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French textile-apparel sales fall 3.7% as store traffic weakens

Business
March confirmed that France’s fashion market remains under pressure, with online growth unable to offset falling physical-store sales and...

Australia’s fashion market heads for USD 55.2 billion as digital and sustainable retail reshape demand

Apparel
Australia’s apparel sector is no longer expanding only through consumption; growth is increasingly tied to e-commerce, circularity, AI-enabled retail...

FESPA’S new textile event set to debut in Barcelona this May 2026

BUSINESS / TRADE
In less than one month, the first edition of FESPA’s new Textile event will take place at the Gran...

Cambodia’s garment and textile exports rise in Q1, but growth still depends on trade diversification

Trade
The sector remains Cambodia’s biggest export engine, and its latest gains suggest that broader market access is helping sustain...

Vietnam overtakes Bangladesh again in global apparel exports, exposing a deeper competitiveness gap

Trade
Bangladesh still has scale and cost strength, but Vietnam is proving better positioned in value-added products, trade access and...

Outlast uses skinos data to strengthen thermoregulation claim in performance apparel

Apparel
New laboratory results aim to give textile brands a more measurable case for temperature-regulating garments, linking Outlast’s heat-management technology...

AAFA issues heat-stress guide as extreme heat becomes a supply-chain risk

Business
The new guidance signals that heat stress is no longer just a factory-floor welfare issue. It is becoming a...

Pakistan’s textile exports slip in 9MFY26 as garment growth fails to offset broader weakness

Trade
The sector remains broadly flat in cumulative terms, but March’s sharper annual decline shows Pakistan’s largest export industry is...

Naia makes Kingpins debut with recycled-content fiber pitch for softer, circular denim

Fibres
Eastman’s Naia platform is using Kingpins Amsterdam to argue that denim innovation no longer has to choose between authentic...

Naveena Denim bets on comfort, warmth and emotional relevance for Fall/Winter 2027–28

Denim
The Pakistani mill’s latest denim direction suggests that the next season will be shaped less by spectacle and more...

HSBC cuts Nike to hold as tariffs and competition darken sportswear outlook

Business
The downgrade reflects a wider sector problem: even where demand is still growing, margins are under pressure from tariffs,...

Uniqlo and Aritzia are winning in apparel by making value feel premium

Apparel
In a weak consumer market, both retailers are showing that a clear value proposition, disciplined product strategy and ambitious...

Pakistan textile exports edge up in march, but annual pressure persists

Trade
March brought a modest month-on-month recovery for Pakistan’s textile sector, but the broader export trend remains flat to weak. Pakistan’s...

Teijin Frontier targets all-polyester stretch gap in sportswear with new elastic yarn

Fibres
The Japanese materials maker is betting that mills and brands want stretch, moisture management and easier recyclability without relying...

EU parcel crackdown could ease pressure on Bangladesh’s garment exporters

Trade
Brussels’ move against lightly taxed low-value e-commerce imports may not reverse Bangladesh’s export slowdown on its own, but it...

Bangladesh Apparel Exports Fall 19.35% in March as Order Weakness Deepens

Trade
March’s sharp drop suggests Bangladesh’s garment industry is facing not just softer demand, but a broader squeeze from weaker...

Middle East shipping shocks test Vietnam’s $48bn textile export ambition

Business
Longer shipping times and higher freight costs are squeezing Vietnam’s textile exporters, exposing the industry’s dependence on imported inputs...

Sewing & Embroidery Industry Leaders Gather at 2026 ITCPE Guangzhou to Co-draw a New Blueprint for the Industry

Apparel
ZHEJIANG XINSHENG TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD (Booth No.: T1001) Zhejiang Xinsheng Technology Co., Ltd. is one of the largest, most dynamic...

Intertextile Shanghai shows China remains central to apparel textiles despite global uncertainty

Events
The fair’s strong turnout suggests that, even in a more volatile trade environment, China remains a key marketplace for...

Sri Lanka’s apparel exports fell sharply in February, signaling a bumpier 2026

Business
The drop looks less like a one-off and more like evidence that Sri Lanka’s apparel sector is entering 2026...
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