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Rising labour costs in 2014 pushes global sourcing costs to increase

2014 saw more wage strikes, resulting hikes and general unrest among workers when rates were not sufficiently raised. But despite…

9 years ago

Africa an alternative to Asia as a production hub for global textile brands

Global textile retailers have found alternatives to Asia as a production hub as they saw some bad event happening in…

9 years ago

MNREGS likely to be extended artisans and weavers of the textile sector

The centre plans to extend the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) to textile artisans. The move aims…

9 years ago

Import of spinning machinery soar despite power shortages in Pakistan

The surge in spinning machinery import witnessed in Pakistan. Although the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association claims that around 100…

10 years ago

Dominican Republic textile industry picking up again

The textile sector is highly important for the Dominican Republic, being one of the economic milestones of the country in…

10 years ago

Handloom weavers to be included under NREGA

Handloom weaving, the centuries-old art is dying a slow death because weavers are unable to make ends meet. The number…

10 years ago

PureCycle to build polypropylene recycling plant in Georgia

PureCycle Technologies, Inc. has reached an agreement to develop its first U.S. cluster plant to create ultra-pure recycled polypropylene from…

3 years ago

Dutch ministry to work with six organizations

Support for boosting workers' rights in the garment sector. Six organizations, under the domain Stitch (from Sustainable Textile Initiative: Together…

4 years ago

Critical approach to fashion industry

In a long-ago era before the world worried about climate change, social justice, ecology, etc., sustainable fashion was based on…

5 years ago

TRAID talks about growing cotton without pesticides in Ethiopia

Leigh McAlea, Head of Communications, from the UK charity, TRAID talks about growing cotton without pesticides in Ethiopia, which has…

5 years ago