As Europe cuts orders, India sees a rare export window post-FTA
The sharp dip in EU apparel imports is not, at first glance, the kind of headline exporters celebrate. January’s 15.48 per cent fall in EU apparel imports to €7.03 billion signals a consumer market under stress, where retailers are buying less, paying less, and pushing suppliers int... Read more
The Death of the "Stockpile" Model: Inside the Digital Textile di…
For decades, the global textile industry has been a game of high-stakes gambling: manufacture thousands of identical garments, ship them across oceans, and pray the consumer doesn't change their mind. But at the Bombay Exhibition Center this week, a panel of global experts and local disruptors... Read more
Fuel crisis, rising costs the geopolitical shockwave hitting Indian textile…
The hum of textile machinery in Panipat has gone dead. Over 400 dyeing units have put their shutters, not because of soft demand or foreign competition, but because fuel, the lifeblood of India’s textile hubs has run dry. The geopolitical tremors from the Iran-Israel-US standoff have hit... Read more
Price wars, fast fashion, diamond money leads to Surat’s industrial shake-u…
The sound of Surat’s diamond polishing wheels, once the city’s heartbeat, is fading. In its place, the relentless pulse of high-speed water jet looms is taking over. Capital, labor, and the high-octane temperament of diamond trading are migrating into textiles, redefining an indust... Read more
India’s textile market nears Rs 15 lakh cr as domestic demand rewrites grow…
India’s textile and apparel economy is no longer being driven merely by population growth or festive consumption cycles. It is now being powered by a deeper lifestyle-led shift in household behaviour, rising discretionary spending, and the formalisation of multiple apparel use-cases acro... Read more
China Discounts, Bangladesh Bleeds: Inside Europe’s new apparel sourcing cr…
Europe’s fashion imports opened 2026 with a hard jolt. Fresh Eurostat-linked trade data for January shows the European Union’s apparel imports shrinking 15.48 per cent year-on-year to €7.03 billion, a dip sharp enough to redraw sourcing equations from Dhaka to Dongguan. The de... Read more
Tiruppur apparel sector navigates geopolitical headwinds with strategic mod…
Knitwear capital of India, Tiruppur, is currently contending with a complex lan... Read more
SPAL finalizes Rs 6.02 crore investment in Sri Lankan subsidiary
Tiruppur-based SP Apparels (SPAL) has finalized a fresh equity investment of Rs... Read more
On expands apparel segment with a new co-created collection
Swiss premium sportswear manufacturer On is aggressively expanding its apparel ... Read more
Nike eyes global dominance with proposed €160 million UEFA partnership
In a strategic move to reclaim its standing in the global football market, Nike... Read more
Manoush to cease operations by FY26-end
Iconic French label and a cornerstone of the ‘boho-chic’ movement s... Read more
Italy’s apparel sector faces trade contraction amid softening Non-EU demand
The Italian textile and apparel industry has encountered a sharp reversal in tr... Read more