Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Sri Lanka’s Apparel Sector Unveils New Transparency Initiative

Textile Insights March 7, 2024

Sri Lanka’s apparel sector has unveiled a unified QR code system for clothing labels and is designed to significantly improve visibility throughout the entire supply chain. The Sri Lankan clothing sector by launching the code is responding to the global call for heightened transparency

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Sri Lanka To Negotiate FTA With India By End Of 2024

Textile Insights February 12, 2024

Sri Lanka will negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA) with India by the end of 2024. Sri Lanka and India resumed talks on the Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement in Colombo in October 2023. “Similarly, Sri Lanka will sign FTAs would be negotiated with Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and China too by the year’s end,” Sri […]

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UN & Hirdaramani Apparel Project To Support 100 SL Families

Textile Insights December 18, 2023

Hirdaramani Apparel and the Lacoste Foundation have come together through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for an integrated backyard poultry and market development project which will support over 100 Sri Lankan families. The vision is to promote socio-economic recovery and food security and address its multidimensional vulnerabilities. To signify the

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SP Apparels Plans Foray Into Sri Lanka With Asset Light Model

Textile Insights August 24, 2023

Coimbatore based garment exporter SP Apparels Ltd is planning to start operations in Sri Lanka and to do so, is identifying various operational garment factories in the island country. In a BSE filing, the garment maker said, “We are pursuing to set up a company in Sri Lanka which will help us to expand our […]