A garment manufacturer in Ajman, UAE, supplying premium apparel to a leading American fashion brand, had built a highly efficient production system. Fabric sourcing, cutting, stitching, finishing, and quality control were all managed internally. Yet one critical process remained outside their
SHRM India, the India operations of the world’s largest HR professional body, has released the 2026 edition of its flagship annual study, SHRM India Skill Intelligence Report 2026: From Talent to Skills, India’s Future of Work. The report was unveiled during SHRM Tech26, the 12th edition of SHRM’s flagship conference on HR and workplace technology. […]
The VP shot me an accusatory glance. I had just stood up to leave after an important technical discussion. His disapproving look conveyed to me what he was intending to say to me. ‘Don’t you dare leave that chair misaligned.’ I understood immediately. “Sorry!” I whispered and pushed the chair back so that all four […]
Few industrial cities in India have crafted a transformation as remarkable as Bhilwara, a city that rose from modest commercial beginnings to become one of the country’s most influential textile manufacturing centres. Today, widely recognised as the Textile City of Rajasthan, Bhilwara represents the power of industrial vision, entrepreneurial resilience and sustained
The global fashion industry’s relentless pursuit of low-cost sourcing is intensifying pressure on Bangladesh’s garment manufacturers, with new evidence showing that sourcing prices for basic apparel have failed to keep pace with rising production costs and inflation. A recent report by Public Eye, Squeezed Dry: Pricing Pressure in the Global Fashion Industry, reveals that
India’s textile and apparel industry is facing one of its most complex operating environments in recent years as the escalating crisis in West Asia disrupts shipping routes, inflates freight and insurance costs, delays export deliveries and increases volatility in crude-linked raw materials. For a sector already battling uneven global demand, tariff-related uncertainties
In many parts of the world, industrial growth is often imagined through large factories, massive investments and organised manufacturing clusters. The United Kingdom presents a very different picture. Over the last few years, an interesting shift has quietly taken shape across cities and towns throughout the UK. Not inside large industrial parks—but inside garages, spare
In the early stages of building a business, growth feels like validation. More orders, larger inquiries, and expanding opportunities create the impression that success has arrived. For many founders, the instinct is simple, say yes to everything and scale as quickly as possible. That, however, is often where the biggest mistake begins. Reflecting on the […]
The domestic textile sector is presently passing through highly challenging conditions where untoward incidents like wars, geopolitical tensions, shipping blockades, sanctions and commodity shocks are disrupting raw material supplies, exports, freight routes and energy prices in a big way. While these external factors are beyond industry’s control, experts strongly believe
India’s polyester story must now evolve from a narrative of cost and capacity to one of trust and relevance, writes Dr Gurudas Aras in this exclusive article Recently, I was part of the India Polyester Conference 2026 as a panellist and dealt with various issues concerning the Indian polyester sector during the interactions. The article […]




















