Allied Print Design Limited, trading as APD Pacific and specialising in designing, printing, and manufacturing of apparel, soft signage and textiles, is planning to operate its own production facility in Fiji, said managing partner and creative director Nicole Kruse. The firm is also planning to launch its own brand and wants to target Japan and New Zealand. The Fijian family-owned business has acquired land in Suva for the facility, Kruse told a seminar organised by the Fiji Export Council a

The Pac-12 and Unifi, Inc. have announced a long-term partnership, with Unifi serving as the founding sustainability partner of Pac-12 Team Green and as a sponsor of the Pac-12 sustainability conference. Unifi will provide grant funding to all 12 of the conference’s member institutions to support sustainability initiatives and increase recycling efforts. Unifi will work with the Pac-12 and Pac-12 networks on creating custom content and media assets to feature sustainability programmes and

Refuting a misconception that India offers subsidies to exporters, commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu recently said the government is trying to create enabling factors to ‘partially offset’ the lacunae in infrastructure and other adversities to help exporters access global markets. That in no way violates the global trading system, he clarified. He was addressing an award function organised by the Shellac and Forest Products Export Promotion Council (SHEFEXIL) recently, according to

The National Council of Textile Organization’s (NCTO) has applauded the July 10 announcement proposing $200 billion in Chinese goods for an added 10 per cent tariff. It has called on the Trump administration to include finished textile and apparel products on any future lists of imports from China to be made subject to Section 301 tariffs. The latest US announcement that it will impose 10 per cent tariffs on an extra $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, follows “China’s unjustified retaliat

The net revenues of Levi Strauss in Q2 of fiscal 2018 grew 17 per cent on a reported basis and 13 per cent excluding $35 million in favourable currency translation effects, driven by broad-based Levi's brand growth in all regions and channels. On a reported basis, direct-to-consumer revenues grew 19 per cent on performance and expansion of the retail network. The company had 53 more company-operated stores at the end of the second quarter of 2018 than it did a year prior. Wholesale reported r

Raymond Ltd’s flagship brand Park Avenue plans to double the number of its exclusive stores to 200 in the next two years and open its first international store in Sharjah in November, according to brand director Sharad Walia. Next month will see the launch of two products — Express Wardrobe for the upwardly mobile customer and Work Denims for office-goers. Currently sold through 30 Raymond stores in West Asia, Nepal and Sri Lanka, Park Avenue is planning to open 10 exclusive stores in the int

The garment processing zone (GPZ) in Nepal’s Simara Special Economic Zone (SEZ) will be operationalised within the next fiscal year, according to the country’s SEZ Development Authority, which said construction of the GPZ’s physical infrastructure is under way in full swing and is expected to be completed within the next six to seven months. Collaborative efforts from all government authorities involved is crucial to operationalise the GPZ at the earliest, said authority executive director Ch

SGS, one of the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification companies, has launched a new exclusive range of comfort and athleisure wear services for the textile and footwear industries. This is a full range service in testing and technical support for comfort, performance, functional, and sportswear brands and suppliers. With this new service, SGS defines comfort into thermoregulation, skin sensation, body movement, and psychological comfort. Equipped with state-of-th

Swedish retail giant IKEA’s first India outlet will open in information technology hub of Madhapur Hyderabad on July 19, IKEA’s India CEO Peter Betzel said recently. With an investment of 1,000 crore, the store will employ 1,000 workers, stock 7,500 kind of products and will house IKEA’s largest restaurant in the world with 1,000 seats. The store’s parking space will have a capacity of 2,000 cars. IKEA will also offer for the first time in the world home delivery-cum-furniture assembly t

Textile entrepreneurs in Surat have requested Gujarat’s industries commissioner Mamta Verma to reduce power tariff in the textile sector and make fabrics manufactured in the state competitive to those made in Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Verma recently discussed the state’s new textile policy with the Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI). The policy will be implemented in October, according to a report in a top Indian daily. Verma was told that the power tariff in Guja