Dear Readers,
Today we offer you the complete list of the news published in the past two weeks during our annual leave. In the next Newsletter of September 3, 2018 you will not find this list again, thus we made a special effort for all readers to keep abreast with the categorised list of news.
Here is the List of the published News during holidays. For your convenience just click on the feature for fast access.
The last Newsletter before our retreat:
Vietnam’s Textile Sector overcomes failing TPP – How Fashion can embrace the Circular Economy
Acquisition
EU Commission clears acquisition of FFT by Fosun International
Agriculture
Syngenta looks to a shared Vision for Sustainable Agriculture
Australia
Queensland leads charge as retail spending soars across Australia
Bio Polymer
Biobased polymers will grow twice as fast as petrochemical polymers to 2023
Bots and People
The personal stylists who are training the bots to be personal stylists
Brands
Global brands to have least effect due to hike in import duty
Circular Economy
China-EU agreement paves way for global adoption of circular economy
Colouring
CSI Releases Spring/Summer 2020 Colour analysis
Companies
Picanol Group with 2018 half year results – less turnover higher net profit
Breaking News – Saurer’s sales revenue grows by 14 % in the first half of 2018
U.S. Target reports growth in stores and online business
U.S. Urban Outfitters Fiscal 2Q19 Results – Beats on EPS, Revenue and Comps
Li & Fung Announces 2018 Interim Results
Definitive half-year report 2018 of Swiss EMS Group
House of Fraser’s logistics firm reopens warehouses
lululemon athletica’s second quarter Fiscal 2018 Results
Competition
AATCC announces 2019 Concept 2 Consumer® Student Merchandising Competition
Woolmark Company and adidas name finalists for EUR 10000 prize
Cotton
USDA Cotton World Markets and Trade (August 2018)
USDA – India Cotton Market update July 2018
USD – Cotton and Products update on Turkey (August 2018)
Ample rains strike cotton crop in 11 districts of Telangana (India)
Pink bollworm strikes cotton crop in Maharashtra, India
Data
G20 international merchandise trade contracts in second quarter of 2018
Euro Area international trade in goods surplus EUR 22.5 billion and EUR 6.9 billion surplus for EU28
July 2018 annual inflation up to 2.1 % in the Euro Area to 2.2 % in the EU
OECD GDP growth picks up marginally in second quarter of 2018
Events
Breaking News – A sold-out ITMA 2019 is gearing up for a vibrant showcase
Mimaki 3DUJ-553 Printer shortlisted for prestigious TCT Awards
Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany and Taiwan Pavilions to join Cinte Techtextil China
Textile Exchange Sustainability Conference partners with the 5th bluesign conference in Milan
Intertextile Shanghai Home Textile represented by around 1040 exhibitors is now open
480 international exhibitors ready for Cinte Techtextil 2018
Groz-Beckert at CINTE 2018 in Shanghai
34th IAF World Fashion Convention’s programme
SHIMA SEIKI to exhibit at Preview in Seoul
ATSC 2018 shines with 6000 registered attendees
Expansion
U.K. Yours Clothing pursues international ambitions with Germany store
India
India’s Textile Ministry demands textile units to switch to digital signatures
Cotton Corporation of India to obtain cotton from farmers in Rajasthan
Global brands to have least effect due to hike in import duty
Industry 4.0
The Rise of Industry 4.0 in the Nonwovens Industry
Innovation
Quality, reliability and productivity with the new Monforts felt compactor range
Simple customising method for Multi-standard RFID Readers
Comprehensive control and economic benefits
Marketing
Mimaki to slash the price of TS300P-1800 in an EMEA-wide campaign
NAFTA
Nafta breakthrough seems imminent after Year of Fractious Talks
Partnerships
Polydist UK and SABIC announce broader strategic relationship
Retailing
157-Year-Old U.S. Department Store Gump’s begins Store-Closing Sale
Walmart’s brick-and-mortar stores could give it an edge over Amazon, ex-Walmart US CEO says
Splitting up
Breaking News – Wrangler owner VF plans to spin off Jeans Business
Sports
Adidas enlists Billie Jean King to help stop New York girls dropping out of sport
Success Stories
Simvol Leverages Mimaki Technology for 2018 FIFA World Cup Flags and Banners
VAI-KØ mingles urban with wilderness
Gartex 2018 a resounding success for Mouvent
Sustainability
German Textile Partnership members put their cards on the table – Roadmaps 2018 are published
Global Young Voices and RadiciGroup for SDGs
Jeanologia introduces “sustainable-ization” to the textile industry
Textile Machinery
Swiss Textile Machinery Exports in the first six months 2018
U.S. Textiles and Tariffs
U.S. NCTO renews call for Tariffs on Textile and Apparel end items at USTR China 301 Hearing
Webinars
Free Webinar on new Supercapacitor Materials enable huge new Markets (August 23, 2018)
U.S. Commercial Service : Webinar Series – Exploring European eCommerce
Workshop
AATCC Announces Moisture Management Testing Workshop
Worth Reading
State of Luxury 2018 – The Insider View