Bangladesh’s Apparel AI Push Needs a Judgment Apprenticeship
Bangladesh’s apparel industry is entering a moment when artificial intelligence is moving from abstract strategy to operating practice. On August 15, the Bangladesh AI Business Summit in Dhaka included textile…
Sri Lanka’s Winterquilts Taps AI to Overhaul Garment Costing
Sri Lankan apparel manufacturer Winterquilts (Pvt) Ltd. has adopted Coats Digital's GSDCost costing platform alongside the company's newly launched AI-powered GSDQuest tool, in a move aimed at standardising garment costing…
Intertex Saudi 2026 Set to Boost Middle East Textile Trade in Riyadh
Intertex Saudi 2026, an international fashion and textile trade fair, is set to open in Riyadh on Sept. 15, bringing manufacturers, exporters, buyers and retailers together as Saudi Arabia strengthens…
Bangladesh Beats China as US Apparel Imports Drop 8.65%
Bangladesh held onto its position as the second-largest apparel supplier to the United States through July, even as a deepening slump in American demand dragged overall imports down and rival…
NBR Scraps Duty-Free Bond on 60% of BD Yarn Imports
Bangladesh's National Board of Revenue (NBR) has withdrawn duty-free bonded warehouse facilities for 10-to-30-count cotton yarn, a category that accounts for roughly 60% of the country's total yarn imports, in…
10 Firms Forge Samurai Armor From Fukuyama Denim
Aparks Zucchero Blue, a garment manufacturer based in Fukuyama, Japan's denim capital, drew attention at Première Vision Paris last week with a samurai-dressed mannequin displayed on its booth, its armor…
Nike Investors Reject Climate Transparency Despite $2tn Fund
Nike shareholders on Tuesday rejected a proposal seeking greater transparency over the company's climate strategy, despite the resolution drawing support from Norway's $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, one of the…
Medical Textile Market Set to Soar to $64.28B by 2030
Global medical textile revenues are on track to more than triple over the next several years, according to a new report from The Business Research Company, as hospitals and healthcare…
HSBC, EU, Sweden convene Dhaka talks on $6.6bn apparel decarbonisation gap
Bangladesh's garment industry needs USD 6.6 billion in investment to reach 50% decarbonisation by 2030, according to research from the Apparel Impact Institute presented at a roundtable in Dhaka last…
Bangladesh’s Knit Fabric U-Turn: Export Competitiveness Wins Over Import Restriction
Government withdraws controversial restriction after BGMEA and BKMEA warn of disruption to export production Bangladesh has withdrawn a controversial restriction on knit fabric imports, reversing a policy introduced only days…