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Retail associations sign MOU to form producer responsibility organization for textiles in California

UK, India likely to unveil trade deal next week, including whisky, EVs, textiles, sources say
NEW DELHI/LONDON: India and Britain are expected to seal a long-awaited free trade deal next week, two Indian government sources said, granting Indian textiles and electric vehicles some duty-free access to the UK market and easing British exports...

Modernist masterpiece built for renowned textile designer up for auction
Nestled beside the A707 near Selkirk, the Bernat Klein Studio is a striking piece of late Modernist architecture by Peter Womersley, who also gave us the Gala Fairydean Rovers Spectators Stand, which is widely recognised as Scotland's finest...

CITI calls for suggestions from MSME textile units on measures to alleviate the financial stress they face
The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has sought suggestions from the textile industry, especially those in the Micro, Small and Medium-scale (MSME) segment, on measures required to reduce the financial stress the units face. The...

ABHI And Younus Textile Mills Partner To Launch Earned Wage Access For Employees
KARACHI: ABHI, an embedded finance platform, has partnered with Younus Textile Mills (YTM), one of the country’s largest vertically integrated textile manufacturers, to roll out Earned Wage Access (EWA) for its workforce. This collaboration...

Madhya Pradesh showcases textile investment potential to Inditex
On the second day of his Spain visit, Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav held talks with senior executives of Inditex at its headquarters in Galicia. He positioned Madhya Pradesh as a ‘green, cost-competitive, and traceable production hub,’ and...

Meeting held to address credit access to textile sector
Under the chairpersonship of the Secretary (Textiles), a brainstorming session on the Credit Access Issues in the Textile Sector was conducted by the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) on 15th July 2025, with the goal of examining...

Textile exports decline 2.07% in June
Textiles exports declined 2.07% in June 2025 compared with the same month in the previous year, even as exporters are confident of better orders in the coming months. For April-June 2025, textile exports shrank 0.94% as against the same period...

Prashant India Ltd sells land and building of textile division at Palsana
Prashant India Ltd. has on July 17, 2025 registered the sale deed with the office of Sub-registrar, Palsana in respect of N.A. Industrial Land & Building of Textile Division situated at Palsana in favor of Shantilon Poly Private Limited. The total...

India-Vietnam textile trade falls in Jan-Apr 2025
Aarti Jhunjhunwala honoured by Bharat Merchants' Chamber for leadership in textile chemicals industry

MFA Textiles Collaborates with the United Nations and Aquafil to Bring Migration Data to Life
The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) of the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration challenged students to translate data from DTM’s displacement and migration reports that included histograms, graphs and pie charts, into...

Trade groups back push for US-made military footwear and textiles
HASC has incorporated language from the Better Outfitting Our Troops (BOOTS) Act into the 2026 NDAA, which now moves to the House of Representatives for a full vote. The language mandates that within two years, the US Defence Secretary must...

AEPC Seeks Stronger India-Japan Textile Ties As Japanese Firms Show Investment Interest
(MENAFN- KNN India) New Delhi, July 17 (KNN) The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) on Wednesday highlighted growing interest among Japanese companies to invest in India's textile sector, citing ongoing discussions and collaborations at the...

Circle-8 Powers Reju’s Circular Textile Network in UK
With an estimated 700,000 metric tons of non-reusable textile waste generated in the United Kingdom each year, the region is overdue for real solutions. Paris-based textile-to-textile recycler Reju and London’s Circle-8 Textile Ecosystems are...

‘In memory there is defiance’: inside the V&A exhibition exploring Palestinian textile and embroidery as an act of resistance
Amid Israel’s military occupation of Palestine, the starvation and displacement of millions of Palestinians, and the deliberate targeting of Palestinian heritage, ‘Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine’ at V&A Dundee brings together a vital and...

Genelia Deshmukh’s Khadi Jamdani Lehenga Captures the Beauty of Indian Textiles
Last Updated:July 17, 2025, 18:55 IST Designed by Gaurang Shah, the khadi jamdani lehenga features motifs inspired by the gardens of Taj Mahal. Genelia Deshmukh exuded modern-day royalty in Gauran Shah’s lehenga.Fresh off the massive success of...

Sanathan Textiles to commission new plant in Punjab in six weeks
Sanathan Textiles will commission a greenfield polyester filament yarn (PFY) production unit in Punjab in the next four to six weeks, said Sammir D. Dattani, Executive Director. The plant that is coming up with almost ₹2,100 crore investment in...

Reconomy launches 5-year roadmap for textile EPR compliance
Reconomy has published a new global strategy paper titled ‘Textile EPR Strategy 2030’, outlining a comprehensive five-year roadmap for navigating the evolving global landscape of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for textiles. The roadmap...

Eurofins India Earns GOTS & Textile Exchange Accreditation
Eurofins Assurance, a global leader in inspection and certification services, proudly announces that its India office has received Certification Body accreditation from IOAS for the GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) and Textile Exchange...