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Türkiye’s UK export record shows trade diplomacy is starting to pay

Business
Record January–February shipments to Britain suggest Türkiye is turning a post-Brexit trade relationship into a broader industrial opportunity. Türkiye exported...

Bangladesh’s denim boom proves diversification can be an export strategy

Trade
From a $12,000 jeans shipment in 1984 to more than $5bn in annual exports, Bangladesh has turned denim into...

Hong Kong textile leaders explore Egypt as the next manufacturing hub

Business
A delegation of 14 garment and textile industry leaders from Hong Kong has completed a business mission to Egypt,...

Impact of the ongoing Israel–USA–Iran war on the global textile & apparel supply chain

Trade
The Israel–USA–Iran war has rapidly become a logistics-and-energy shock for textiles and apparel. With tanker traffic in the Strait...

Saudi Arabia wants geotextiles to become strategic, not peripheral

Trade
The Alujain–Beaulieu tie-up is less about one factory than about moving geosynthetics and nonwovens deeper into Saudi Arabia’s localisation...

Sewing & Embroidery Industry leaders gather at 2026 ITCPE Guangzhou to co-draw a New Blueprint for the Industry

Business
In recent years, against the backdrop of consumers’ growing demands for apparel quality, personalization and environmental sustainability, the sewing...

ICAC projects slight decline in production, relative stability for consumption

Cotton
Global cotton production is projected to decline by 4% in the 2026/27 season to 24.8 million tonnes, while consumption...

Hormuz shut, India’s garment exporters count the days

Trade
If ships must detour via the Cape of Good Hope, fashion’s tight calendars turn geopolitics into late deliveries and...

Bangladesh climbs to 10.53% of US apparel imports as buyers pivot from China

Trade
Bangladesh’s gain is a reshuffle, not a boom: tariffs and risk management are accelerating America’s shift away from China...

Bangladesh gains ground in America’s jeans-and-tees aisle as China retreats

Trade
Bangladesh’s rising share is less a boom than a reallocation: buyers are diversifying away from China and rewarding suppliers...

Supreme Court curbs Trump’s “emergency” tariffs, but fashion’s uncertainty remains

Trade
The Court has knocked out a blunt instrument—yet left plenty of sharper ones on the table. Fashion executives have spent...

Intertextile Shanghai turns “one-stop sourcing” into an industrial strategy

Fabrics
As apparel brands juggle cost, compliance and speed, the fair’s pavilions reveal where power is shifting: toward fibre platforms,...

Apparel Group bets big on Saudi Arabia with 200 new stores and a retail SuperApp

Apparel
The Gulf retailer is doubling down on Saudi scale—more shops, more brands, and a tighter digital loop—to win share...

Italian textile machinery orders slump in Q4 2025 as domestic demand collapses

Machinery
Italy’s textile-machinery makers are staring at a thin order book: a sharp late-year slide and a 2.9-month backlog leave...

Reju and Goodwill pitch Rochester as America’s first textile-to-textile regeneration hub

Trade
Charity retail is being rewired into industrial feedstock—linking local donation flows to circular polyester production. Rochester, long defined by industrial...

Bangladesh’s US “cotton clause” risks turning tariff relief into a purchase order for America

Cotton
The agreement trims one tariff only by forcing a new kind of dependence: raw materials as the price of...

FBR tightens the screws on Pakistan’s spinners with “digital eye” surveillance

Business
Islamabad is betting that cameras—not audits—will shrink the cotton black economy that distorts the yarn trade. Pakistan’s Federal Board of...

Esquel’s Xinjiang breeders add two new Sea Island cotton varieties to steady premium supply

Cotton
In high-end cotton, genetics is a supply-chain strategy: yield gains and fibre quality reduce the cost of consistency. Esquel Group...

Pakistan’s captive-power levy jolts textile exporters and gas planners

Business
By layering a steep levy over regulated gas prices, the state is trading short-term fiscal signalling for long-term export...

Turkey’s textile squeeze: Europe cools, costs bite, and rivals encircle

Trade
Nearshoring still sells—but not at any price, and Turkey’s cost base is drifting out of range. Turkey remains a top-tier...
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