It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

MS Alam

Country Wrap / Destination India / V

22 April 2022

5 minutes

The first Textiles India mega fair of 2017 held in Ahmedabad was also the last, so far. The much-awaited National Textiles Policy has not yet been announced, even as the Foreign Trade Policy of 2015–20 still remains in force.

Indian Apparel: Caught Between an Old Policy and Need to Brand as Sourcing Destination

The existing Foreign Trade Policy of India is outdated by two years, but given the global trade situation—first hit and then exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic—is showing no signs of improving, it might be a while before a new FTP sees the light of day. Meanwhile, can India do something to brand itself as an attractive sourcing destination? Buying agents weigh in.

Subir Ghosh

Report

Spotlight: Destination India

Country Wrap / Destination India / III

20 April 2022

4 minutes

The Russia-Ukraine war has made the entire terrain difficult to tread. In the coming days, Ukraine being a source of many metals, the prices of raw materials are expected to rise manifold thereby crippling the already affected sector. There are too many factors to keep an eye on.

Game Has Changed, but India Not Playing Russian Roulette Yet

Oil crisis, rising cotton prices, stagnating growth — too many factors at play now, some interconnected, others having a cascading effect this way or that — all these put buying agents in an unenviable position as they need to deal with two sides of the manufacturer-brand equation, in the backdrop of US sanctions on Russia.

Subir Ghosh

Report

Spotlight: Destination India

Country Wrap / Destination India / II

19 April 2022

6 minutes

The Chinese factories have huge capacities as compared to Indian ones. Manufacturers in India could not cope with their supply and hence kept losing the initiative.

India Has Left Behind Pandemic Blues, But China Still Far Ahead

The force majeure cancellations and payment battles that socked Indian exports after the first 2020 lockdown are mostly a thing of the past. But if Indian industry has to rise from the COVID-19 ashes, it will have to boost capacities and need the requisite resources too.