MoU has been signed on Education Experience Programme between Bannari Amman Institute of Technology and New Zealand Institute of Fashion Technology Limited, to share the resources in fashion designs and marketing of the products.
Nagpur-based designer Shruti Sancheti who built her label by resolutely working to revive traditional Indian weaves—without sacrificing sexiness for sustainability, at the forthcoming Lakme Fashion Week starting Aug 20 will unveil her collection titled Strands of Silk.
The designer will pay an ode to the glorious and sumptuous fibre Silk by showing festive colour palette splashed with warm shades like crimson, vermilion, cherry, carmine, wine, aubergine, burnt orange, saffron, alphanso, fuschia, and indigo blue on Textile Day at the four-day gala.
Some jute mills, including a majority of them belonging to Indian Jute Mills Association (Ijma), have been found illegally importing jute bags from Bangladesh and Nepal at a cheaper price to sell it at higher prices to the state-owned food procuring agencies for profiteering.
The Jute Commissioner has warned the jute industry of a ban on their getting a government quota for five years, citing unfair trade practices by some mills.
The Jute Packaging Materials Act, 1987 provides for compulsory packaging of sugar and food grains in jute bags by government agencies up to 100 per cent.
The new National Textiles Policy draft submitted by an expert panel constituted by the government on Monday aims at achieving textile and garment exports growth of $300 billion by 2024-25 from around $39 billion in the last fiscal and also creating additional 35 million jobs by attracting investments.
Pakistani wholesale entity for Muslimah wear, Farooq Khan of Alfaro who started off as a textile trader in Malaysia 12 years ago before launching his own fashion line has projected sale of not less than 2 lakh pieces of headscarves during the Aidilfitri season in Jalan Masjid India alone.
This was but a piffling figure considering the 100 wholesalers wheeling and dealing in headscarves and coverings in the area.
Raymond stores count as at 30 June 2014 stood at 954 across all formats, including 43 stores in the Middle East and SAARC region covering over 1.8 million square feet of retail space. The small-cap company has an equity capital of Rs 61.38 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.
Raymond's net sales had risen 25.4% to Rs 1096.09 crore in Q1 June 2014 over Q1 June 2013. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 48% to Rs 63 crore in Q1 June 2014 over Q1 June 2013. EBITDA margins rose to 6% in Q1 June 2014 from 5% in Q1 June 2013.
Valdese Weavers is the leading producer of decorative textiles in the United States for residential and contract markets. The company operates four facilities in Burke County, N.C., which trade under the brand names Valdese Weavers, Valdese Weavers Contract, Circa 1801, Home Fabrics and Valdese International Products.
The first ever 'Baseline Survey of Powerloom sector' conducted by AC Neilsen ORG MARG for ministry of textiles, government of India confirm Surat as the biggest man-made fabric (MMF) hub in India.
The objective behind the survey was to collect authentic data on the number of powerlooms in India, various kinds of fabric produced and other information. A nine page format was designed and information was collected with the assistance of Powerloom Service Centre (PCS) and powerloom associations across India.
M. Cristina Fedriani, an established Italian designer, is the one managing Progetto Stile - a service company working in fashion market for around 25 years. Collaborating with a company is well known for its wool and wool-blended worsted fabrics, OCM India Limited, the designer would work amongst Indian fabric manufacturers to create its premium winter collection.
Reports from the Taiwan Textile Federation have showed a deep insight of the textile market in Taiwan these days. A downslide in the market has been brought into being due to declining product prices.
The fall has resulted from a slight downtrend in unit product prices; in particular the price of artificial fibers was said by a local textile backing faction.
