21 March 2022, Mumbai:

Readymade garment manufacturers of Indore, a hub for small and medium-sized garment manufacturers, have seen a jump of over 50 percent in bookings for the upcoming wedding season, the highest in the past two years.

Weddings and Ramzan are the height-demand seasons for gross sales of clothes and ethnic outfits.

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Garment producers have expanded capability utilisation anticipating to the touch the pre-covid-19 ranges this season as a consequence of the massive quantity of orders.

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Indore, is a significant commerce heart for garments and readymade provides throughout the nation with

Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh as main markets sharing over 60 per cent of market share.

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CREDITS: TOI newsnation India (The news article has not been edited by DFU Publications).

17 March 2022, Mumbai:

The British online apparel retailer Boohoo has teamed up with technical testing firm TÜV Rheinland to launch a garment testing facility.

The goal will be to provide a high-quality in-house garment testing facility to its brands and suppliers.

'The Lab,' which will be based at the company's Manchester headquarters, will be cost-effective as well as quick and efficient.

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In addition to having state-of-the-art washers and dryers, the many technologies to be employed include X-ray fluorescence guns and dye-migration testing. 

In addition, the company has begun acquiring materials directly from textile mills, and 'The Lab' will assist in the testing of these fabrics for quality and durability.

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The goal is to instill customer trust in the textiles' long-term durability.

The Boohoo Group is a British online fashion shop that caters to young people aged 16 to 30. The company was established in 2006 and had revenues of £856.9 million in 2019.

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CREDITS: Apparel Resources.

16 March 2022, Mumbai:

Bangladesh is fast emerging as a highly lucrative market for Indian consumers looking to buy cheap ready-made garments.

The country is home to several local and international brands and merchants setting up production units and increasing their sourcing from the country. A robust supplier of formal shirts, tops, denim trousers, underwear, polo shirts, T-shirts, and bottoms to India’s middleclass,

Bangladesh supplied garment products worth $365.94 to India's middle class from July to December this fiscal year.

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Garments worth $365.95 million were supplied during the period an increase of 58.07 per cent in exports from the same period last year. Widening middle class fuels demand Demand for Bangladesh garments in India is being driven by growing middle-income groups.

Many Indian stores offer western clothing from Bangladesh. Garments are imported from Bangladesh and sold in the Indian markets.

A few retailers also import clothing items from Dubai to make orders with Indian manufacturers, who then purchase items from Bangladesh.

As Md Shahidullah Azim, Managing Director, Classic Fashion Concept says, a large number of Indian manufacturers are making orders in Bangladesh and re-exporting them to other nations. Another leading Bangladeshi apparel manufacturer, Ananta Group sells garments worth $1 million in India each year, informs Sharif Zahir, Managing Director.

India also permitted duty-free import of Bangladeshi garments under the SAFTA agreement in 2010. This has helped boost imports steadily. Geographical proximity, cheap transportation drive export RMG exports from Bangladesh are on the rise due to its geographical proximity to India.

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The country offers cheap transportation encouraging importers to acquire items for both local and global brands. Bangladesh now aims to boost garment exports with new government initiatives and improvement in bilateral connectivity between the two nations.

For the first time, Bangladesh's exports to India are set to exceed $2 billion by the conclusion of this fiscal year, says Faruque Hassan, President, BGMEA. In June 2022, BGMEA will attend a clothing trade event in Bengaluru comprising exhibitors from Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Vietnam.

The association will also send a business team to India to examine commercial and investment opportunities in Bangladesh.

Adapting to changing demands.

The ability of Bangladesh's RMG exporters' to recover quickly from the pandemic is an indication of its perseverance, resilience, and innovation.

These attributes are helping RMG exporters adapt and evolve with customers’ changing needs and bridge trade deficit with India.

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19 March 2022, Mumbai:

Taproot Dentsu has been appointed as the new creative agency for Biba, an Indian ethnic wear brand.

The agency will conceptualize campaigns for Biba's spring-summer collection 2022.

This account was won post a multi-agency pitch and will be serviced by Taproot Dentsu's Gurugram office.

Abhinav Kaushik, Executive Vice President and Head of Office, Taproot Dentsu says, we will work with the brand in giving it a contemporary voice that will connect with the woman of today is both exciting and challenging.

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We are working closely with the Biba team for their upcoming collections and are gearing up to create a fantastic campaign for 2022.

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Titus Upputuru, National Creative Director, Taproot Dentsu, adds, working on the new direction of the brand and checking out the new collections were so fascinating.

The colors, the fabrics, the cuts are helping us create stunning new campaigns for the brand.

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CREDITS: Campaign India report.

17 March 2022, Mumbai:

Ethnic wear and lifestyle retailer Jaypore opened its second Mumbai store at Phoenix Palladium in the Lower Parel district.

The new store features a wide range of products retailed on the brand’s online platform.

It has dedicated sections for womenswear, menswear, jewellery, and home.

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One segment of the store is dedicated to saris and features a rainbow selection of traditional weaves.

Another segment is dedicated to men’s classic kurtas while an enclave showcases the brand’s homeware line complete with statues, tableware, and other decorative items.

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The interiors of the store are inspired by temple bells and traditional crafts.

The store showcases its garments on gold racks while central islands are used to display accessories including handbags and shawls.

The store also displays a wide selection of silver jewelry in glass cabinets in its own section.

Having an open, transparent storefront, the store also features large TV screens which exemplify the brand’s ‘modern take on tradition’ aesthetic.

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15 March 2022, Mumbai:

Craft-based fashion and lifestyle brand Good Earth plans to open a concept store dedicated to apparel in Mumbai.

The store will showcase ready-to-wear collections from brands including Raw Mango, Eka, Tilla, Péro, 11:11, Anavilla, Flame, Buna, Kashmir Loom, Ashdeen, and Kesya.

Aurus Jewels will also retail its fine jewellery from the space.

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The store will also house Good Earth’s private label brands Sustain and Flow and launch with their spring 2022 collections.

Shoppers will also be able to meet the designers for styling advice and insights into their work, Good Earth wrote on Facebook.

The bright, open space was designed by Shani Himanshu who is also the founder of apparel brand 11.11/ eleven eleven.

The interior architecture and lighting design were conceptualised by Milan-based business Conzatti Solanki Architects with Paola Conzatti, Kalpesh Solanki, and Daniele Barbadoro.

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CREDITS: As per a Fashion Network report.

18 March 2022, Mumbai:

Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) believes, the pandemic has made both apparel brands and consumers more price-conscious even though the worst-hit sector is poised to clock 75-80 percent of pre-pandemic revenues by FY22 on the back of a strong recovery.

Brands are looking at tweaking their design specifications to become more price-competitive, says Rahul Mehta, Chief Mentor CMAI.

They have also learned to work with lesser inventory, finance, and manpower than before the pandemic, the timelines have become shorter and there is greater pressure to avoid excess stocking, he adds.

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Last week, CRISIL Ratings estimated that the brick-and-mortar apparel retail sector’s revenue will grow at an average of 20-25 percent year-on-year in FY22, after declining 40 percent year-on-year in FY21 because of Covid-19.

This was an upward revision of their previous estimate of 15-20 percent growth.

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The sector was badly hit during the pandemic.

However, sharp recovery seen in the second and third quarters this fiscal, and the expected healthy performance in the fourth quarter, is expected to propel revenue to 75-80 percent of the pre-pandemic level adds Anuj Sethi, Senior Director, CRISIL Ratings.

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17 March 2022, Mumbai:

Dialogue, men’s involvement, good legislation and time.

A new report from ILO identifies these and other ingredients of successful actions to eliminate gender inequality in Asia’s garment sector.

The garment sector offers jobs and opportunities to millions of women across Asia. Yet despite forming the backbone of the industry’s workforce, gender inequality is still common throughout the sector.

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Women are paid less than men, have fewer opportunities for advancement, suffer workplace violence, harassment, and discrimination, as well as lack voice and influence at decision-making levels.

At home, women also bear the burden of unpaid care work which affects their opportunities.

These issues are by no means new, with wide-ranging efforts taking place over the years to address many of them.

But of all of the actions carried out, what has really made a difference? In July 2020, the International Labour Organization (ILO’s) Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia project, funded by the Swedish international development agency (Sida), launched a public call to identify promising practices.

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A number of industry stakeholders responded, sharing lessons from their initiatives working to tackle gender inequality in the sector.

An analysis of the submissions was conducted and common themes drawn out.

The results have now been published in a new report entitled ‘Promising practices, experiences and lessons learned in eliminating gender inequality in the garment sector in Asia.’

The report aims to help build a shared knowledge base of “what works” in the garment sector and to identify key actions towards addressing gender gaps.

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14 March 2022, Mumbai:

Jeanologia, the world leader in sustainable and eco-efficient technology development, introduces Colorbox, a revolutionary technology for garment dying transforming the traditional way that garments are dyed in an efficient and faster process that respects the environment.

Dying is one of the most polluting processes in the fashion industry and with high production costs. Jeanologia is committed to creating an ethical and ecoefficient textile industry.

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This new technology makes an efficient and sustainable alternative possible, hitting a new milestone in the textile industry.

Colorbox reduces the environmental impact of the garment dying process, reducing resource use and pollution load of wastewater.

Through the perfect combination of Jeanologia technologies, the company provides the industry with advanced technical solutions, guaranteeing better production results at a lower environmental and production cost.

Enrique Silla, CEO at Jeanologia, states that Colorbox considerably reduces water, chemical, energy, and salts used in comparison with traditional garment dying processes, allowing a low EIM score.

“The average saving for water and chemicals is 60%, 45% for energy and 76% for salt in garment dying”.

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