(L-R) Dilip Gaur, Kangana Ranaut and Rajeev GopalBirla Cellulose, a part of Aditya Birla Group’s Grasim Industries, has launched a new eco enhanced variant of Liva fabric, Livaeco. Whilst Liva itself is a sustainable fabric, Livaeco enhances this further with the use of raw materials from sustainable and certified forests, lowest water consumption & low green house gas emissions during manufacturing. "At Birla Cellulose, sustainability is a continuous journey towards the wellbeing of all

Courtesy: BoohooUK fashion retailer Boohoo has recorded revenue of £163.5 million during the four months ended December 31, 2018, up 15 per cent over the previous year period. The year-to-date revenue was £372.5 million, an increase of 15 per cent. For the reported period, the group revenue grew 44 per cent across all geographic regions along with net cash of £189 million. The revenue of Pretty Little Things went up 95 per cent during the four months while settling at £163.5 million, with the

Courtesy: Aditya Birla GroupIndia’s Aditya Birla Group plans to invest Rs15,000 crore in Gujarat over the next three years on capacity expansion and setting up of new units, chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar on January 18. The group will make these investments in various segments like textiles, chemicals, mining and minerals. Until now, the group's investments in the state are worth over Rs30,000 crore. The group’s major expansion plan

Courtesy: Gttes.India-ITME.comMore than 400 exhibitors from around 49 countries are displaying latest innovation in the textile machinery and allied products at the ongoing GTTES, the global textile technology & engineering show in Mumbai. The trade show is the apt platform to connect the exhibitors with many new markets which has never looked at India as sourcing opportunity. With a commendable growth of 26 per cent, GTTES has set the standard in its very 2nd edition and is a testimony t

India ITME Society (India International Textile Machinery Exhibitions Society) is set to host the ITME Africa 2020, the unique and exclusive business event and exhibition, with the theme ‘Prosperity for Africa through Textile Technology’. The first edition of event will be held in the Millennium Hall, Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia, from February 14-16, 2020. The event is set to initiate a revolution in generating employment, encouraging skill development, motivating entrepreneurship in textiles,

Courtesy: Collection Premiere MoscowThe 32nd Collection Premiere Moscow (CPM) tradeshow, organised jointly by OOO Messe Düsseldorf Moscow and Igedo Company, will be held at the Expocentre exhibition grounds, Moscow, from February 25-28, 2019. Brands like Brax, Comma, Gardeur, Jacques Britt, Pierre Cardin etc, will be flying the flag in ‘Made in Germany’ pavilion with around 100 exhibitors. During the CPM seminar line-up, where producers, designers, distribution experts and buyers will be comi

Industry experts in Vietnam feel the need for a concerted policy mechanism to help businesses successfully take advantage of benefits of the free trade agreements (FTAs) as a recent survey by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) found that the rate of taking advantage of FTA benefits by enterprises in the country is falling. The fall was attributed to shortcomings in enforcement of policies by government departments, strict rules of origin and lack of information by companies

Courtesy: Colorjet IndiaColorJet India Ltd, India’s largest manufacturer of digital textile printing technologies, will be showcasing live demonstrations of its direct to fabric printer—the Vastrajet—at the Global Textile Technology and Engineering Show (GTTES) in Mumbai. In hall A, booth no. 2, Colorjet will also display two other printers—the Metro and Fabjet Grand. “Vastrajet is a workhorse with over 100+ installations across the globe. For the production rate it delivers, it probably has

Courtesy: KnowTheChainLess than third of the largest global apparel and footwear companies (15 out of 43) score over 50/100 in policies and practices related to forced labour risks in their supply chains, according to a recent benchmark. Adidas which scored 92/100 remained the top-scoring company, while Lululemon (89/100) overtook Gap Inc (75/100) to secure the second place. The overall average score of all the accessed companies remained low at 37 out of 100 found the ‘2018 Apparel & footw

Courtesy: Veras RetailVeras Retail, a provider of fixed and mobile point-of-sale, inventory, cross-channel execution, and CRM software solutions, has released Veras CheckOut 10.2 point-of-sale (POS) solution. This release includes integration with solutions from Appriss Retail to deliver significant ROI for retailers looking to improve customer service at the point-of-return. Integration with Appriss Retail’s innovative return authorisation technology, Verify, is now available in the latest