Author: GD Jasuja
Union Budget Gets ‘A’ Grade
The Union budget for 2013-14, presented by Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, on 28th February 2013, has received an 'A' grade from the textile lea [...]
Multinational brands & retailers under fire due to factory fires in Bangladesh
Multinational brands and retailers such as Walmart, Gap, Sears, Disney, Target, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, JC Penney and others are facing [...]
“Avoid Bamboozling Your Buyers”
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation’s consumer protection agency had come out with a 'Business Alert' titled "How to Avoid Bamboozli [...]
Lovechild of LPG (Liberalisation – Privatisation – Globalisation)
India entered into the liberalised global economy in 1992 - thanks (or curse?) to the then Finance Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and his government [...]
What Does “Happy Diwali” Mean?
Before starting a discussion on this subject let me convey our readers a very happy Diwali and a prosperous New Year. I decided to take up this subjec [...]
India’s Textile & Clothing Exports : Forecasts and Facts
I got the idea of this month's editorial from the headlines doing the rounds that a recent FICCI-Technopak report has forecast that India's textile an [...]
Now Gujarat Has A New Textile Policy
The much awaited Gujarat Textile Policy - 2012 was announced on Sept. 5, 2012. The policy intends all the stakeholders to adapt an integrated appr [...]
‘Demand Manufacturing’ for Fast Custom-Made Fashion Apparel Made for You – AM4U
A novel project called AM4U (Apparel Made for You) has been started, in the US, by a group of highly qualified, experienced and motivated textile prof [...]
Textiles and Clothing : A Low Tech Sector?
Generally, the textiles and clothing (T/C) industry is regarded as a “low tech” sector. If we just try to explore this subject little deeper, we will [...]
“iPages : Where Print Media Shake Hands with Digital Media”
Fifteen years ago, information was a very scarce and precious commodity available only at a price. We had to pay for it and wait patiently, for a week [...]