Apparel, Fashion, Retail

UNIQLO Mumbai Debut: Fashion Revolution Begins in October

July 16, 2023

UNIQLO, the Japanese global apparel retailer, has recently unveiled its highly anticipated expansion plans in India by announcing the opening of its first store in Mumbai. Scheduled to launch on October 6th at Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla, this new store aims to provide Mumbai customers with an

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Primark Prepares for Store Opening: Hiring 100 New Colleagues

July 16, 2023

Primark is set to open the doors of its new store in Salisbury in September and has kicked off with recruitment of store colleagues as it gets ready for the big day. The 29,700 sq. ft. store can be found in the Old George Mall in the city centre, in the former BHS unit. Set […]

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Cone Denim Launching 100% Sustainable Line At Kingpins

Textile Insights July 15, 2023

At Kingpins New York, US denim fabric producer Cone Denim will launch a new denim line called Interconnected, which has been designed in collaboration with Decode and sustainable washing machine manufacturer, Jeanologia. Cone Denim is partnering with Decode founder and designer Danielle Elsener for its second edition of zero-waste design collaboration to build upon the

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Levis Celebrating 150 Years Of ‘501’ With Innovative Fabric

Textile Insights July 13, 2023

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the iconic Levi’s 501 jeans, Levi Strauss is launching a hemp-cotton blend Selvedge 501 in later summer 2023. The plant-based 501 is made of at least 97 percent plant-based materials, with all certified organic cotton, natural dyestuff, a plant-based patch and ink made from wood waste. “These jeans are […]

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Armedangels Unveils 100% Recycled Denim Line – DetoxDenim

Textile Insights July 10, 2023

Armedangels, which manufactures and markets sustainable lifestyle garments has launches its first 100 percent recycled denim line, DetoxDenim. DetoxDenim has been produced with 100 percent recycled cotton, made up of 80 percent pre- consumer and 20 percent post-consumer waste. By scanning a QR code sewn into the denim a customer gets access to Aware Virtual […]

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Sustainable Zero Cotton Denim Line Made From TENCEL Fibres

Textile Insights July 8, 2023

Lenzing Group, Advance Denim and Italian chemical company Officina+39, in order to promote sustainable development of denim industry, are launching a brand-new zero cotton denim collection made of TENCEL Lyocell fibres. The collection comprises of Advance Denim’s innovative denim fabrics made of TENCEL Lyocell fibres and Officina+39’s special finishing technique,

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Digitalisation Helps Garment Makers Reduce Time To Market

Textile Insights July 7, 2023

Recently, Changshu and China based Jiangsu Golden Morning Co. received an order to produce 60,000 pieces of garments in only 10 days, which the company managed to deliver within a week. What enabled the company to finish the huge workload in such a short period of time was a digital technology named SewSmart which controls […]

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Amaze Software Picks Kornit’s Global Fulfillment Network

Textile Insights July 5, 2023

Amaze Software has picked Israel based Kornit Digital’s Global Fulfillment Network, which is made up by integrating KornitX Workflow Solutions and Kornit MAX. Kornit’s Global Fulfillment Network helps companies like Amaze Software, connect creators with high-quality garment and textile production fulfillers across the globe. “The social commerce market is growing rapidly,

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Kitex Setting Up Yarn To Garments Facility in Telangana

Textile Insights June 29, 2023

Kerala based and one of the biggest global producers of baby garments, Kitex Garments has plans to start a yarn to garment manufacturing facility in Kakatiya Mega Textiles Park (KMTP) in Telangana state. This was announced following several meetings with Telangana Industries Minister KTR Rama Rao and officials of the state Industries Department. The Sabu […]

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Vaude Launching Wood-Based Polyester Fleece Jacket

Textile Insights June 24, 2023

Vaude, a European environmentally friendly outdoor garment brand will introduce a fleece jacket made from wood-based polyester supplied by UPM Biochemicals. Finland based UPM Biochemicals, is a supplier of sustainable wood-based biochemicals for replacing fossil-based raw materials. According to UPM, the resin used to make polyester contains 30 percent monoethylene glycol