Vietnam is expected to be one of the fastest growing suppliers of textiles and clothing to Western markets over the next few years. Its textile industry has also outnumbered the firms of Bangladesh and Cambodia. The fastest growing supplier of the US continues to grow its demand strongly in the first four months of 2014.
Fast Retailing Group, a Japanese retailer that runs UNIQLO chain of casual clothing is keen to enter the Indian market aiming to source garments from India. The Japanese fashion retailer has been linked with Arvind to for its entry in India. The company Chairman Tadashi Yanai met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Textiles Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar expressing intention to source garments from India.
Non-traditional exports from Peru are expected to post a 15 percent growth in 2014 from last year, mainly driven by shipments of agricultural products, clothing exports, and other value-added products. This trend of exports will help Peru find new niches in the modern economy, according to the country’s Foreign Trade Society (ComexPeru) In its latest report released, Comex found the non-traditional sectors which showed the highest pick up in the overall exports this year are agriculture, textile and clothing activities.
LPP S.A. is a Polish company whose field of activity concerns designing and distribution of clothing. LPP currently owns 5 clothing brands. The company's headquarters is located in Gdańsk, including designing resources for all its brands has registered a 28 percent rise in revenue for 2013 compared with the previous year.
It currently has about 700 stores in Poland and over 300 abroad, fronted by its various brands, with the majority of LPP's clothing made in China and India.
Peruvian textile makers and Alternative has entered into partnership to create fair-trade clothing. The "Made in Peru" project is the result of this partnership. Alternative, taps into Peru’s ancient textile tradition for its 2014 spring collection. The eco-fashion brand has created six new sustainable fabrics derived from a single type of organic cotton. Cotton originated from Peru 2500 BC and in Pre-Incan times, said Erik Joule, President and Chief Merchandising Officer of Alternative.
