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Related Keywords: Britain wool industry, campaign for wool, Prince Charles, sheep farmers, traditional textile, wool export, wool industry, wool price, Wool week

Prince Charles’ initiative to help sheep farmers has created a renaissance for the wool industry which is traditional textile that once made the country great. The Wool Project announced by Prince Charles has helped revitalize the industry by promoting wool as a sustainable material.

When the Prince of Wales conceived his Campaign for Wool crusade five years, bringing together all sectors of the industry, farmers were being paid less for a fleece than it cost to shear. Today wool prices have tripled.

Related Keywords: African, Asean, European and American countries, Indian International Fabric Expo, Indian textile products, PDEXCIL, promote exports, SAARC, trade show, Union Ministry of Textile

Indian International Fabric Expo (IIFE) 2014 a three day exhibition to be held in Ahmedabad to develop and promote the exports of Indian textile products. International buyers from the SAARC, ASEAN, African, European and American countries are expected to visit the trade show.

The event is hosted by Powerloom Development and Export Promotion Council (PDEXCIL) with support from the Union Ministry of Textile and under the Market Assistant Initiative Scheme of the Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

Related Keywords: a digital specialist, design and customize attire, develop e-commerce venture, Gautam Singhania, men textile and apparel maker, mobile app, Raymond, RaymondNext.com, Vijay Basrur

Raymond, the 89-year-old men's textile and apparel maker, would be investing Rs 20 crore to develop the e-commerce venture and has put in place a separate team. It is also coming up with a full-fledged virtual platform that will include mobile apps.

For this initiative, Raymond's flamboyant chairman Gautam Singhania has brought on board Vijay Basrur, a digital specialist who has had stints with startups like Quikr and Bazee.com.

Related Keywords: Chhattisgarh handloom weavers, Chhattisgarh Rural Industries Minister, Chhattisgarh state, ecommerce leader, Flipkart, handloom product, promotion and marketing, Punnulal Mohle, raw tussar silk, yarn ware houses

Flipkart an e-commerce leader to promote and market handloom products made by the Chhattisgarh’s handloom weavers, as the Government of Chhattisgarh has entered into an agreement with Flipkart to promote handloom. This was informed by Chhattisgarh Rural Industries Minister Punnulal Mohle during the annual conference of state textiles ministers in New Delhi this week.

Related Keywords: anti-dumping duty, Chemical and Petrochemicals Manufacturers Assocication, import from China, key raw material, PFY, polyester staple fibre, Purified terephtalic acid, synethetic textile fibre, Synthetic textile product

India has witnessed a surge of synthetic textile products imports from China after imposing an anti-dumping duty on a key raw material Purified terephtalic acid (PTA) which is used for making synthetic textile fibre, said Chemicals and Petrochemicals Manufacturers Association on Friday.

India imposed anti-dumping duties in the range of $19.05-117.09 a tonne on purified terephtalic acid from China, Korea, the European Union and Thailand. This was after a plea by Reliance Industries Ltd and Mitsubishi’s MCC PTA India Corporation.

Related Keywords: Bengal Lounge, Fashion Design Council of Bangladesh, local designers, ode to textile weaves, reinstil heritage loom, Tangail sari, weaving process

Fashion Design Council of Bangladesh in joint venture with Bengal Lounge will present a festival -- An Ode to Textile Weaves, to re-instill the pride in the mindset of the Bengali fashionist regarding heritage loom. The Tangail sari which epitomizes textile weaves; it has existed in the history of Bengal for quite a while, and till date.

Related Keywords: CUTM, handloom products, IDCO, incubation centre, Integrated textile park, manufacturing textile, NIFT, skill development, state of Odisha, technology upgradation

The Government has decided to develop an integrated textile park during the current plan period and set up an incubation centre in the campus of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) to provide common services and facilities required for manufacturing textile and handloom products.

The decision was taken recently when Union Secretary of Textiles Sanjay Kumar Panda was on a visit to the State of Odisha.

Related Keywords: cottage industry, ethnic men's wear, Hyderabadi sherwani, Jodhpuri suits, kurta pyjama, Maqdoom Brothers, retail outlet, Texas and New York

The 126-year-old Maqdoom Brothers from Hyderabad after setting up a distribution centre in Chicago last month will now be opening retail outlet in Chicago late next month or in the first week of November. Besides Chicago, Maqdoom Bros is also plan to open two more stores one each at Texas and New York.

With the retail outlet opening up in Chicago, the complete collection of men's ethnic and exclusive wedding line having famous Hyderabadi sherwani , kurta pyjama and Jodhpuri suits will be now entering American shores.

Related Keywords: crochet, dyeing and felting skills, knitting, Skipton auction mart, spinning, weaving, wool community, wool festival, yarn-based skills, Yarndale festival

The first ever Yarndale festival took place in September 2013 which proved to be a runaway success for both exhibitors and visitors alike. It was declared an outstanding success when 6,500 visitors flocked into Skipton. Held at Skipton Auction Mart, yarn lovers travelled from far and wide to attend this much anticipated festival.

This year the festival boasts an increased number of exhibitors as well as an enhanced programme of textile workshops and demonstrations. People travelled from all over the world for this year's Yarndale Festival.

Related Keywords: cotton prices, cotton yarn, Indian Shanker variety, Indian spinners, Pakistan cotton market, Pakistan spinning industry, yarn price

Lower cotton prices have bailed out the spinning industry to some extent and some closed units likely to resume production. However, industry experts said that the impact of lower cotton and yarn prices is likely to be visible only after the release of the export figures of September, this come into sight on Wednesday.