Bangladesh garment exports dip in opening month of new fiscal
Bangladesh's overseas garment shipments edged lower by 1.92% in July, the opening month of the 2026-27 financial year as per figures released by the...
The Tracksuit Is Back, but This Time It Wants a Place in Fashion
The tracksuit has long been a comfy fixture of the gym, the airport, the football stand and the Sunday-morning wardrobe. Now it is bigger...
Spindles up, looms down: Recap of 2025 textile machinery market
Asia & Oceania tightened its grip on the world's textile machinery trade in 2025, absorbing the overwhelming bulk of new equipment even as several...
Fungi will fuel next sustainable textile revolution
Researchers at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a flexible living textile based on fungal mycelium.The...
New study puts number on microfibres which end up in environment
The textile sector sheds an estimated 92,000 tonnes of microfibres annually during manufacturing alone, and nearly two-thirds of that or upwards of 58,000 tonnes...
Messe Frankfurt and Supima introduce Prefab – a new curated fabric sourcing event in New York City
Messe Frankfurt is expanding its international textile network with the launch of Prefab, a new boutique-style sourcing event dedicated exclusively to high-quality fabrics. Taking...
Egypt’s H1 apparel exports surge 15%. June alone up 47%
Egyptian garment makers just turned in their best first-half showing in recent memory, with shipments abroad climbing to $1.775 billion between January and June...
Apparel reigns supreme as India’s retail store leasing engine in H1
India's brick-and-mortar retail sector notched a strong first half of 2026, with mall and high-street leasing climbing to 3.9 million square feet — a...
Italian textile machinery orders in Q2 climb 25% over Q1
Italy's textile machinery sector is showing fresh momentum heading into the second half of 2026, even as year-on-year comparisons remain in negative territory, new...
Q1FY’27 scorecard: LMW net profit up 5X, order book at Rs 3,200cr
Major Indian textile machinery manufacturer LMW Ltd recorded a five-fold hike in consolidated net profit for the first quarter of fiscal 2027.For the quarter...
