Apparel retail in India is in for a boost with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs exempting readymade garments sold in loose form from the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules.
BD Nathani, who always dreamt of travelling the world began by selling a cough syrup, and ironically was felled by the dastardly COVID-19. He had recapitualted his journey in his debut book My Journey Through Lala Land. A texfash.com tribute through extracts from Chapter 7 of the book.
An entrepreneur-driven industry, the apparel kidswear sector in India is forecast to grow at 14.5% CAGR during 2021–26. And making a play for it is a 100% boot-strapped mobile app-based B2B aggregator platform—KidCity—as it onboards retailers, manufacturers and some other critical cogs in this ecosystem. Could it emerge as a catalyst to change the status quo of the last five decades or more? Tech-enabled, will it work like a magic wand to resolve the inherent structural problems? texfash.com explores.
From pre-pandemic exports a little under 2% of its total revenues to gunning for a 15-20% growth this fiscal, the Ahmedabad-based Chiripal Group, is on an expansion drive as it looks to augment its overall denim capacity to 240 MMPA.
Piyush Goyal, India’s Minister of Textiles, Commerce & Industry, will address the ‘Sustainable Clothing and Textile Recycling Conference’, an exclusive B2B event, to be held in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore, on 10 August.
Given that trade agreements cover a wide range of issues and can have a multidimensional impact, there's a need for detailed studies and industry consultations to understand their likely impact across the entire value chain of the textiles and apparel industry and how India can use the agreements to strengthen domestic manufacturing capabilities and value addition along with enhancing exports.
From the anvil of hope to sole-sinking despair to cobbling up a footwear brand, perhaps the only to be manufactured by jailbirds in a prison, Inmate, with the tagline ‘Bringing Humanity to Leather’, is a story that now braids success. A first person account from the Founder.
The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has released its May estimate of the cotton crop for the season 2021–22 beginning from 1 October 2021. The association has further reduced its cotton crop estimate for the 2021–22 season by 8.31 lakh bales to 315.32 lakh bales of 170 kg each from its previous estimate of 323.63 lakh bales of 170 kg each.
Among the top ten foreign exchange earners for the country, the Indian leather, leather products and footwear industry has been identified as one among the 12 Focus Sectors by the Indian government to help the country emerge as a global supplier by tapping into its inherent strengths. However, leather players, mostly small or medium scale enterprises, continue to be besieged by a host of issues. A SWOT analysis.