Expansion in the global underwear market in the near future will come primarily from emerging markets where consumers with growing incomes increase their spending on this category, as well as product segments with untapped potential in the advanced markets, such as functional underwear and plus size lingerie.
One of Italy?s leading hosiery brands has confirmed that it is on the hunt for a strategic investor that could see more than 50 per cent of the business sold off.
Interfiliere Shanghai and Shanghai Mode Lingerie, shows that have positioned themselves as key intimates and swimwear trade shows in Asia over the last decade, will celebrate their 10th anniversary later this year.
Labeling giant Avery Dennison RBIS and Ningbo Shenzhou Knitting Co., the largest vertically integrated knitwear manufacturer in China, have launched a joint venture aimed at simplifying and improving heat transfer technology in order to better serve leading global brands.
Following on from the successful Santex Enairsave heat recovery system, Switzerland?s Santex has further developed the area of energy saving in the knit finishing sector with the launch of the new ESC (energy saving chamber).
The new July-August printed edition of Knitting Trade Journal, the leading technical magazine for the global knitting sector, includes an in-depth summary of June?s ITMA Asia + CITME Exhibition.
The July-August issue also features all the latest, and original, industry news, insight, new patent developments as well as show reports from our correspondents at key exhibitions.
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