Amazon reported 40 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in its fashion category in the financial year 2020-21. In conversation with Saurabh Srivastava, Director & Head – Amazon Fashion India, on the online giant’s survival strategies during the pandemic and on what really worked for its fashion segment.

With a network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices in over 100 countries, Intertek has a global presence that allows it to offer seamless solutions at various destinations with perfect synergy and commitment. Today, it is a preferred service provider for the evolving PPE industry.

One of the advanced sewing technologies of Japanese technology giant Brother is ‘Bridge’ type sewing technology that is applied to electronic programmable machines such as 360 and 365 series machines on NEXIO platform. The biggest plus of these machines is a combination of ‘fast sewing, accuracy and compactness’.

A report by Research & Markets suggests that the global market for swimwear and beachwear estimated at US $ 19.5 billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US $ 27.6 billion by 2027.

Fashion Revolution is building a solid foundation in India with partnerships and development campaigns across the board with some of the country's best educators, designers, manufacturers, policy makers, farming communities and garment worker alliances. How are they making the change possible? Let’s hear it from the women behind the movement.

Zilingo initiated its journey in the year 2015 as an e-commerce platform for merchants to sell products to end consumers and later realised that while merchants had numerous ways to sell online in the B2C space, digitised supply chain solutions were lagging behind and entered into the segment to facilitate this.

Do we really need so many clothes in the name of seasonal trends? Is it not time to take a reality check and on-point ask whether ‘season model’ within the industry is outdated and more importantly, unsustainable? This article digs deep to bring out some aspects.

Taking into account the pandemic’s worst form during the second wave, Apparel Resources talks to Rajnish Kapoor, a NIFT alumna, and currently the Director & Founder of Bangladesh-based buying house, KRAYONS Sourcing Ltd, about the probable shifts in buying sourcing within Southeast Asia; the trends that will dictate the buying and sourcing cycles across the globe and the ever-evolving buyer-vendor relationship.

The by-and-large, price-sensitive Indian consumer has only recently started appreciating sustainability. Most brands that are conscious of their impact on the environment tend to strive towards being vegan to bring more authenticity to their work towards a sustainable future of fashion.