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E-commerce vs Brick-and-Mortar: The Future
E-commerce vs Brick-and-Mortar: The Future

With brick-and-mortar stores, the consumer can feel and actually try-on the garment. On the other hand, the goal of the e-commerce retailer is to differentiate themselves from everyone else. However, ...

Amidst the E-commerce Boom, Retailers Must Invest in their Returns Strategy
Amidst the E-commerce Boom, Retailers Must Invest in their Returns Strategy

An overlooked but mighty issue exists within the e-commerce industry, drowning retailers in unaccounted-for expenses and time: returns. Returns have always been a nuisance for companies in the...

Sportswear: Treading between Demand & Sustainability
Sportswear: Treading between Demand & Sustainability

Sportswear demand benefitted from several shifts in trend over the last decade, but the last two years saw tremendous pick up. As work from home became necessary and home fitness became the only...

Indian Textile Industry and Employment Generation
Indian Textile Industry and Employment Generation

The textile industry in India is the only industry that provides huge employment for both skilled and unskilled labour. This makes a great contribution to employment generation, next only to the...

How to Start Your Own Clothing Line Business in Texas
How to Start Your Own Clothing Line Business in Texas

Long gone are the days when Texas was recognized solely for its cowboy couture. The cowboy boots and hats, classic jeans, and shiny belt buckles were the essentials and most recognizable style...

Product Assortment: The Holy Grail of Successful Fashion Retail
Product Assortment: The Holy Grail of Successful Fashion Retail

The 2020 pandemic left buyers and suppliers in a delicate state. In response to the crisis, many large fashion brands canceled orders they made with manufacturers, refusing to pay for completed...

What will retail of the future look like? – Part III
What will retail of the future look like? – Part III

The first two parts discussed how trending technologies are changing the way in which the relationship between retailers and consumers can be less distant and more engaging. However, the picture is...

What will retail of the future look like? – Part II
What will retail of the future look like? – Part II

COVID-19 and the digital disruption accelerated the expectations of the customers towards their shopping behaviour and brand preferences that challenged the way in which the traditional shopping...

How to encourage a culture of appreciation in your clothing stores
How to encourage a culture of appreciation in your clothing stores

Retail management can be a complicated and often arduous area to succeed in, and keeping employees satisfied is easier if you set out to create the right kind of in-store culture. With that in mind,...

What to Consider When Shopping for Clergy Garments
What to Consider When Shopping for Clergy Garments

The average member of the clergy can’t walk into a clothing store and purchase vestments off the shelf. In most situations, dedicated stores and tailors are given the very important task of making...

Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
Posted by
Anurag Batra
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
Posted by
Gabi Seligsohn
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
Posted by
Fanny Vermandel
Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
Posted by
Rahul Mehta
Why do I ask if India can afford to miss the bus again? Because whether we like it or not, whether...
Posted by
Rahul Mehta
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
Posted by
Arun Sirdeshmukh
Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
Posted by
Abhay Gupta
Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
Posted by
Pradip Mehta
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey concluded that a majority of US companies are having...
Posted by
Bill D’Arienzo
Is your business ready for Textiles 4.0? Before you can say, 'Yes', 'No', 'May be' or 'I don't...
Posted by
Aseem Prakash