Category: Editorials
East Africa: Potential Opportunities for Investments in Textile & Clothing Sector
For East African countries, duty-free incentives for exports to the US under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) provide an immense opp [...]
Time to shift into the reverse gear?
In good old days, Direct mail used to be a tool to generate sales, and now it’s moving customers from their desk top or mobile into stores. Stores rem [...]
Exploring Safer Chemistry for Textile Industry
Thanks to the EU's tough policies with regard to the use of hazardous chemical substances in textiles, consumers of textiles and clothing in adva [...]
The Global Village is Breaking Up
The liberalization, privatization and globalization (LPG), as we know today, was the brainchild of some of the most developed countries aimed at [...]
Our Core Mentality Of ‘Chalta Hai’ Continues In Digital India
The Hindi word 'Jugad' perhaps got international acceptance when it came to be recognized that Indians had got this unique ability to manage almo [...]
The Complex World of Intellectual Property Rights
We quite often come across the term 'Intellectual Property Right or IPR' when reading some article about the liberal trade practices being follow [...]
No “wait and see” approach, please!
We are living in what is being termed as "The Age of Disruption." Fast changes are taking place on various fronts - the technogical, social (labo [...]
The Global Village Stares at the First World Trade War
The US trade policy under the Trump Administration has become the hottest topic of discussion in the global business world. Industry leaders in t [...]
Let’s Have the New ’10-Page’ Textile Policy
There appears to be a race among various states in the country for attracting new investments in various sectors including textile and clothing. [...]
The Future, as usual, is Bright. But…..
Let’s examine the 2018-19 Union-Budget’s key points alongside the industry’s plight:
The proposal to provide an outlay of Rs. 7148 crore for [...]