Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) has sought inputs from apparel suppliers to develop guidelines for ethical procurement. As part of the proposal, suppliers selling apparel to the government will self-certify that they and their direct Canadian and foreign suppliers comply with local laws and international standards on labour and human rights. The rights include freedom from child labour, forced labour, discrimination and abuse, and access to fair wages and safe working condition

Dressmann, one of the leading fashion brands for menswear in Northern Europe, will become the world’s leading fashion retailer of Fairtrade certified cotton once it launches its new range of t-shirts, boxer shorts and socks. This is an effort to fulfil the company’s commitment to source 100 per cent sustainable cotton by 2025 across its entire supply chain. The move will see the brand launch its new collection across 500 stores in European countries including Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark

Invista, owner of the LYCRA brand, will exhibit its latest denim fabric innovations at the upcoming Kingpins Show in New York City during November 29-30. Invista will preview a new technology platform for bi-stretch fabrics as well as highlights from its recent marketing collaboration with Who What Wear, which promoted jeans with LYCRA dualFX technology. Crafted in response to consumer insights, this ambitious co-branded marketing campaign addressed common “denim dilemmas,” and showed how je

Myanmar exports have surged since the beginning of the the 2017-18 fiscal year, backed by a spike in output by the industry sector, Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce U Khin Maung Lwin told The Myanmar Times. Exports between April 1 and November 10 have risen by nearly $1.3billion over the same period last year, with half of the increase comprising exports from the industry sector, according to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce. During the period, total export income fr

The Woolmark Company has entered into a two-season partnership with Japanese fashion label FACETASM for developing its Autumn/Winter 18/19 and Spring/Summer 19 wool-rich offerings, ahead of its show at Paris Men’s Collection. Both collections will be Woolmark-certified. The partnership marks the beginning of a long-standing relationship between the two. The Woolmark Company will continue to work closely with and support FACETASM’s design team, which has already viewed the Woolmark Company’s

India's economy picked up in the second quarter, official data showed Thursday, rebounding from a sharp slump in the wake of government reforms that dragged growth to three-year lows. Figures from the Central Statistics Office showed Asia's third-largest economy accelerated after five quarters of slowing growth, as the impact of a sudden cash ban and launch of a nationwide tax receded. GDP growth rose to 6.3 percent in the three months to September, slightly below analyst expectations but

The cabinet committee on economic affairs at a meeting on Wednesday approved a proposal that would enable the textiles and jute ministry to get back five mills. The mills are Rajshahi Silk Factory, Thakurgaon Silk Factory, Sylhet Taxtile Mills Limited, Kurigram Taxtile Mills Limited and Chittagong ValikaWoolen Mills. The loss makings state-owned factories were supposed to be divested by the now defunct Privatisation Commission as per a previous government decision. But the Privatisation

Climate change has been ranked third on the list of sixteen modern day worries on the minds of today’s consumers that affects textile sustainability, according to a recent ground-breaking, global, quantitative consumer survey by Oeko-Tex Association, “The Key to Confidence: Consumers and Textile Sustainability- Attitudes, Changing Behaviours, and Outlooks.” “The Key to Confidence” online study was conducted earlier this year with a worldwide sample of more than 11,000 clothing and home texti

Knitwear makers yesterday demanded easing of Brazil's visa rules so that more businessmen from Bangladesh can frequently travel to the Latin American country to explore business potential. AKM Salim Osman, president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA), made the request while speaking at a discussion in the association's Dhaka office. Brazilian Ambassador in Bangladesh João Tabajara de Oliveira Júnior attended the meeting, according to a BKMEA statemen

Growing usage of nanotechnology in fabrics and a rising demand for wearable technology are the two key drivers for the smart textiles market worldwide, says a study, which found high production cost and incompatibility with the electronics industry as two major barriers to this market’s growth. Excessive cost has not scattered the market as well, it said. The study report, titled ‘Global Smart Textile Market Outlook, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2017–2023’, was released recently by Albany-hea