Knitwear apparel exporters from the Tiruppur cluster, considering there is a huge potential for them in the global market are keen on developing and marketing wool-based products, according to The Woolmark Company.
Kannur is known for quality handloom, which very few people are aware of and has a rich history and tradition. However, the sector has been facing a crisis due to lack of demand for their products which failed to catch the imagination of the new generation coupled with the lack of new marketing avenues.
Kannur handloom weavers to sell their products, including shirts with traditional designs have found e-commerce to be their new saviour as they aim to exploit the reach of giants such as Amazon and Flipkart.
In China, PC (65/35) 32s yarn prices in Zhejiang remained unchanged in the last week of May, while 45s PC combed yarn prices rolled over on the week. PV 32s were traded stable during the week.
Blended yarn prices did not move in China's domestic market, as activity was reduced by a holiday shortened week. On the import market too, prices were relatively stable, due to slightly dropping in US$ terms whereas rising in yuan terms.
In China, offers for ring‐spun 30s weaving yarn in Xiaoshan declined US cents 3 a kg in the last week of May while compact siro‐spun 40s yarn in Jiangsu also fell US cents 3 on the week.
Viscose spun yarn markets were stable to weak in China while liquidity of vortex‐spun yarn and siro‐spun yarn slightly improved. Prices for siro‐spun yarn and ring‐spun yarn were down on the week as VSF prices generally stepped into a range bound period. Siro-spun rayon yarn performance slightly better.
Fabindia established in 1960 by John Bissell, a popular Indian chain store which stocks and sells garments, furnishings, fabrics and other ethnic products handmade by craftspeople across the country has begun retailing Manipuri textiles, the brand recently purchased textiles worth Rs 14 lakhs from weavers in Manipur.
Two Delhi-based designers provided training to the local weavers to help them understand market demand and to ensure quality products that appeal to customers across the country.
The clothes-sharing service generated buzz last week at the 2017 Asia Fashion Federation China Conference held in Hangzhou in East China's Zhejiang province, where fashion designers from Asia gathered to discuss the latest industry trends.
For Chinese fashionistas, a new party dress can be a huge purchase, Dora's Dream, a women's clothing start-up, runs a subscription-based service that allows style-conscious Chinese to borrow designer clothes with just a small monthly payment.
Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has set targets of meeting 80-90 percent demand for garments and textiles by 2020, and supplying 100 percent of accessories for the country's garment industry, the municipal authorities said on Sunday.
For which it will build large centers for designing fashion, trading garment, textile material and accessories for the ambition to become the country's future garment, textile material and accessory hub.
Andhra Pradesh Textile Federation (APTF) demanded the Union and state government to exempt GST tax on textiles. APTF’s President Busireddy Malleswara Reddy opined that imposing of GST would wreck small and medium textile traders.
Reddy at the inauguration of APTF office at Sri Krishnaveni Whole Sale Clothes Market in Panja Centre, on Friday said that from yarn to retailer 30 to 35 percent tax would be imposed under GST.
Government of Assam will soon formulate a textile policy for giving a major fillip to handloom and textile sector in the state. The proposed policy will focus on integrating production and marketing of handloom and textile products, empowering weavers and making a niche for handicrafts of the state in global market.
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, while reviewing the activities of the handloom and textile department on Friday also directed the department to set up a state of the art emporium showcasing unique and attractive fabrics of all communities of the state shortly.
Indian mills has began importing in January as local prices jumped due to limited supplies which is usually done in the second half of the crop year as domestic supplies dwindle. Cotton imports this season have been the highest so far having crossed the 30-35 lakh bale mark. However, according to market reports, some of the contracts are now being cancelled or settled by mills in South India due to local market trends and GST.
