H&M has reached 97 per cent recycled or other sustainability sourced cotton and will not source conventional cotton for collections from 2020 onwards.

In domestic sector, 20 per cent apparel manufacturing companies are expecting to close down, and 80 per cent companies feel that they are unlikely to retain the current work force without government support.

During this difficult time of COVID-19, various companies across the textile supply chain are helping the community – be it donating to the Government or distributing food to the needy people. Vardhman Group has donated Rs. 2 crore.

This time, the Minister has specifically requested the handicraft buyers to not cancel a single order.

In a video message, the minister said, “It is my appeal to buying houses and buyers, with folded hands, to not cancel a single order. Delivering schedules can be reworked, payment plans can be extended.”

Many corporates across the textile supply chain and leading textile and apparel companies have come forward and announced that they will give full salaries and wages to their entire workforce.

Apparel manufacturers, especially exporters, are claiming that it is the most severe crisis they have ever seen in their lives. Some exporters have hinted that they are thinking of consolidation and can close few factories if the critical s

In conversation with Hetal Kotak, CEO, Lee Cooper, discussing how the brand became Future Group's one-stop apparel and footwear destination, the promising future it has carved for itself in India, and more!

Another year gone and another opportunity missed! Though India marginally surged by 3.56% in its apparel export in 2019, setback is that it witnessed drastic fall in major apparel export destinations.