Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) had appealed to the Union Textiles Secretary to the address various issues faced by knitwear industry and drive the growth of Tirupur knitwear export units recently.

This appeal was made at a recent meeting with Secretary Ravi Kapoor in Delhi, held to discuss the implementation modalities, course design, scope and breadth of the upskilling component under Samarth Scheme and focus on improving the overall productivity following best practices.TEA also appealed for the reimbursement of various schemes, including rebate on state levies, amended technology upgradation funds and pending claims and subsidies to meet the financial requirements of exporting units.

TEA also sought removal of exporting units from risky exporter’s category and helping them to continue receiving drawback and IGST claims.

Vibrant Terry Towel (VTT) will be held in Solapur, from September 25 to 27, 2019. The aim of the expo is to bring together a whole people involved in this sector from cotton growers and manufacturers to traders, exporters and importers on a single platform to harness marketing and export opportunities for terry towel producers and close the gap between producers and consumers. Over 200 buyers from 20 countries and 3000 domestic customers are expected at the expo. Visitors include: department stores, wholesalers and retailers, corporate buyers, purchasing agents, merchants and exporters. Participating countries include: the US, UK, UAE, Canada, Poland, Germany, Australia and France.

Solapur, in Southeastern Maharashtra, is a major manufacturer of terry towels segment. Home to handloom and power loom weaving industries, Solapur has 16,000 looms, the largest concentration of power looms in India. Some two lakh kg of towels are made in the city daily, 60 per cent are exported, mainly to Europe, Russia, the Gulf countries, South Africa and Sri Lanka. Solapur is probably the only city in the country where all the processes are done in the same premises. The units are often run by small families who work 12 to 16 hours a day to run their businesses.

Spanx has launched a new range of fall denims. Each pair of these Spanx jeans is designed with the same ‘Gut Check’ slimming technology used in the brand’s signature leggings that smoothens the tummy and firms the rear. Made with four-way stretch fabric, the jeans also have a pull-on design for less bulk and a flat front.

While vintage fits and mom jeans are trending in the women’s denim category, the Spanx line underscores the fact that there is still a consumer who wants skinny fits and slimming effects. And Spanx denim mimics traditional denim, with bottoms that feature belt loops and real pockets. The denim also maintains its shape without bagging out.

The collection offers high waisted skinny and cropped flare styles in a variety of washes, including Spanx’s bestselling distressed skinny in a medium wash, as well as a vintage variation available in white or black. The brand also offers novelties, including a light wash jean with a bold denim side stripe and a white jean with a vintage gray stripe. The collection retails for $89.99 to $128.

Spanx first debuted a denim collection in July 2014 at the height of the skinny jeans trend, with two styles of jeans: the Signature, featuring a high waist and side zip, and the Slim X, a traditional five-pocket jean with a stomach control panel. Both were available in skinny, straight and boot-cut.

The global luxury apparel market is expanding at 13.2 per cent. The market is dominated by the Asia Pacific region. This region is witnessing rapid growth due to rising disposable incomes along with a change in lifestyles of the people and an improved standard of living especially in the emerging nations of China and India. Europe, on the other hand, has already attained maturity because of the presence of many luxury brands.

Luxury apparels are a symbol of class and only people with a good financial background can afford luxury apparels. Luxury brands are investing huge sums of money on research and development strategies. Luxury apparels are in demand among youngsters. Another factor envisioned to boost demand is the emergence of online shopping services. It is easier to do shopping online instead of having to go to places and try on various outfits. Easy return facility has further boosted the market and attracted more prospective consumers. Digital marketing advertises the benefits of online shopping and enhances the urge for developing a classy taste of fashion among people.

However, value-added taxes imposed on luxury apparel and the high dominance of key players are restraining the market growth in developing economies. The high cost of raw materials is also hampering the luxury apparel market growth.

Jeanologia offers Laundry 5.Zero, at complete production center that includes all of Jeanologia’s technological and disruptive solutions. Laundry 5.Zero is the first garment finishing plant that achieves a saving of 85 per cent in water and guarantees zero discharge and zero pollution. From the fabric to the garment finishing, production is possible with zero pollution. Laundry 5.Zero efficiently combines Jeanologia’s laser technologies G2 ozone, eFlow, Smart Boxes with the first water recycle system H2Zero, thereby eliminating all harmful processes for workers and the environment. Finishing processes with Laundry 5.Zero are done with zero discharge, zero stone and zero manual scrapping.

The new production model from Jeanologia, delivers five key benefits for the textile industry. It is eco-efficient, economical, scalable, agile and digital, connecting design, production and consumption. It is rapidly expanding globally guaranteeing competitiveness through eco-efficiency. With these technologies it is also possible to do short and fast series, making it possible to produce what sells instead of selling what is produced.

Jeanologia, based in Spain, is contributing to dehydrating and detoxifying the global textile industry with its technologies and turning the industry to digital. A leader in eco-efficient technology development, Jeanologia backs the Chinese textile industry in reducing its environmental footprint and improving its production costs by acting as an expert technology partner.

Denimsandjeans will be held in Japan on March 4 and 5, 2020. This will present high-end denim products. The trade show is meant to inspire Japanese companies to bring out their best to showcase to Japanese customers and also to visitors from around the world. Denim is a favorite apparel for Japanese customers and in spite of high costs a decent amount of production still happens in Japan. But the prevailing narrative of price sensitiveness while buying a product fails in Japan. Quality and design are the clinching factors.

About 40 companies from all around the world are expected to take part including Artistic Milliners, TCE Denim, Prosperity Textiles, VAV Technologies, Soorty and Tonello. This is a niche show that will attract a small number of exhibitors and visitors. The intention is to aggregate the best innovators in the denim and related sportswear industry to showcase the latest products to discerning local and international visitors. This show will cater not only to the domestic Japanese market but to international designers.

Kaihara, Japan Blue and Kurabo lead the Japanese denim industry in terms of production of fabrics while brands like Momotaro, Sugarcane, Evisu, Okayama Denim, FDMTL, Kapital Global lead in terms of brands.

September 2019 edition of Cotton This Month has said, cotton production in 2019/20 will surpass consumption with global stocks projecting to grow to 18.3 million tonne. This combination will exert downward prices on prices in the coming year.

About 43 per cent of the expected global production of 26.9 million tonne will come from China and India alone, and the competition between the two to be the year’s top producer should be close. Despite ongoing trade barriers, area in the USA is expected to increase 24% and production is expected to climb by 23%.

US exports, weakened by the trade impasse with China, fell by 8 per cent to 3.16 million tonne in 2018/19, although the current forecast calls for the global cotton trade to expand 2 per cent to 9.5 million tonne in the coming year.

Despite its size, India's textile industry has struggled on the global market. India’s share in global textile exports has declined while countries like Bangladesh and Vietnam are expanding their market share. A new study suggests India’s textile exports are constrained by high costs, unhelpful customs policies and competition from abroad.

In an article published on Ideas for India, a policy research portal, Saon Ray of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) explores the reasons for Indian garment exporters' struggles by drawing on data from surveys conducted in 2010. The survey covered 127 firms and 25 respondents in five apparel production centers in Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Ludhiana, and Tirupur.

To make Indian textiles more competitive, the survey recommends that the government should improve infrastructure networks to streamline the textile input-procurement process and ease credit constraints for textile exporters.

Advance Denim Co will soon become the first Chinese denim manufacturer to offer a collection made with Archroma’s aniline-free* Denisol® Pure Indigo. The motto for this line is ‘True to Denim’. It focuses on innovation and sustainable manufacturing, Advance Denim wanted to explore Archroma’s aniline-free* indigo solution right from the time it was first launched in May 2018 as a non-toxic way to produce the traditional, iconic indigo blue that consumers associate with denim and jeans.

During traditional indigo dyeing process production, some of the aniline stays locked into the indigo pigment and is difficult to wash off the fabric. The remainder of the aniline impurity, approximately 300 metric tons annually, is discharged during dyeing. This can be an issue as aniline is toxic to aquatic life. In addition, exposure levels to factory workers can be high. As a result of its toxicity it is now starting to feature on the restricted substance lists (RSL) of some major clothing brands and retailers.

The new Denisol® Pure Indigo 30 liq was therefore developed as an aniline-free* indigo solution for designers, manufacturers and brand owners who long for authentic indigo inspiration.

Established in 1987, Advance Denim is the oldest denim mill in China. The company has its own innovative research and development, manufacturing and sales teams, including a 120,000 square meter manufacturing facility in Shunde, China, and well as offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Amsterdam and New York.

Good Fashion Fund provides impact lending tools to finance investments in supply chain innovations specifically in India, Bangladesh and Vietnam as well as other areas throughout Asia.

The new fund’s blended structure combines risk-tolerant capital with private sector investment that allows for flexibility and tailored financing to best fit each individual’s situation. Initiated by Fashion for Good, Good Fashion Fund spearheads systemic change in the apparel and footwear supply chain.

Disruptive innovation is needed to shift the fashion industry from a model of take-make-waste toward a more circular and regenerative system. While the technology exists today to move forward toward circularity, it is not yet being scaled. Good Fashion Fund provides the resources, tools and incentives needed to bridge the innovation gap, bringing these innovations to the mainstream. This is the first investment fund focused solely on driving the implementation of innovative solutions in the fashion industry. Currently, apparel supply chains are plagued by their negative environmental and social impacts. But while sustainable solutions do exist today, there is a lack of capital available to scale these technologies within the supply chain. The fund was created to address this gap – connecting the most promising technologies to the industry to collaboratively tackle its challenges.