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Clothing stores lead US retail growth as consumers keep spending despite inflation

Apparel
April sales show apparel demand remained resilient, but higher fuel costs and cautious sentiment are beginning to test discretionary...

Standard Textile named US best managed company for sixth consecutive year

Business
The recognition reinforces Standard Textile’s position as a durable private-sector leader in institutional textiles, where execution, governance and innovation...

Challenge Fashion eyes $500m Pakistan export hub as Chinese apparel investment expands

Apparel
The project could become a test case for whether Pakistan can convert Chinese industrial relocation into large-scale apparel exports...

Global textile market growth shifts toward e-commerce, smart materials and sustainability

Business
The sector’s expansion is being shaped by fashion consumption, online retail, technical textiles and pressure to move toward lower-impact...

LPG price shock squeezes India’s textile export margins

Business
The steep rise in commercial LPG prices has hit export hubs such as Tirupur and Noida at a difficult...

Nike vs Lululemon: Scale, margin and the new athleticwear reset

Business
The contest is no longer simply about brand power; it is about which model can protect growth while tariffs,...

Kenya positions itself as Africa’s next textile sourcing gateway

Business
ASFW Nairobi highlights Kenya’s rising appeal as brands diversify sourcing, but the country’s next test is scaling textile mills,...

India home textile market set to reach $16.76 billion by 2031 as domestic demand and exports align

Business
India’s home textile sector is moving from fragmented household consumption toward a more branded, organized and export-facing growth cycle. India’s...

Textile auxiliaries market forecast to hit $32.1 billion by 2034 as mills shift to cleaner chemistry

Chemicals
Growth is being pulled by apparel production, technical textiles, digital printing and stricter chemical-compliance demands across export supply chains. The...

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...

Pincroft and Toray join forces to strengthen UK defence textile supply

Technical Textiles
The collaboration positions two established UK technical-textile producers as domestic suppliers for printed woven fabrics used in military and...

BTMA backs global growth while investing in future UK leaders

Machinery
As one of a number of new initiatives launched this year, the British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA) is launching...

Mahlo puts process control at the centre of technical textiles at Techtextil 2026

Technical Textiles
For technical-textile producers, quality is increasingly defined by real-time control of alignment, coating weight, moisture, temperature and basis weight—not...

Pakistan moves to defend textile exports in US Forced-Labour probe

Business
The case has shifted compliance from a social audit issue to a trade access risk for Pakistan’s cotton, textile,...

Egypt’s SCZONE secures $8 million Turkish garment investment in Qantara West

Business
The project adds another export-oriented textile facility to Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone, reinforcing Qantara West’s bid to become...

Chinese delegation eyes bangladesh’s textile backward linkage gap

Business
Talks with BGMEA focused on Chinese FDI, technology transfer and Bangladesh’s need to reduce dependence on imported fabrics, especially...

Sapphire Fibres completes share issuance after reliance cotton merger

Business
The transaction folds Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills into Sapphire Fibres, expanding Sapphire’s paid-up capital and completing a key step...

Pakistan textile industry presses SBP for bigger refinance window as liquidity strains deepen

Business
The sector’s latest appeal shows that, for Pakistan’s largest export industry, working-capital stress has become nearly as important as...

Bangladesh exporters press NBR for tax relief as cost pressure mounts

Business
Garment and textile leaders say taxes on incentives, subcontracting, cotton imports and energy inputs are weakening export competitiveness at...

PTEA calls for budget reset as pakistan textile exports risk another missed growth year

Trade
The industry says FY2025–26 textile exports are likely to close near $18 billion, but argues that policy distortions in...
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