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Hong Kong International Jewellery Show, International Diamond, Gem & Pearl July Show

14 July 2022, Mumbai:

Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the 38th HKTDC Hong Kong International Jewellery Show and 8th HKTDC Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 29 July to 2 August, presenting a dazzling array of exquisite jewellery and jewellery-making materials.

The two shows will be fully open to the public, welcoming jewellery lovers to enjoy the displays and purchase precious items.

In parallel with the twin jewellery shows, the HKTDC will stage the inaugural Simply Shopping Fest, bringing together a variety of gourmet foods and wine, home and living products, as well as toys and leisure products to offer the public a rewarding one-stop shopping experience.

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430+ global exhibitors participate in twin jewellery shows

This year's twin jewellery shows have attracted more than 430 exhibitors. In addition to local jewellery companies, exhibitors from Mainland China, Germany, Italy, Japan and Singapore are taking part in the event, including the Italian pavilion that comprises some 20 exhibitors. In addition, the Asia Pacific Creator Association will present innovative jewellery creations from a number of Hong Kong designers.

Sophia Chong, Deputy Executive Director of the HKTDC, said: "Many exhibitors taking part in the jewellery shows have continued to explore opportunities in the retail market during the pandemic, while local consumers crave jewellery pieces with unique designs and attractive pricing. That's why we have fully opened this year's shows to public visitors.

 

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Pure London: Welcomes 28 Polish Brands

14 July 2022, Mumbai:

Pure London Welcomes 28 Polish Brands to their International Programme.

Pure London, the UK’s leading trade fashion buying event taking place at Olympia, London from the 17th – 19th July 2022, offers an extensive international programme showcasing fashion collections from over 30 countries including 28 brands from Poland.

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With a strong and growing fashion sector, Poland’s micro and small fashion enterprises have developed in recent years, pushing forward with innovation and creativity. Products are now appreciated on global markets, including high-quality clothing and footwear, and attractive amber jewellery.

Polish products are modern, carefully made and have an attractive price point. Brands in Poland have benefited from the Polish Development Fund Group’s (PFR) ‘Go To Brand’ Funding, which has offered to subsidise 50% to 85% of the cost of exhibiting at Pure London to Polish brands.

The Ministry of Economic Development and Technology of the Republic of Poland promotes native brand products and works to strengthen the image of Poland and the Polish Economy in the world. The Ministry of Economic Development and Technology Press Office says: “The fashion industry contributes to building a strong and recognisable Polish Economy Brand.

 

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World of Wipes(R) International Conference

09 July 2022, Mumbai:

More than 450 Professionals Convene and Connect at World of Wipes® International Conference and Advance Vibrant Industry Sector.

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More than 450 participants from 18 countries made in-person connections and gained innovative insights into the segment’s future at the World of Wipes® (WOW) International Conference at the Marriott Marquis in Chicago.

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, reported strong attendance and activity at its 16th WOW conference, June 27-30. Highlights included a powerful conference, award presentations, a separate 1.5-day WIPES Academy training course, and a new mentorship program.

WOW speakers focused on the future of the $17 billion wipes sector amid changing consumer trends, supply chain complexities, sustainable packaging demands, and medical disinfection challenges. Program sessions included Circular and Sustainable Wipes, Supply Chain Challenges, Sustainable Substrates, Disinfection Concerns, Sustainable Packaging Trends, and Flushability Developments.

Tony Fragnito welcomed participants in his new role as INDA President for the first time since succeeding Dave Rousse, now President Emeritus and advisor. “WOW is the nexus for wipes professionals to convene and connect,” said Fragnito.

“With powerful content addressing the key issues facing the industry – sustainability, economics, and supply – the conference was highly valued by participants to advance their businesses and the industry.”.

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Milano Unica x C.L.A.S.S.: Join forces to activate the future of fashion

01 July 2022, Mumbai:

Milano Unica & C.L.A.S.S. join forces to activate the future of fashion through smart ingredients Milano Unica, C.L.A.S.S. Area - Hall 8, 12-13-14 July, Fiera Milano.

C.L.A.S.S. is ready for another important synergy, with the aim of sharing its message of responsible innovation. The international eco-hub will join forces with Milano Unica to push the change towards a new generation of fashion through its C.L.A.S.S. SMART SHOP: the online space offering eco-high-tech materials representing a vast range of categories able to create a new generation of fashion. Born in 2018, it is dedicated to students, designers and new generation brands who want to explore and test premium materials mixing style, innovation and responsibility. All without minimums, all with high quality, transparency and responsible costs.

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The C.L.A.S.S. Area – Hall 8 at Milano Unica will be an immersive journey of smart materials with advanced responsible solutions for the contemporary wardrobe, which include all the different expressions of textile ingredients: natural, transformed, innovative and back in the loop materials, giving everyone the possibility to create design, innovative and yet responsible products in line with their new generation of contemporary values.

 “We are extremely pleased to be here at Milano Unica, the Italian fair for the ingredients of fashion, promoting a new generation of synergy to support and activate the change into fashion system enabling the new generation of designers, product managers, buyers, researchers and students with its number 1 education tool, the C.L.A.S.S. Smart Shop” Says Giusy Bettoni, Founder and CEO C.L.A.S.S.

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H&M: Buybacks of shares

13 July 2022, Mumbai:

Buybacks of shares by H&M during week 27, 2022.

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Between 4 July 2022 and 8 July 2022 H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) (LEI code 529900O5RR7R39FRDM42) has repurchased in total 1,059,725 own B shares (ISIN: SE0000106270) as part of the share buyback programme initiated by the board of directors. The share buybacks form part of the SEK 3.0 billion share buyback programme that H&M announced on 29 June 2022.

The share buyback programme, which runs between 29 June 2022 and 30 November 2022, is being carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on market abuse (the Market Abuse Regulation – MAR) and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 (the so-called Safe Harbour Regulation).

All acquisitions have been carried out on Nasdaq Stockholm by SEB on behalf of H&M. Following the above acquisitions, H&M’s holding of own shares amounts to 1,700,368 B shares as of 8 July 2022. The total number of shares in H&M, including the own shares, is 1,655,072,000 and the number of outstanding shares, excluding the own shares, is 1,653,371,632.

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Automation for Brazil: TMAS at Febratex

07 July 2022, Mumbai:

“Brazil produces around 3.1 billion apparel items each year, largely based on its strong position in cotton, and there is a tremendous interest in new textile technologies that can enhance productivity,” says TMAS Secretary General Therese Premler-Andersson. 

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“There are also over 100 textile schools and colleges, which illustrates the opportunities that are perceived in the industry’s future.”

Closer to customers

As with the USA and many European countries, product shortages resulting directly from the Covid-19 pandemic, and subsequent supply chain difficulties, have emphasised to Brazil’s industry the attractiveness of more diversified and shorter supply chains which are closer to customers wherever possible.

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British Wool: Invests in wool grading future

29 June 2022, Mumbai:

British Wool invests in the future of wool grading within the Scottish borders.

The new site provides a more modern and spacious working environment, with increased capacity for wool grading and storage, providing more flexibility for the business and improved service to members.

This development comes on the back of the sale of the Irvine site in 2021 and enables British Wool to optimise wool collection and processing costs in the region, ultimately helping improve wool prices for all British Wool members.

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For local members delivering wool this season the arrangements will remain the same and there will continue to be no deductions for transport for wool delivered to an approved British Wool collection site.

Commenting on the development, Jim Roberston, farmer director and British Wool Chairman, said: “Since our restructure in 2021, our Galashiels depot has been handling an increased volume of wool, grading all the wool from Southern Scotland and parts of Northumberland.

The existing premises have served British Wool and our members well, but the time is right to modernise our depot operation in the area, investing in the future of wool grading in the Scottish Borders.

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PONTETORTO: F/W 2023-2024 FASHION COLLECTION UNVEILED

12 July 2022, Mumbai:

The fashion collection for Fall/Winter 2023-2024 is unveiling the distinctive features of a unique heritage, made of passion and dedication yet interpreted in a modern and sophisticated spirit. On the occasion of its 70th anniversary this year, Pontetorto is pouring the whole of its knowledge and exclusive flair into a special technical and stylistic proposal whose extending in different spaces and contexts does not prevent it from remaining consistently loyal to itself within the fil rouge of refinement, confidentiality, and striking universal semiotics.

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Even the theme of sustainability, inspired by the Prato company ranking among the European pioneers with an ante litteram circular economy, is almost exasperated in the relentless search for ‘the beautiful’ and ‘the good’ as well as the ‘luxury’ with a low environmental impact.

The color palette ranges from elegant white and black to light blue and blue, red and pink till wisteria through earth shades and bright greens. Soothing tones, sometimes shouted, sometimes whispered.

The graphics are a very tribute to the classic style par excellence, English and Italian. Micro and macro checks, pied de poule, Prince of Wales, closed and open pinstripes, resche, and jacquard. The fibres always set the value of the collection.

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Virtual Release of USFIA's Ninth Annual Fashion Industry Benchmarking Study

06 July 2022, Mumbai:

Sourcing Trends & Challenges in 2022:

Highlights from USFIA's Annual Benchmarking Study.

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Monday, July 18, 2022 at 11AM Eastern/8 AM

Pacific In July 2022, the United State Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) will release the ninth annual Fashion Industry Benchmarking Study, a survey of nearly 40 executives from leading textile, apparel, and fashion brands, retailers, importers, and wholesalers, with some interesting results about executives’ views on trade policy, sourcing costs, and the five-year outlook for the industry.

The study author, Dr. Sheng Lu, Associate Professor in the University of Delaware’s Department of Fashion & Apparel Studies, will join us for a webinar to talk about the study results, including some of the key trends and how they impact your business.

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C&S acquires Texo S.R.L.

24 June 2022, Mumbai:

C&S, the international leader in Made in Italy fashion apparel manufacturing, acquires Texo S.R.L. and strengthens the company’s position in the luxury segment.

Thanks to over 40 years of excellence in the denim/streetwear world, with this deal C&S broadens and further consolidates its presence also in the formalwear market, attesting to the approach carried out by the company for some months now.

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23 June 2022, Perugia, Italy – With what appears to be a new step ahead for the evolution of the whole fashion field, C&S, the leader in manufacturing Made in Italy fashion apparel, has acquired Texo S.R.L., a company based in Cagli (Pesaro and Urbino) which brings to the table 10 years of experience in the production of fashion apparel for Texo and for third parties.

C&S enriches the offer of its Style Services Luxe division, the ideal research, and production solution for any kind of style needs, together with Style Services Denim and along with C&S Experience projects, initiatives in direct contact with retail such as the haikure brand, and the license agreements for Europe for Jeckerson and Purple.

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Pure Origin: Global suppliers flock

11 July 2022, Mumbai:

GLOBAL SUPPLIERS FLOCK TO THE UK’S LEADING FASHION SOURCING SHOW – PURE ORIGIN.

Connecting the fashion supply chain to buyers and designers, Pure Origin will run alongside the UK’s leading fashion retail event, Pure London, from the 17th – 19th July 2022 at Olympia London. From fibre to finished garment, Pure Origin’s focus is on sustainability this season, with dedicated pavilions from 20 countries showcasing raw materials, fabrics, trims and more.

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Leading brands from across the globe will bring their unique and diverse products to the UK fashion community to responsibly source all they need to inspire and create their next collections.

Suzanne Ellingham, Sourcing Director, Pure Origin said, “We are delighted to welcome the most geographically diverse range of manufacturers and suppliers we have ever had to Pure Origin this year. 

What’s even more inspiring to me is that all of the companies at Pure Origin also have significant sustainable and ethical manufacturing processes, and at a time when this is incredibly important to consumers, we know this matters to buyers when looking at who they work with.

We are looking forward to seeing the fashion community be inspired by the quality of the materials and ranges our exhibitors have on offer this year.”.

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Pakistan Garment Industry: A decade after deadly Ali Enterprises fire

04 July 2022, Mumbai:

A decade after the deadly Ali Enterprises fire, Pakistan’s garment workers report a shocking lack of fire exit.

New research from the Clean Clothes Campaign and Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) at Cardiff University reveals the urgent need for expansion of the International Accord in Pakistan, a legally binding safety agreement to protect workers.

2022 marks 10 years since the horrific Ali Enterprises fire that killed over 250 garment workers in Pakistan yet rights for workers in the garment and textile industry have hardly progressed. 

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There is still no safety agreement that holds employers and international brands accountable for implementing basic safety protocols and procedures, leaving workers in almost the same conditions that led to this catastrophic fire – the deadliest ever in the global garment industry.

This is evidenced by data collected by an incidence tracker which has recorded over a dozen incidents resulting in deaths and injuries in garment factories in Pakistan over the past 18 months.

In Pakistan, an estimated 2.2 million workers produce garments, 1.8 million make textiles, and 200,000 are employed in the footwear and leather industry, supplying large global brands such as Levi’s, H&M, and Ikea.

To understand what changes need to be made to protect workers, the Clean Clothes Campaign conducted a broad survey of almost 600 workers covering issues from workplace harassment, workplace health and safety, and worker wellbeing.

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SS23 Show Schedule announced

17 June 2022, Mumbai:

Today Copenhagen Fashion Week unveils the SS23 Show Schedule that will take place in Copenhagen from 9 - 12 August.

The schedule presents 35 shows alongside a curated list of events, presentations, talks, and activations that will soon be released.

The full series will be available to watch live on the CPHFW YouTube channel - streamed directly on the copenhagenfashionweek.com home page for our global community.

"The release of a schedule so compounded with such incredible brands only goes to highlight a return to new expressions, innovations, and experimentations in the role our designers and their wider creative network play on a global stage here at Copenhagen Fashion Week.

It is also looking forward to welcoming our guests - both international and local - back to our city that will come alive with a range of inspiring new visions." - Cecilie Thorsmark, CEO Copenhagen Fashion Week.

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