DistriCenter, the leading French fashion brand, has joined hands with Relex Solutions, provider of unified retail planning solutions, to automate, and optimise their supply chain planning. Relex’s solution will drive forecast accuracy and replenishment efficiency throughout DistriCenter’s sales network, throughout France and their online channel.
Global Shop Solutions, a leading provider of ERP software with over 3,000 successful implementations, has launched a new fast track ERP implementation to reduce the time it takes manufacturers to Go Live with ERP software and achieve a quicker return on investment. This process focuses on the fundamentals every new ERP user needs to know to get started.
UK-based Threedium, the leading 3D and AR platform, has partnered with RarerThings, the web3 advisory, to provide its clients with a suite of metaverse ready products and services. Initially, the partnership will focus on providing existing Threedium clients with strategic web3 advice and offering RarerThings clients access to Threedium’s products.
Shein, an online retailer of fashion, beauty and lifestyle products from Singapore, has launched evoluSHEIN, a purpose-driven collection for its customers around the world. With inclusive sizing and responsibly sourced materials, the new line will be an affordable option for customers seeking to make a positive impact with its product choices.
Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, has launched Flipkart Labs to build technology-based solutions that can redefine e-commerce and enhance the shopping experience for millions of customers. Flipkart Labs will fast-track an in-house innovation capability with a vision to propel and shape the future of customer-centric e-commerce in India.
Texworld New York City (NYC), Apparel Sourcing New York City, and Home Textiles Sourcing, the East Coast’s largest textile sourcing event, have announced that the registration for their summer 2022 event is now open. Back for the first time in-person since July 2019, the event will be held on July 19-21, 2022 at the Jacob Javits Convention Centre.
Fashion companies invested 1.6-1.8 per cent of their revenues in technology in 2021, and by 2030, that figure is expected to rise to 3-3.5 per cent, according to the State of Fashion Technology Report 2022 by McKinsey, whose analysis shows artificial intelligence (AI)-generated speech could power more than half of human interactions with computers by 2024.
Sanitized AG, the specialist for hygiene function in textiles, has announced that it is expanding its Sanitized Odorex portfolio for odour-neutralising technologies. This OX20 product is usable on cotton, viscose, or synthetic fibres. It does not contain any biocides, it is highly wash-resistant, and it can be combined well with other effects.
Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk has announced the acquisition of Pilot Freight Services, an American international and domestic supply chain provider with cross-border solutions into Canada and Mexico. Pilot Freight Services will be rebranded to Pilot – A Maersk Company. Maersk is an integrated container logistics company and member of the A.P. Moller Group.
The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) has launched CAR-iSMa, a co-operative project with a total budget of around €2.8 million to enable the farmers to develop resiliency and adapt to the changing climate. CAR-iSMa is short for ‘Climate Adaption and Resilience: A Pan-African Learning and Knowledge Exchange Project on Improved Soil Management’.
In the first quarter of 2022, Lenzing Group, the world market leader in wood based cellulosic fibres, has posted revenue growth of 25.7 per cent year-on-year to reach €615 million, due to continued high demand for wood-based biodegradable specialty fibres and higher fibre prices. Specialty fibres’ share of fibre revenue currently stands at 73.3 per cent.
US’ Authentic Brands Group (ABG), a global brand development, marketing and entertainment company, has appointed Steve Robaire, a long-time Reebok executive, as EVP, Reebok International. Robaire will report to Jarrod Weber, group president lifestyle, chief brand officer, effective July 1, 2022. He will be based in ABG’s New York City headquarters.
The growing use of immersive technologies such as augmented and virtual reality will spur consumer-facing companies, such as those in retail and consumer goods, to increase investment in new capabilities and experiences to blend physical and virtual worlds, or risk being left behind, according to the findings of a recent global survey from Accenture.
The role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) global value chains (GVCs) is smaller than that in ASEAN GVCs and ASEAN connectivity through production is, therefore, also smaller, partly because RCEP is less integrated than ASEAN, according to a study by Tokyo-based ASEAN-Japan Centre.
India’s exports of readymade garments (RMG) of all textiles in April this year were worth $1510.77 million—a rise of 16.42 per cent over $1297.68 in April last year. Exports of cotton yarn, Fabrics, made-ups, handloom products, etc. in April were worth $1119.02 million—an increase of 5.05 per cent over $1065.20 million in April last year.
Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Saudi Arabia this week in an attempt to bring normalcy in bilateral diplomatic and trade relations. His visit was preceded by virtual talks between Turkiye’s treasury and finance minister Nureddin Nebati and his Saudi counterpart Mohamed Al-Jadaan, who also exchanged views on trade and areas of investment.
LinkedIn reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor over allegations of systemic, gender-based pay discrimination that the regulator's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs discovered covering the period of March 1, 2015, through March 1, 2017. The Department of Labor said the OFCCP alleged that the company--which was acquired by Microsoft during that...
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KUWAIT: The Supreme Organizing Committee of the third GCC Games hosted by Kuwait from 13 to May 31, featuring around 1,700 male and female players, revealed the mascot of the tournament. The mascot is a model of the Fennec fox (Al-Hesni) that is inspired by the Kuwaiti environment, Fatima Hayat, the committee member and head …
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