Dhaka International Textile & Apparel Expo – 2025

Event Dates: To be held from 9-11th Oct. 2025

Event Venue: To happen @ BDFCC, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Organizers: The event is been organized in association/alliance with the key associations/trade bodies such as BGMEA, BKMEA, BGEA, BGBA, involving multi/core stakeholders of the Bangladesh apparel sector per se.

Connect with Australia's Top Buyers in Apparel, Textiles, Footwear & Homewares in November.

After a successful Sydney edition with outstanding participation from Indian exhibitors and enthusiastic feedback from visitors, we’re excited to invite you to be part of the Global Sourcing Expo Melbourne, happening 18–20 November 2025 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.

This is your chance to connect directly with Australian trade buyers actively seeking to source textiles, apparel, homewares, footwear and more from global suppliers. With momentum from Sydney and increasing visitor numbers year after year, Melbourne 2025 is shaping up to be a landmark event for global sourcing.

EVENT NAME: IIGF, Spring/Summer 2026

Event Dates: 01-02-03 July, 2025

Event Venue: Yashobhoomi Convention Centre, Dwarka, New Delhi (India) 

Inaugurated by: Pabitra Margherita, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Textiles, Govt. of India.

The best display award to the participants of the 73rd Edition of India International Garment Fair (IIGF) was given today by Rakesh Vaid, Senior Vice-Chairman of Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) and Animesh Saxena, Vice- Chairman, International Garment Fair Association (IGFA). The eminent jury finalized the winners.

India Exposition Mart Limited (IEML), a leading exhibition and convention hub in Asia, has entered a strategic alliance with Garment Technology Expo Pvt. Ltd. to co-host and scale up the renowned Garment Technology Expo (GTE)—India’s premier event for garment manufacturing technology. This collaboration aims to pool the strengths of both organizations to elevate the scale, scope, and impact of GTE.

With a legacy spanning over 25 years, GTE will continue under the visionary leadership of its Founder & Chairman Mr. Inderjit S. Sahni, alongside Managing Director Mr. Ricky Sahni. The GTE board will also include Mr. Mukesh Gupta, Director, and Mr. Sudeep Sarcar, CEO, from IEML, strengthening the organizational framework.

Salil Chawla, Director of DFU Publications, caught up with Rakesh Kumar, Director General of the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts and Chairman of India Exposition Mart Limited, on the sidelines of today’s event to announce a strategic partnership between GTE and IEML, Noida.

“I’m truly delighted to share the news of this strategic collaboration with GTE Expo,” Rakesh Kumar shared. “This partnership is aimed at expanding GTE’s footprint across India. We’re planning shows not just in Delhi, but also in Ahmedabad and Bengaluru.”

He emphasized that the collaboration would deliver immense value to stakeholders while offering a fresh vision for India’s garment technology industry.

Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) will host the 3rd Man Made Fibre Conclave 30th June 2025 at Vivanta Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Theme: Global Trade Dynamics: Strengthening India's Position in the Manmade Fibre (MMF) Value Chain.

Event Dates: 30th June, 2025

India's clothing exports witnessed a healthy 13% increase in May in comparison to last year, registering a sanguine trend of robust double-digit growth trajectory.

This persistent growth/rise, reflected by the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), is broadly on account of Western purchasers (the biggest consumer of textiles globally) increasingly looking to India as a credible alternative/preferred destination to other erstwhile sourcing hubs like China and Bangladesh.

Again, the shifting trend is visibly partly spurred by political instability/upheaval in Bangladesh, more particularly after the advent of an interim government following its leadership change/Sheikh Hasina regime last August.

EPCH appoints Neeraj Khanna as new Chairman during the 199th meeting. At the 199th meeting of its Committee of Administration, the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) appointed Neeraj Khanna as its new chairman.

The Council also appointed Sagar Mehta as the vice chairman during the meeting.

Given that India is in a good place today, the apex council continues to play a pivotal catalytic role in positioning/promoting India as a preferred and reliable global supplier of quality handicraft products to the realigned global marketplace.

After a successful launch at Kingpins Amsterdam, Made in Japan is heading to the U.S. for its New York debut at Kingpins New York. A select group of Japanese mills and manufacturers will join the lineup at the July 23-24 show at Basketball City.

Who Can Truly Rival China in Apparel?

China’s dominance didn’t arise from just manufacturing garments—it evolved through learning.

From decoding tech packs and design nuances

To understanding brand-specific fits and seasonal calendars

To mastering lead times and supply chain fluidity.

Is there any single country—or a regional alliance—that genuinely compares with China’s end-to-end strength?

Textile, Textile News, Fashion News, Retail News, Apparel News

The global apparel trade & retail update report for May 2025. It provides an overview of the latest apparel consumption and trade data for major supplier and buyer nations.

The US online sales of clothing decreased by -6% in Q1 2025 over Q1 2024
In Mar 2025, Indian apparel retail sales registered a growth of 6% over Mar 2024
In Apr. 2025, US macroeconomics indicated a mixed reaction, as inflation fell to 2.3%, while consumer confidence dropped further to 86.0 from 92.9 in the previous month.

US Tariff Pause: Arvind Absorbs Costs, Anticipates Volume Surge.

A closer look: US tariffs and Indian exports in the interim Leading apparel manufacturer Arvind vice president Punit Lalbhai said in the short-term some of its "strategic customers" have seen their cost structures go up, which the company has also absorbed a bit and could lead to a little bit of margin pressure" in the first and second quarters.

He, however, said the company was seeing a jump in volume orders from many of its US customers.