UNIQLO founder and chairman Tadashi Yanai — Japan’s wealthiest man — who runs one of the world’s largest apparel retail company Fast Retailing Group said the company has made significant investments in India ahead of the brand’s maiden store launch in the country on Friday.
Arville, headquartered in West Yorkshire, UK, has strengthened its specialist capabilities with the installation of a wide-width bias cutting machine at its Wetherby site. The investment – part of a continuous improvement programme – will allow technical fabrics woven in tubular form to be converted more quickly and efficiently, according to the manufacturer.
New York Fashion Week, now underway, is a celebration of creativity, crafts, imagination, and human ingenuity. But of course in the year 2019 one aspect of creation is integrating technology, so perhaps it’s little wonder that some designers are relying on data collected by the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to inform their looks.
Nike has unveiled its latest innovation in athletic footwear technology: the Nike Joyride cushioning system.
Joyride is a new, proprietary cushioning platform, released Thursday, which Nike is positioning next to the its revolutionary Nike Air technology and its TPU foam-based Nike React collection. Nike says the new system was designed to provide the holy grail of running shoe features—powerful impact absorption combined with superior energy return—all personalized to fit an individual runner’s stride.
Prime Minister Adviser on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood has underlined the significance of investment opportunities in the textile sector for industrial development.
In a meeting with a Chinese delegation of the National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) on Tuesday, he urged the delegation to extend its cooperation in the textile sector. The two sides discussed bilateral trade and investment opportunities.
To seek closer partnership, especially in import-export trade a meeting was recently held in Mozambique’s capital of Maputo where more than 100 representatives of Vietnamese, Mozambican and Swazi enterprises were present.
Addressing the event, Dao Manh Duc, head of the Vietnamese Trade Office in Mozambique called for businesses of both sides to become more active in studying each other’s market through joining trade fairs and exhibitions, and updating themselves on the economic, trade, investment, tax and currency policies of each other to minimize trade risks.
Ambassador of Denmark to Pakistan, Ole Thonke, during his meeting with Governor Sindh Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khand at Governor House on Monday said that Denmark through enhanced trade, investment, and sharing expertise mainly in textile sector and energy is keen to expand bilateral ties with Pakistan.
In this connection, Governor Sindh will be providing all facilities to Danish investors in the province. Presently many Danish companies are engaged in various sectors of economy in Pakistan and it is maximizing the industrialization in the country.
The Independent Development Corporation (IDC) is one of the exhibitors at Source Africa - the annual pan-African textile, clothing and footwear trade event currently taking place in Cape Town. The event brings together manufacturers, buyers, suppliers and service providers from across the continent, Asia and even the United States of America.
Traders from all over the continent and further afield are under one roof in Cape Town to promote African-made textiles to international buyers and to boost trade between African countries.
As consumers all around the world and leading brands are placing ever more importance on good factory environments and environmental sustainability, Bangladeshi RMG companies has started making investment to turn their factories more environmentally friendly which will bring long term benefits.
It is encouraging seeing such investment which helps reduce carbon emissions as well as saving water being supported by Spain’s Zara-Inditex, one of the world’s largest apparel retailers, with the help of the IFC backed Partnership Agreement on Cleaner Textiles (PACT) program.
Uzbekistan and Germany are planning to set business council that will promote extension of trade, economic, investment and financial cooperation between both countries, in this connection Berlin to host the founding meeting late in February.
The Council will present Uzbekistan’s investment potential in German, organize presentations and forums, and protect the interests of Uzbek and German companies operating in both countries.
