious the country has over 37,000 fitness facilities. A recent wellness trends report published by the Global Wellness Summit notes over 104 million Chinese have at least one fitness app on their phones while another five million have a gym membership. The country, home to approximately 5... Read more
"Goller, a CHTC Fong’s International Group Company, will introduce the new Knit Merc at ITMA 2019 to be held from June 20-26, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. The development will help in achieving the highest quality mercerisation of knitted fabrics at the lowest tension and with under 3 per cent variation in dimension... Read more
"Once touted as the ‘knitwear capital of India, Tirupur, is currently mired by labor issues. Underemployment and rising costs of living, coupled with the continuing impact of policy measures such as the Goods and Services Tax, especially on small-scale manufacturers, is stagnating growth in the city with the shor... Read more
"A new report titled, “Activewear Market by Product and Fabric: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2017-2024,” by Allied Market Research reveals, the global activewear market, currently valued at $351,164 million in 2017, is expected to reach $546,802 million by 2024." A new report ... Read more
"Growth in India’s knit T-shirt exports in Q2 FY 18-19 declined by 9.62 per cent over the previous quarter. Within the knitted T-shirts segment, cotton tees accounts for 73 per cent of the total share value at $414.54 million. The second topmost commodity in Q2 FY 18-19 under the knitted T-shirt segment included ... Read more
"Export of knit T-shirts by India registered an export value of $570.17 million in Q2 FY 18-19. This is a 9.62 per cent decline over the previous quarter. This trend of falling exports is an indication for exporters to move towards more value added apparel exports, rather than competing with countries like Bangladesh.&... Read more
"The Tirupur’s garment industry employs nearly 7 lakh people directly. Until last year, the industry grew at a rate of 20 per cent year-on-year. The cluster, last year, witnessed negative growth for the first time in nearly a decade. After GST was implemented, the cluster lost nearly 5.4 per cent of total drawbac... Read more
"Tiruppur’s garment industry, which has around 3,500 small, medium and large garment manufacturers, generates around Rs 45,000 crore ( US$ 6.16 bn) every year until last year, it had been growing at a rate of 20 per cent year-on-year. After GST was implemented, the 5.5 per cent excise rebate was included in GST. ... Read more
Researchers at ETH Zurich have 3D-knitted a structure on a computerised flat knitting machine that serves as the primary shaping element for curved concrete shells. The new technology is now being used to create a five-tonne concrete structure for an exhibition in Mexico City. The heart of the four-metre-tall curved c... Read more
"Katie Smith, Retail Analyst and Insights Director, Edited points out the shift towards more comfortable and functional clothing led to an increase in activewear as a trend. According to the Cotton Council International & Cotton Incorporated’s activewear study, about 3 out of 5 consumers have adopted activewe... Read more
Leading importer and distributor of knitting machines, Goldstone Internatio... Read more
For the fourth consecutive year, overseas shipments of baby clothing and ac... Read more
Benefiting from an influx of orders driven by rising costs and political in... Read more
German knitwear manufacturer Knit Core plans to launch its first seamless 3... Read more
Embarking on a transformative journey, RSWM is expanding the capacity of it... Read more
AlphaTauri introduces Cirrus, an innovative Spring/Summer 2025 collection t... Read more
Levi’s Vintage Clothing team has embarked on a remarkable project to ... Read more
Increasing for seven consecutive years, China’s exports of socks, sto... Read more
Japanese apparel and lifestyle brand Uniqlo has launched its ‘Airism&... Read more
In a move set to disrupt the seamless knitwear market, STOLL has launched t... Read more
Italian circular knitting machine giant, Santoni, in collaboration with Gro... Read more
In a innovative collaboration with Vanguard Pailung, Groz-Beckert unveils a... Read more
The President of the Northern India Manmade Fibre Manufacturers Association... Read more
The Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers Association (PHMA) has pledged to collab... Read more
A non-profit organisation operating under the auspices of the Apparel Expor... Read more
Bangladesh's Ready-Made Garment (RMG) exports surged by 13.93 per cent Y-o-... Read more
Pakistan's hosiery exports to China surged by 45 per cent in 2023, as per a... Read more
India’s foremost apparel manufacturer and exporter, Shahi Exports par... Read more
Alif Industries, a composite textile company specialising in 100 per cent e... Read more
Global retail giant Uniqlo continues to promote peace through its ongoing P... Read more
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Seattle-based sustainable apparel brand, Arvin Goods has unveiled its lates... Read more
Marking a second consecutive month of decline, export of women's hosiery&nb... Read more
Despite facing challenges in export markets, leading Indian textile manufac... Read more
One of India’s largest hosiery producer and exporter, Lux Industries ... Read more
Indian hosiery giant Lux Industries has inaugurated its new manufacturing a... Read more
In a transformative move for the knitting industry, the introduction of the... Read more
In a bid to enhance creativity and efficiency in fashion education, Kent St... Read more
Knitwear items totaled 47 per cent of Bangladesh’s total RMG exports ... Read more
In the quaint town of Aidenbach, nestled in the Passau district, Astrifa Gm... Read more
India exports of men’s t-shirts declined by 2.32 per cent Y-o-Y durin... Read more
For the first time ever, Bangladesh’s knitwear garment exports to the... Read more
The duty facility under the Everything but Arms (EBA) scheme has, for the f... Read more
In November 2023, Bangladesh witnessed a 27per cent month-on-month surge in... Read more
Hyosung, alongside leading seamless companies Tefron and Santoni, unveiled ... Read more
Deloitte foresees global revenues from women's sportswear to exceed $1 bill... Read more
The West Bengal Hosiery Association (WBHA) is set to inject Rs 400 crore in... Read more
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The 21st edition of MarediModa, the premier trade show for the beachwear, l... Read more
In China, the pursuit of fair and aristocratic-looking skin is intertwining... Read more
To showcase its industry knowledge and connect with its customers, the Soft... Read more
Karl Mayer North America, a leading name in textile machinery and digital s... Read more
Albstadt, Germany-based Groz-Beckert has strengthened its customer outreach... Read more
Jeanologia, a leading Spanish company in the development of eco-efficient t... Read more
Jeanologia, a pioneering Spanish company specializing in eco-efficient tech... Read more
MAS Matrix, the diversified flat-knit apparel manufacturing facility under ... Read more
Pro-Sports, a garment manufacturer in northern Vietnam, has become a Corpor... Read more
Emma Chamberlain, a multi-talented internet star, grew up in Northern Calif... Read more
ECOSENSOR™, a Japanese fabric producer and a division of Asahi Kasei ... Read more
Karl Mayer, the renowned textile machine manufacturer, celebrates its endur... Read more
Pontetorto, a leader in sports fabric innovation, is set to unveil its cutt... Read more
Santoni Shanghai Knitting Machinery Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of ci... Read more
German Industry Leaders to Host Symposium on Warp Knitted Elastic Fabrics i... Read more
The cashmere knitting yarn market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 8.9% fr... Read more
Bangladesh's apparel exports to the European Union (EU) declined by 12.69% ... Read more
Turkish textile exports declined by 13.6% in the first half of 2023, reachi... Read more
The price of women's hosiery in the United States decreased by 1.5% in June... Read more
Bangladesh's apparel sector drives export earnings up by 15.26% to $4.59 bi... Read more
Bangladesh's export earnings for the financial year 2022-23 reached $55.55 billion,... Read more
The global children's and infant wear market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 3.6%... Read more
Technavio's latest market research report, titled "US Hosiery Market 2023-2027," pr... Read more