Clothing and Textile Market Statistics, May 2013

Sandal Sector In Netherlands: Long Winter In Northeast Leads To Sandal Glut, Discounts

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1 minute ago
by Investors Business Daily

If you happen to live in the Northeast , Midwest, you're probably still thawing out from a long winter of record cold temperatures , brutal snowstorms. You're probably also looking forward to the coming summer, when you can shove all of your winter wear in the attic , throw on your sandals , shorts. If so, here's some good news: You'll probably get those sandals at a steep discount ...

Industries : Footwear
Countries : Europe

Jewellery Trade Data In The United States And Europe: Gems, Jewellery Exports Glitter In April; See 33 Percent Growth

Industry news
15 hours ago
by HT Media

New Delhi , May 25 -- After declining 3 per cent in March, region's gems , jewellery exports witnessed a robust growth of about 33 per cent to $ 3.38 billion in April 2013 . In April 2012 , these exports stood at us dollar 2.55 billion , as reported by the data provid...

Industries : Clothing Accessories
Countries : United States, Europe, Russian Federation

Clothing And Textile Corporate Deals In The United States: American Apparel Joins Forces With Lab Concept To Open Store In Hong Kong

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15 hours ago
by ProQuest Information & Learning

American Apparel , a vertically integrated clothing manufacturer based in downtown Los Angeles , has announced an exclusive partnership with Lab Concept, a contemporary lifestyle retailer in Queensway, to bring the brand to the Admiralty district in Hong Kong . "We have worked very carefully to develop a strategy for Hong Kong , keeping in mind that it's a major center for business, trave...

Industries : Clothing and Textile
Countries : United States

Jewellery Trade Data In The United States And Europe: Gems, Jewellery Exports Grow 33 Pc To Us Dollars 3.38 Bn In April

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15 hours ago
by HT Media

New Delhi , May 25 -- Gems , jewellery exports from region have witnessed a robust growth of about 33 % to us dollar 3.38 billion in April, reports media. In April 2012 , these exports stood at us dollar 2.55 billion , as reported by the data provided by the Gems , Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). "These exports saw a very healthy growth as demand is rising not only in Amer...

Industries : Clothing Accessories
Countries : United States, Europe, Russian Federation

Textile Production Capacity In The United Kingdom: Awards Triumph For Harris Tweed

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15 hours ago
by ProQuest Information & Learning

THE biggest producer of Harris Tweed has been named the best textile maker in Britain . Harris Tweed Hebrides won the Textile Business of the Year for 2013 , also carried off the UK Manufacturer of the Year Award at the NatWest UK Fashion & Textile Awards in London . The firm, which makes 90 % of the material to carry the Harris Tweed Orb mark, is based in Shawbost, Lewis. Last y...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : United Kingdom

Textile Manufacturing Innovation Trends In The United States: Oakland University Assigned Patent For Method Of Wafer-level Fabrication Of Mems Devices

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15 hours ago
by Targeted News Service

By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va. , 2013-05-25 -- Oakland University , Rochester, Mich. , has been assigned a patent (8,445,324) developed by Hongwei Qu , Rochester Hills, Mich. , for a "method of wafer-level fabrication of MEMS devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent , Trademark Office states: "The present disclosure relates to a method of fabricatin...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : United States

Textile Manufacturing Production Statistics In The United States: Key Foreign Buyers To Visit Us Cotton Belt

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1 day ago
by Penton Business Media

Textile executives from 8 Chinese mills , 2 Hong Kong mills will tour the U.S. Cotton Belt June 9-16 to get a close look at U.S. cotton production, processing , marketing , to meet with U.S. exporters. China is U.S. cotton?s largest consumer, Hong Kong ranks 18th. ?This , all COTTON USA Special Trade Missions seek to enhance trading ties between the U.S. cotton ind...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : United States

Footwear Market In The United States: Empower America Enlists Figtree Pace To Help Service Veterans Transition From Combat Boots To Boots On The Roof -- With Solar

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1 day ago
by PR Web

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) 2013-05-24 Commercial PACE provider FIGTREE Energy Financing is teaming up with Empower America ? a national non-profit that hires U.S. service veterans to construct domestic solar energy projects -- to shed light on Empower America?s work providing hands-on, boots-on-the-roof training , job placement for service veterans looking to re-enter the American civi...

Industries : Footwear
Countries : United States

Dress Competitive Position: Fannybrides.com Offers Cheap Cocktail Dresses For The Summer 2013

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1 day ago
by PR Web

(PRWEB) 2013-05-24 As a leading global provider of women?s outfits, FannyBrides is offering many different styles of dresses at its online store. Today, FannyBrides.com declares its cocktail dress promotion, , all its cocktail outfits are available at greatly discounted prices, up to 56 % off. Its cocktail dresses are sorted into different assortments, like A-line dresses?strapless ...

Industries : Clothing and Textile

Textile Industry In China: Akd Quotidian About - Apr'13 Textile Exports And Industry Update

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1 day ago
by Pakistan Press International

As per PBS , textile exports in the month of Apr'13 slipped by 3%MoM to USUS Dollars 1.1 bn where yam exports dropped by IO%MoM to USUS Dollars 1 88mn, following a 12%MoM decline in yarn export volumes. as reported by AKD Securities for IOMFYI3, textile exports are up by 6%YoY to US$1O.7bn. Following weak Chinese PMI reading, cotton fut percentres have slipped by 5% in a week to close at UScS1 .7/lb yesterday, whi...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : China

Shoe Corporate Deals In Italy: Planetshoes Now Carrying Recovery Shoes From Barefooters

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1 day ago
by PR Web

Waltham, MA (PRWEB) 2013-05-24 PlanetShoes, a lifestyle retailer committed to helping people live healthier, more eco-friendly lives, is pleased to announce the addition of Barefooters to its unique assortment of shoes. Barefooters? focus is to provide a barefoot walking experience with the protection , fashion of a shoe. PlanetShoes is carrying several styles of Bar...

Industries : Footwear
Countries : Italy

Textile Production Statistics In Singapore And Bangladesh: Sustainable Textile Solutions Service Provider For Discharge Data Report

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1 day ago
by PR Web

Singapore (PRWEB) 2013-05-24 In response to the Greenpeace Detox campaign, a group of major apparel , footwear brands , retailers made a shared commitment to help lead the Market towards zero discharge of hazardous chemicals (ZDHC) by 2020. This led to the development of Joint Roadmap in 2011, which involved various specific projects , actions by brands to drive the Market t...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : World, Singapore, Bangladesh

Leather Good Production Statistics: Tandy Leather Factory April Sales Up

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1 day ago
by Datamonitor

Tandy Leather Factory, incorporated , a retailer , wholesale distributor of a line of leather , related products, has reported that sales for April 2013 were US Dollars 7.3 mill percenton , up 23%, compared to the April 2012 sales of US Dollars 5.9 million . Retail Leathe percentcraft's sales rose 24% to US Dollars 4.3 million compared to April 2012 sales of US Dollars 3.5 million . The 77 comparable stores' sales wer...

Industries : Clothing Accessories

Textile Manufacturing Market In Nigeria: A Future On Sector, Trades, Investments

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1 day ago
by All Africa Global Media

WHAT does the Federal Ministry of Market , Trades , Investments do? How can Nigerians assess the importance of its work to tackling the various challenges the region faces as it grapples with industrialisation? Global rankings of Nigeria as an investment destination of choice have risen following improvements the Ministry has made in marketing the region. KPMG , a leading consultancy...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : Nigeria

Textile Manufacturing Production And Trade Statistics In Pakistan: Exports Rise 13.4pc To Rs1.94tn In 10m

Industry news
1 day ago
by HT Media

KARACHI , May 24 -- Pakistan's exports in rupees term surged by 13.4 per cent to Rs1.941 trillion during the 1st 10 months of the current fiscal year as against the corresponding period of last year. Exports from the region during July-April (2012-13) were recorded at Rs1,941,654 million against the exports of Rs1,712,557 million during July-April (2011-12), as reported by the late...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : Pakistan

Activewear Market In India: Demand For Stylish Shirts Rises

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1 day ago
by HT Media

Bangalore / Delhi , 2013-05-24 -- Demand for clothes such as chinos, brightly coloured trousers , stylish shirts is outpacing sales of formal shirts , trousers, partly as people are increasingly choosing to wear semi-formal apparel at work. Companies such as Tata group's Westside, Arvind Ltd , Aditya Birla's Madura Fashion , Lifestyle, Future Group , Max Fashion said demand for se...

Industries : Clothing and Textile

Jewellery Innovation Trends In The United Kingdom: United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Publishes Application For The Trademark "wharton" To Christopher Wharton & Sons For Multiple Products

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1 day ago
by HT Media

SOUTH WALES, United Kingdom , 2013-05-24 -- Christopher Wharton & Sons Ltd. , Hertfordshire, has filed the trademark "WHARTON" on Feb. 18 for multiple products. The trademark application (journal number: 2013/020) was published on May 17 The description...

Industries : Clothing Accessories
Countries : United Kingdom

Textile Manufacturing Innovation Trends In The United States: World Intellectual Property Organization Publishes Patent Of Dh Technologies Development For "sealed Microfluidic Conduit Assemblies And Methods For Fabricating Them" (american Inventor)

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1 day ago
by HT Media

GENEVA , 2013-05-24 -- Publication No. WO/2013/072755 was published on May 23 . Title of the invention: "SEALED MICROFLUIDIC CONDUIT ASSEMBLIES , METHODS FOR FABRICATING THEM." Applicants: DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. (SG). Inventors: Steven Edward Hobbs (US). as reported by the abstract* posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization : "A sealed microf...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : United States

Textile Manufacturing Production Capacity In Bangladesh: Dipu To Visit Brussels To Retain Duty, Quota-free Access To Eu

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1 day ago
by HT Media

Dhaka , 2013-05-24 -- Amid the European Union's (EU's) threat to withdraw Bangladesh's duty-free, quota-free (DFQT) access to its Industry, Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni will be visiting Brussels from May 28 to 30 to attend a seminar , have talks with EU leaders in an effort to keep Bangladesh's Industry there unhurt. The EU has already warned of withdrawing DFQF facility for Bangla...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : Bangladesh

Leather Good Innovation Trends In The United Kingdom: United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office Publishes Application For Trademark "jacob Birge Vision" To Jakub Bartnik For Multiple Goods

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1 day ago
by HT Media

South Wales, United Kingdom , May 24 -- Jakub Bartnik , Edinburgh , has filed the trademark "Jacob Birge Vision" on 2013-04-13 for multiple goods. The trademark application (journal number: 2013/020) was published on May 17 . The description of the mark registered is: "Belts...

Industries : Clothing Accessories
Countries : United Kingdom

Clothing And Textile Production And Trade Statistics In Philippines: Improved Confidence Cushions Fall In March 2013 Imports

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1 day ago
by Targeted News Service

MANILA, Philippines , May 24 -- The Republic of the Philippines issued the following news release: Imports of raw materials , intermediate goods moderated the decrease in merchandise imports in March 2013 , as reported by the National Economic , Development Authority . "Improved consumer , business confidence lifted overseas purchases of raw materials , intermediate goods, cons...

Industries : Clothing and Textile
Countries : Philippines

Footwear Production Capacity: Shoe-manufacturer.com Issues Winter Warning To Fashion Shoe And Boot Designers In North America And Europe

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1 day ago
by PR Web

Kernersville NC (PRWEB) 2013-05-23 Shoe-Manufacturer.com warns that as temperatures around the US hit the 80?s , higher, it?s easy for shoe designers with new boot designs to lose track of time , procrastinate on getting their fall , winter boot , shoe collection designs into the shoe factory for timely shoe order submission, , that goes for footwear retailers , boot whole...

Industries : Footwear
Countries : North America, World, Europe

Textile Manufacturing Production Statistics In The United States And Bangladesh: Diverse Coalition Of Global Investors Managing More Than Us Dollars 1.5 Trillion Calls For Systemic Reforms To End Human Rights Abuses In Apparel Supply Chains

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1 day ago
by PR Newswire

NEW YORK , May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Concerned that human rights catastrophes like the 2013-04-24 collapse of the Rana Plaza in Bangladesh might recur if sweeping reforms aren't promptly implemented, a global coalition of institutional investors are calling on apparel manufacturers , retailers to join the Accord on Fire , Building Safety . The investor group incl...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : United States, Bangladesh, World

Textile Machine Market In The United States And Georgia: Metro Dalton's Jobless Rate Declines Slightly

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1 day ago
by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

May 23 --Metro Dalton's unemployment rate declined to 10.2 % in April, down from 10.3 % in March, as reported by the Georgia Department of Labor . The rate was 11.1 % in April 2012 . Metro Dalton is Whitfield , Murray counties. The rate declined as the number of jobs in metr...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : United States, Georgia

Footwear Competitive Position In The United States: Shoe Carnival Reports Q1 2013 Results

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1 day ago
by Business Wire

EVANSVILLE, Ind. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Shoe Carnival, incorporated (Nasdaq: SCVL) a leading retailer of value-priced footwear , accessories, today reported results for the Q1 ended 2013-05-04 . Q1 Highlights Net sales increased 4.3 % to US Dollars 232.3 million , driven by a net increase of 27 stores ov...

Industries : Footwear
Countries : United States

Textile Production Statistics In Bangladesh: Bangladesh Mulls Homicide Charges In Deadly Collapse

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2 days ago
by EFE News Service

New Delhi , 2013-05-23 (EFE).- The commission investigating the building collapse that left 1,127 dead , more than 2,400 others hurt urged the Bangladeshi government to pursue homicide charges against the owners of the structure , of the 5 textile factories operating there, an official told Efe Thursday. The worst industrial disaster in the history of the South Asian nation was due to po...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : Bangladesh

Polyester Trade Statistics In Nepal: Economic Structure

Industry news
2 days ago
by Economist Intelligence Unit

Economic structure: Annual indicators 2008 a 2009 a 2010 a 2011 a 2012 a GDP at Industry prices (NRs bn) b 815.7 988.3 1,192.8 1,375.0 1,536.0 GDP (US$ bn) 11.7 12.7 16.3 18.6 18.0 Real GDP growth ( %) b 5.8 3.9 4.3 3.8 4.5 Consumer price inflation (av; %) 10.9 11.6 10.0 9.5 9.5 Population (m) 28.9 29.4 30.0 ...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : Nepal

Singapore-based Industry Player To Invest Us Dollars 25 Million In Textile Project In Uzbekistan

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2 days ago
by Trend News Agency

Uzbekistan , Tashkent , 2013-05-23 / Trend, D. Azizov / The Singapore -based Indorama Market Pte ltd will invest $ 25 million in the 2nd stage of textile production in the Ferghana area of Uzbekistan , a source close to the project told Trend on Thursday. As reported, the 1st stage of textile production for processing of cotton worth about US Dollars 30 million was commissioned by In...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : Uzbekistan

Textile Production Statistics In Bangladesh And Italy: Italy's Benetton Offers Financial Aid For Bangladesh Survivors

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2 days ago
by dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH

Rome (dpa) - Italian garment Industry player Benetton said Thursday it would pay health care costs for survivors of last month's building collapse in Bangladesh , , provide assistance to families of the victims. International clothing companies came under the spotlight after it was revealed that garment factories in a building outside Dhaka that collapsed last month killing more than 1,100 pe...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : Bangladesh, Italy

Textile Manufacturing Trade Data In Pakistan: Exports Rise 13.4pc To Rs1.94tn In 10m

Industry news
2 days ago
by Plus Media Solutions Pakistan

KARACHI : Pakistan's exports in rupees term surged by 13.4 per cent to Rs1.941 trillion during the 1st 10 months of the current fiscal year as against the corresponding period of last year. Exports from the region during July-April (2012-13) were recorded at Rs1,941,654 million against the exports of Rs1,712,557 million during July-April (2011-12), as reported by the latest data of ...

Industries : Textile Manufacturing
Countries : Pakistan