H&M finds growth below revenue line as margin discipline pays off
H&M Group’s latest quarter signals a decisive shift in global fast fashion: scale is no longer the primary reason for success. In a quarter marked by cautious consumer demand, store rationalisation and currency headwinds, the Swedish retailer delivered a sharp earnings recovery by pr... Read more
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
Circular denim milestone: RE&UP scales textile-to-textile production
The global apparel sector is witnessing a shift from traditional linear models ... Read more
Himatsingka Seide realignment signals bold expansion into global apparel ma…
Himatsingka Seide has initiated a high-level executive realignment to solidify ... Read more
Odisha increases apparel capacity as Page Industries expands operations
The industrial landscape of East India reached a significant milestone on April... Read more
Isko Luxury by PG reclaims manual mastery in Fall/Winter 27/28 debut
As the global textile industry grapples with the rapid integration of synthetic... Read more
Federal trade officials to detail nearshoring strategy at National Textile …
The Biden administration is set to deepen its engagement with the domestic manu... Read more
Digitizing the human touch: Roaches International to launch Objective Texti…
The technical textiles sector is approaching a critical juncture as the industr... Read more