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Related Keywords: American clothing and accessories chain, eyeing sales of around one thousand crore, Gap, high brand awareness, Indian apparel market, Indian textile giant Arvind, Indianised price, open forty stores, partnership with, set to open first store in India, target young generation

American clothing and accessories chain Gap in partnership with Indian textile giant Arvind is finally set to open its first store in India on Saturday. Gap has been late to enter India compared to other international high street brands such as, Marks & Spencer and Zara, has kept its prices low.
The company to open 40 stores in the country and is eyeing sales of around Rs 1,000 crore in the next six years.

Related Keywords: chemical, cleaner production, cut factory cost, energy, Garment manufacturer Radnik, improve capacity of supply chain, Indian textile and garment suppliers, partnership with, reduce environmental impact, save water, Sida, SIWI, SWAR, Swedish retail brand, unique project

Swedish retail brands Indiska, KappAhl and Lindex in partnership with more than 40 Indian textile and garment suppliers have decided to reduce the environmental impact and improved capacity of supply chains through a unique project for cleaner production.

The new project has saved 284 million litres of water and 402 tonnes of chemicals annually and is now being scaled up to include several Indian states and four other countries in the world. It involves more than 120 suppliers globally.

Related Keywords: contemporary designs, Habi, hablon abaca, Likhang Habi Market Fair, Museum Foundation of the Philippines, partnership with, Philippines Textile Council, piña-cotton and piña-silk, research and education, sustaining traditional textiles, tnalak, weaving tradition

Habi the Philippines Textile Council became an independent organization of its own since its 2009 partnership with the Museum Foundation of the Philippines, centers its mission on sustaining traditional textiles through research and education.

Weaving in the Philippines has a history that goes back to prehistory. It has a meager existence in today’s world, where the majority of Philippine textile products are made or sourced abroad, and the communities who carried out hand-weaving traditions due to poverty watch their cultural traditions fade.