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Wearables Find The Right Growth Market

There was a time when wearable tech was heralded as being the next big thing. From exercise trackers to heart rate monitoring, from garmen...

Curve NY: Frontline Report

What People Were Saying… The U.S. consumer is very aware of fiber content. Business is good for smaller, niche brands. If you have the right ...

Narrow Focus, Wider Margins

Creative, high quality, and targeting specific consumer needs has been the ticket to success for a growing number of small brands. New products t...

Volume Orders Find a New Home in Vietnam

While the Chinese suppliers are being forced to cater to smaller orders and move up the value chain, Vietnamese suppliers are happily picking up the b...

China Sees an Up Tick in Textile Exports – and Profits

The sun is once again shining on China’s textile sector. The industry that the nation was allegedly planning to abandon in favor of higher tech ...

China Mfg: Moving Up and Moving Out

Chinese suppliers have come to realize that the only way out is up. Even the most volume-driven, mass-market suppliers have realized there is no ...

How Technical Innovation is Putting Nameson on Top

R&D investment is helping drive more interesting products at affordable prices. “Innovation is the key, it’s about new techniques...

New York is About Niches

New brands are starting to fill in void that is being left as big buyers reduce orders. Mills came to New York this summer hoping to connect with...

Paris Mode City: ‘Better’ is Back in Style

The thrill of buying cheap products is starting to fade – which has meant better business for EU brands.It was refreshing to visit a trade fair ...

Global Sources: Upgrading is Becoming the Answer

As the industry steadily shifts away from big volume orders, suppliers are increasingly facing the reality of the situation and are trying to find way...

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