With an increase in online enquiries for fashion and life style products in India, the e-retailers in the country are foreseeing a boost in apparel sales by the end of 2013. According to leading online retailers in the country, the major reasons that are driving more shoppers into e-commerce portals are reach, comfort, convenience and access. Speaking to fibre2fashion, co-founder and CEO of Myntra.com, Mr. Mukesh Bansal said, “Last year, shoppers warmed up to the online retail medium and expl

Seven East, the Indian ethnic wear brand having a turnover of over Rs. 400 million, intends to become a Rs. 1 billion company by March 2015, promoter of the firm, Mr. Sanjay Bindra has said. Targeting high-end customers, the brand presently features across 22 Planet Fashions, 48 Shoppers Stops, 17 self-owned outlets and 15 other multi-brand outlets (MBOs), and intends to grow its store count by 20 percent each year, as a part of its ongoing expansion drive, Mr. Bindra said in a statement.

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina handed out compensation to the families of fire victims at Smart Fashion factory of 26 January 2013. The agreement was negotiated by the IndustriALL Regional Office, IndustriALL Bangladesh Council of trade unions (IBC) and brands Inditex and New Look. Families of the deceased female workers Nasima (28), Josna (19), Laiju (18), Fatema (17) and Nasima (17) gathered in the Prime Minister Office in Dhaka where disbursement ceremony took place. Accordi

Wholesalesarong.com unveils the arrival of Kimono fashion tops as additions to their wholesale clothing product line for the spring season. Wholesalesarong.com today announces that its latest shipment of Kimono fashion tops has reached their warehouses and the company is ready to take orders from retailers with immediate effect. The theme of this batch of apparel is chic and comfortable wear; it covers an extensive range from simple flora design to traditional oriental patterns. The regional

Austin entrepreneurs Jacqueline Romanies and Bryan Daigle, have teamed up to refine and produce Jacqueline's invention, a patent pending hanger for bras, lingerie and swimwear which helps extend the life of the garments, and saves precious closet and drawer space. The "BraLadder" hanger can be used with most plastic hangers or clotheslines to vertically dry and store bras and other intimates extending the uniformity and life of straps and preventing lumps and warps due to storing bras in draw

AATCC’s Ultraviolet (UV) Calibration Reference Fabric helps ensure accurate color communication throughout the textile supply chain accurately, saving everyone time and money from expensive miscommunications. Not all reference fabrics are created equal. AATCC’s optically brightened reference fabric has been calibrated to a national standardizing lab. In fact, AATCC’s optically brightened reference fabric is designed to give more accurate measurements than the non-textile UV calibration plaque

Nanofibers — strands of material only a couple hundred nanometers in diameter — have a huge range of possible applications: scaffolds for bioengineered organs, ultrafine air and water filters, and lightweight Kevlar body armor, to name just a few. But so far, the expense of producing them has consigned them to a few high-end, niche applications. Using manufacturing techniques common in the microchip industry, the MTL researchers built a one-square-centimeter array of conical tips, which they

FibeRio, the developer and manufacturer of ground breaking Forcespinning nanofiber production systems, announced it has completed a $13M capital raise led by two global strategic investors – SABIC Ventures B.V., Saudi Basic Industries Corporation’s corporate venture capital arm, and Aster Capital Partners, sponsored by Solvay, Schneider Electric, Alstom and the European investment fund. The funding will be used to accelerate the company’s commercial growth, introduce larger scale production syst

The textile exports from the country increased by 8.39 per cent during the first seven months of the current fiscal year as compared to the same period of last year. During the month of Jan 2013, the exports of textile products increased by 8.72pc and 0.49 per cent when compared to the exports of January 2012 and Dec 2012 respectively, according to the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). Source: The Nation, Pakistan

China, a major textile producer for about two decades, is now focusing on other sectors. It is expected this would change the fortunes of other textile producers such as India and Bangladesh. The Chinese government has told mills in that country that if they import cotton, they would have to buy twice that amount from the state agency. The government has also increased yarn import and is concentrating on manufacturing high-value items. As a result, India, Bangladesh and Vietnam are receiving m