Online to offline and offline to online to omnichannel, retail was always set to diversify and alter as per rising customer demands. However, the trend was developing at a certain pace and COVID accelerated the growth undoubtedly, opening up newer forms and ways of selling to the customer. Looking into some disruptions more closely!Shopping of clothes and accessories during the lockdown was a cumbersome task, as most retail outlets and nearby stores were closed owing to Government regulations.Ba

Pakistan has decided to reduce the duty on import of raw material by 6 per cent from January 1, adviser to prime minister on trade and investment Abdul Razak Dawood informed Punjab province’s minister for industries and trade Mian Aslam Iqbal recently. Dawood sought suggestions from industry representatives on long-term planning of industrialisation.Pic: ShutterstockDawood was meeting industrialists and businessmen of Punjab on their problems.He urged the business community to take benefit from

The Telangana government recently sought allocation of funds in the 2021-22 union budget for development of the Kakatiya Mega Textile Park (KMTP) and sanction of a mega power loom cluster at Sircilla. In a letter to textiles minister Smriti Irani, state minister KT Rama Rao said KMTP is being developed at an estimated cost of ₹1,552 crore of which the core infrastructure works would cost ₹1,094 crore.Pic: Shutterstock“Under the proposed scheme, we understand that a total of ₹500 crore capital su

An E-commerce training course will be held in East Market on December 29th, 2020. It is sponsored by Zhejiang China Light Textile Industry City Group Co., Ltd. and undertaken by Globaltextiles and QFC.The course will mainly introduce theskill of fabric photography and teach how to take photos by mobile phone or SLR. If you want to attend the course, please call us at4001190123 or 057581161669

The Better Cotton Standard System has decidedthat the Greek AGRO-2 Integrated Management Standards will equally run with theBetter Cotton Initiative(BCI)’sBetter Cotton Standard System (BCSS)from now onBeing Europe’s largest producer of cotton with more than 45,000 registered cotton farmers Greece is going to promote more sustainable Greek cotton cultivation. Which makes them able to sell their cotton as Better Cotton from the 2020-21 cotton season.Figure: BCI trains farmers covering all three p

Sixteen per cent of the Indian creative sector is facing permanent closure now, according to a new report by the British Council, the ArtX Company and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and freelance workforce who cater to large enterprises have been worst hit, says the report launched early this week.Pic: ShutterstockTwenty two per cent of the sector is projected to lose more than three-fourths of annual income.The dep

Bangladesh recently requested India to reconsider anti-dumping and anti-circumvention duties imposed on jute and jute cloth imports from the country, saying New Delhi should inform before imposing an export ban or restrictions on essential commodities. “Such detrimental measures dampened confidence of business and affected trade,” said Bangladesh commerce minister Tipu Munshi.Pic: ShutterstockBangladesh has closed all government-owned jute mills, Munshi told an India-Bangladesh Digital Conferenc

HeiQ and Xefco, Australian-based materials science and technology start-ups, have collaborated for the launch of XViroblock – a thin-film antimicrobial copper surface treatment for textiles.Image Courtesy: www.biospectrumasia.comThe development is aimed at reducing the activity against SARS-CoV-2 after only 5 minutes.The innovation has been tested in Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) where the studies revealed that the textiles finished with XViroblock inacti

Sulzer is working with H&M and Worn Again Technologies to develop technology for textile recycling. Sulzer and H&M Group are strategic partners of Worn Again Technologies. Sulzer will help towards circularity with a new technology to recycle textiles. The partners now plan to build a demonstration plant to scale-up this closed-loop recycling process.Pic: SulzerThe demonstration plant will have a planned output of 1’000 tons per year.Worn Again Technologies is an early stage technology co

The latest episode of "PreferredFabric fromTextile City -- Live Stream Series ofSuppliers"isgoing to be carried out from10:00-11:00a.m.on December 26th, 2020 (This Saturday).At that time,Yumafang Textile will show you Jacquard fabric and embroidery fabric.JinhaoCloth will show you TR fabric and knitted fabric.