Browsing: Industry Update

The Committee on Cotton Production and Consumption expects the current year’s production to be 36 million bales, lower than last year’s estimate of 365 lakh bales. This dip is owing to the spread and impact of COVID-19.

Lululemon, a lifestyle athletic brand, plans to open the country’s first technology hub that will focus on innovative ideas for merchandise planning, network planning, and location information management functions.

Clothing can be a real game changer in smart living, especially if they are worn right next to the skin. Here we explore the concept of smart underwear and the technology behind it.

As a way of supporting India’s vaccination drive, the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has requested that exporters take up the task of vaccinating all their workers after following the necessary protocols.

Yarn from Coimbatore and Dindigul mills have slowly become more expensive and this is bringing down the profit margins of small and large textile businesses in Karur and is adversely affecting the textile export industry.

The increased number of Free Trade Agreements has increased export orders and hence created a recruitment demand in Vietnam. There has also been a demand for IT personnel from the country, thanks to outsourcing.