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The Death of the "Stockpile" Model: Inside the Digital Textile di…

The Death of the "Stockpile" Model: Inside the Digital Textile disruption at Mumbai’s Gartex Texprocess 2026

     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…

Fuel crisis, rising costs the geopolitical shockwave hitting Indian textiles

     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…

Price wars, fast fashion, diamond money leads to Surat’s industrial shake-up

     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 market nears Rs 15 lakh cr as domestic demand rewrites growth

     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…

China Discounts, Bangladesh Bleeds: Inside Europe’s new apparel sourcing crisis

     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

Geopolitical volatility triggers sharp decline in global textile confidence…

Geopolitical volatility triggers sharp decline in global textile confidence: Survey

     The global textile industry is grappling with a sudden and severe downturn in sentiment as regional conflicts disrupt essential trade routes and energy markets. According to the 37th Global Textile Industry Survey by the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), the business situa... Read more

 
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Indian apparel sector shifts toward circularity as sustainability mandate i…

   The Indian textile and apparel industry is transitioning from environmental amb... Read more

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   The Indian textile and garment sector faced significant headwinds in the first ... Read more

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   Kontoor Brands has officially appointed Erinn Murphy as the Head - Finance and ... Read more

RSWM unveils ‘In-DIG’o Alchemy’ to capture expanding denim market

  Textile flagship of the LNJ Bhilwara Group, RSWM has introduced its Autumn/Winter 202... Read more

Epic Group anchors Odisha as India’s next global hub for sustainable appare…

  The landscape of Indian textile manufacturing is undergoing a significant transition ... Read more

Vinted reaches €1.1 billion revenue milestone as circular retail expands

   Lithuania-based resale giant Vinted has reported a substantial 38 per cent incr... Read more