Compliance as the New Currency: Why global fashion is trading lowest-cost s…
For decades, the global apparel sourcing playbook was deceptively simple: locate the cheapest labor pool, negotiate down raw material costs, and squeeze supplier margins to the penny. But inside the high-stakes deliberations at the Bharat Tex Roundtable, trade leaders, brand representatives, and policy archit... Read more
Manufacturing Meets Retail: China’s M2C blueprint redefines fashion economi…
The traditional divide between manufacturing and retail is rapidly disappearing in China. For decades, global apparel production operated through a familiar hierarchy: factories manufactured garments, wholesalers aggregated inventory, brands created market appeal, and retailers sold products to consumers. E... Read more
India's textile exporters win competitive advantage in new US tariff regime
A sweeping overhaul of US trade policy has created one of the most competitive openings for India's textile and apparel exporters in recent years. Finalizing a new Section 301 tariff framework targeting imports from 60 countries, Washington has not merely altered customs duties, it has reset sourcing econom... Read more
Yarn Expo Autumn: A vital barometer for fiber innovation
Global apparel brands and textile manufacturers are rapidly re-engineering their procurement strategies, pivoting from traditional commodity fibers toward high-tenacity, circular, and eco-certified materials. This structural realignment comes as international regulatory frameworks—most notably the Eur... Read more
Organic cotton's scale problem raises new risks for fashion supply chains
The global fashion industry's pursuit of sustainable raw materials is facing an uncomfortable reality. Organic cotton, long promoted as the cornerstone of environmentally responsible apparel manufacturing, is struggling to deliver the scale, consistency and commercial certainty required by modern textile su... Read more
India leads global fashion web traffic boom as digital shopping habits evol…
India's digital garment trade has struck an operational turning point, as local shoppers logged 1.4 billion average monthly visits to fashion websites during the first quarter of 2026. Data from mobile and web intelligence tracker Sensor Tower reveals a 98.3 per cent year-on-year increase, cementing the cou... Read more
Madhya Pradesh consolidates textile power with new investments
Madhya Pradesh is rapidly cementing its status as a cornerstone of India’s textile value chain, securing Rs 1,592 crore in fresh investment proposals duri... Read more
Italy, India collaborate to build more resilient supply chains
Actively pursuing an expanded industrial footprint within India’s textile sector, Italy seeks to leverage the momentum from the recently elevated Special ... Read more
Textile Ministry to infuse high-solutions in weaving with ‘Handloom Hackathon 20…
The Ministry of Textiles aims to infuse high-tech solutions into India’s decentralized weaving industry with the recently inaugurated ‘Handloom Hack... Read more
Gujarat textile mills adapt operations amid raw cotton deficit
A 12 per cent contraction in local cotton acreage to 2.36 million hectare, driven by ... Read more
Global textile mills counter sluggish market demand with capacity expansion
Global textile manufacturers are consolidating physical plant capacity to counter slu... Read more
Dior finalizes Dublin for maiden Ireland runway show
French fashion house Christian Dior plans to hold its Pre-Fall 2027 runway presentati... Read more
Italian textile machinery orders rebound by 25% in Q2, 2026
Italian textile machinery manufacturers experienced a sharp short-term momentum shift... Read more
Lord & Taylor shifts to direct sourcing with heritage apparel relaunch
The historic retail banner Lord & Taylor is restructuring its apparel distributio... Read more
Tariff parity secures Sri Lankan textile competitiveness in US market
Sri Lanka's garment and textile manufacturing sector has averted trade disruption fol... Read more
Secondhand apparel dominates UK circular fashion sector
The United Kingdom’s sustainable apparel market is undergoing a structural real... Read more
Chinese industrial hub in Chattogram to de-risk Bangladesh textile supply c…
Construction has commenced on the 800-acre Chinese Economic and Industrial Zone (CEIZ... Read more
Licensing ecosystem replaces standalone retail footprints in Canada
Esprit has re-entered the Canadian fashion market through an exclusive distribution p... Read more
Capital realignment reshapes intimate apparel sector
Global apparel conglomerates are divesting non-core innerwear and lingerie divisions ... Read more
European apparel exhibitors expand capacity amid supply chain realignment
Messe Frankfurt France has restructured and expanded exhibition hall allocations at P... Read more
Asos, Adidas Originals expand partnership into menswear
London-based pure-play online retailer Asos has extended its exclusive design collabo... Read more
Luxury conglomerates expand direct retail control to drive H1 revenue growt…
Global luxury fashion groups are restructuring wholesale channels in favor of tightly... Read more
Prada anchors Milan Fashion Week schedule as luxury market calibrates growt…
Prada will formally open the physical runway presentations for Milan Fashion Week Spr... Read more