Fashion and lifestyle destination ICONIC was awarded the ‘Most Admired Social Media Campaign’ for the year 2012 at the recently held Images RetailME Awards. Attended by some of the industry’s most exclusive and high profile delegates and commemorating retailing excellence in the region, the Awards recognize best performing retailers and retail practices across the Middle East. An ecstatic Raza Beig, CEO Splash & ICONIC accepted the award amidst loud cheers and enthusiastic applause from t

PPG Industries announced that it has entered into a technology license agreement with China-based Henan Billions Chemicals Joint Stock Co., Ltd., that will provide Henan Billions the right to use PPG’s technology for the manufacture of chloride-grade titanium dioxide (TiO2) on a worldwide basis. This agreement completes the license of PPG technology previously announced by both companies. Terms of the license agreement were not disclosed. "We are pleased to reach this worldwide technology lic

Johnston Textiles Inc. (JTI) has added the top 25 colors of its popular Interweave collection to its Lead Program of delivering fabrics in two-days to two-weeks of order. This is a follow up to the Odyssey Collection that kicked off the Lead Program earlier this year. "The success of the Odyssey Collection as part of the Lead Program drove our decision to grow the availability of fabrics with shorter lead times," said PJ Murphy, vice president of sales and marketing. "Interweave has been a to

Production growth of China’s textile industry slows down compared to last year, but the decline pace has narrowed. From January to October, national 37,000 textile enterprises above designated size realized a total industrial output value of 4.68129 trillion Yuan, a year-on-year growth of 11.3 percent, the growth rate fell 17 percentage points from the same period last year, and down 3.4 percentage points compared with the first quarter, but up 0.4 percentage points compared to January-Septemb

Dow Chemical Co. (DOW), the largest U.S. chemical maker by sales, applied for a federal permit to build the company’s biggest ethylene plant as cheap natural gas gives manufacturers a cost advantage. The plant in Freeport, Texas, would have capacity to make 1.5 million tons of ethylene a year, Nancy Lamb, a Dow spokeswoman, said today by phone. That’s the same size as Texas ethylene plants proposed by Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. and Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and it would be Dow’s largest in th

South Korean refiners will cut imports of Iranian crude during the six months to May by about a fifth from a year earlier, to avoid sanctions by Washington, government and industry sources said yesterday. Last week the United States granted 180-day waivers on Iran sanctions to China, India, South Korea and some other countries after they cut oil purchases from the Islamic Republic. “The cut in next year’s imports is expected to be by about 20 percent year on year,” an industry source who has d

India's exports of cotton yarn used by textile mills, are expected to touch 992 million kg in the fiscal year ending next March. MUMBAI, Dec 10 (Reuters): India's exports of cotton yarn are expected to rise a fifth in the fiscal year to next March, spurred by higher imports by top consumer China and a weaker rupee currency, traders said on Monday. Exports of yarn, a value-added product used by textile mills, are expected to touch 992 million kg in the fiscal year ending next March. But

Tourism Calgary, in partnership with internationally acclaimed fashion designer Paul Hardy, recently unveiled an unparalleled couture "Tweet Dress", the result of a first-of-its-kind social media campaign that highlights Calgary's unique style and vibrancy. Tourism Calgary initially launched the campaign at Paul Hardy's 10th anniversary fashion show this fall, asking Calgarians and visitors to answer "What's in style in Calgary?" using the hashtag #StyleYYC. The response received was overwhel

Pretty Maids announced that its Spring 2013 collection is fabulously on-trend this season, with top-selling styles that feature the high-low skirt and peplum designs that have become must-have styles for red carpets and other celebrity events. Peplum, where a short overskirt or ruffle is attached at the waistline of a jacket, blouse, or dress, is a design that has reemerged in the fashion space. Pretty Maids style 22528 (pictured) embodies this playful peplum trend. The Pretty Maids Spring