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Related Keywords: ABFRL, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, apparels, CAIF, clothing, fashion textile, Garments, innovation, innovation factory, Intellcap, ReEarth

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd (ABFRL) are joining a unique and pioneering industry-led platform, 'Circular Apparel Innovation Factory' (CAIF) in collaboration with Intellecap.

CAIF is India's first industry-led platform, aiming to build a circular apparel and textile industry in India. Its mission is to search, seed, support, and scale circular textile and apparel innovations in India by building an enabling ecosystem of brands, manufacturers, enterprises, and innovators across the value chain.

Related Keywords: apparels, China, fabric, innovation, Lycra, Textile, Textiles, yarn

In May, the Lycra Company opened its brand new, state-of-the-art research & Development (R&D) lab in Nanhai, China. The Advanced Textile Innovation Center (ATIC) represents a significant increase in the firm’s global R&D capabilities and demonstrates its commitment to providing its services to its customers in Asia.

The lab will help mills, brands and retailers, as well as Western-based companies with local sourcing offices, accelerate the development of innovative garment solutions that meet apparel market needs and add value to customer’s products.

Related Keywords: apparels, be-spoke, e-commerce, fabric, Garments, Indian apparel industry, readymade garments, tailor-made

Today, if anyone asks you the question as to how far is your nearest mall, where you shop for your clothes, the answer should be "not far from my where my mobile is".

An e-commerce app, in the present day, is as good as a whole shopping mall fitted in your pocket. Thanks to the access to faster and cheaper internet coupled with larger and crisper mobile screens, e-commerce platforms are supporting be-spoke and tailor-made shopping effortlessly, making shopping fun.

The Evolution

Related Keywords: apparels, export, exports, garment, Industry, Textile, Vietnam

Vietnam gained over 9.4 billion U.S. dollars from exporting garments and textiles in the first four months of this year, up 9.8 percent year-on-year, according to the country's Ministry of Industry and Trade on Wednesday.

In April alone, the country raked in 2.3 billion U.S. dollars from selling the products offshore, rising 7.1 percent.

Between January and April, largest importers of Vietnamese garments and textiles included the United States, Japan, the European Union and South Korea.

Related Keywords: apparels, clothes, events, fashion, Kate Middleton, Maghan Markle, outfit, royal, royal family, spending, Textile, worth

The public eyes are always on Duchesses and the clothes they wear on official events. Both of them usually end up in the media for what they wear. We can read in media about their outfits, are they repeated clothes for royal arrangements, is Queen Mother upset or happy with their fashion choices. The clothes of Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle is always a hot topic in the press.

Related Keywords: apparels, charity, clothes, fabrics, fashion, foundation, fund raising, grandmothers, HIV, recycling, social, Textiles

Grandmothers of Alberta for a New Generation event raised more than $40k last year for AIDS foundation

A roll of recycled fabric — several thousands, actually — sold in Edmonton on Saturday were aimed at stitching the world together.

The Grandmothers of Alberta for a New Generation, "The GANG" for short, hosted their annual fabric sale at Hardisty School in Edmonton.

Related Keywords: apparels, bees, clothes, cotton, Ethopia, fabrics, farming, Garments, India, sustainability, Textile, TRAID

Leigh McAlea, Head of Communications, from the UK charity, TRAID talks about growing cotton without pesticides in Ethiopia, which has also revived the local bee population and had a positive knock-on-effect for the farmers.

Related Keywords: apparels, ban, chemical, clothing, fabrics, France, skin, Sweden, Textile

France, Sweden propose ban on over 1,000 allergens in textiles.

The joint initiative includes all substances classified as skin sensitisers under the CLP Regulation and 25 substances of the family of disperse dyes with sensitising properties.

Ahead of the proposal, the French Agency for Food, Environment and Occupational Health and Safety (Anses) conducted a study to identify substances present in certain articles. And the Swedish Chemicals Agency (Kemi) carried out an analysis of risk management options under REACH on skin sensitisers in textiles.

Related Keywords: apparels, China, clothes, customs, exports, fabrics, fiber, government, Imports, India, polyester, polymerization, United States, yarns

WASHINGTON, April 29, 2019: On April 29, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce ("Commerce Department") announced affirmative preliminary determinations that producers and exporters of imports of polyester textured yarn from China and India are being unfairly subsidized by their respective governments at double- and triple-digit margins, as follows.

Polyester Textured Yarn Imports from China

Producer/Exporter

Preliminary
Subsidy Rate (%)

Fujian Billion Polymerization Fiber Industrial Co Ltd.

32.04

Jiangsu Shenghong Textile Imp & Exp Co.

459.98

Related Keywords: apparels, brands, clothes, cotton, Egypt, fabrics, kilogram, Textile

Brands such as Zara, Adidas, Nike and Marks & Spencer are out of reach for many Egyptians but a store in one of Cairo’s lower income districts is making these products more affordable.

Some of the customers say ‘Kilo Stock’ sells clothes by the kilogram, trading garments at relatively inexpensive prices compared to what they would have cost at the brand shop itself.

Customer, Heba, was so pleased with her experience, she described the prices and variety as unimaginable.