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Hirsch International Signs Agreement with Kornit Digital to Distribute ”Direct-on-Garment” Printers
Centre Daily Times, PA 

Expands Product Portfolio and Role in Decorated Apparel Market Hirsch to Distribute Nationally and Provide Exclusive Sales and Support in Thirteen States

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Hirsch International Corp. (NASDAQ: HRSH, http://www.hirschinternational.com), the leading provider of apparel decorating equipment including Tajima embroidery machines, MHM screen printing machines, Seit laser bridge machines, and Pulse digitizing software, has entered into an agreement with Kornit Digital Ltd., Magshimin, Israel, to distribute its line of digital “direct-on-garment” printers.
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Wall Street Journal Blogs
Roberto Cavalli, Roger Dubuis to Downsize

Fashion giant Hennes & Mauritz AB aims to offset slowing sales at its mainstream stores with its new online home-textile business, but in a sign of retailers’ caution, the effort started without the usual fanfare of H&M’s launches.
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Mangalorean.com
BANGALORE March 2: A Women and Child Welfare Committee of the Karnataka Legislature has observed some discrepancies in the functioning of garment factories in Bangalore city and has recommended several measures, including pay hike for employees, for improving the working conditions for women.
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Size matters… and you shop some more
The Times of India

Garment sizes vary from store to store and vanity sizing is a fact of life for shoppers.

If you’ve suddenly slipped from a dress size of ‘medium’ to ‘small’ at a new retail outlet, don’t get ready to throw a party just yet. It could just be a case of different sizing.

Abroad, garment manufacturers are sizing down apparel just to make their consumers feel happy about themselves. Vanity sizing, as the concept is called, is about marking down the size of a garment so that the buyer will buy up an entire line of merchandise, thinking she has lost weight. Read more about Size matters… and you shop some more …

Target your next employer like a tailor-made garment
South Coast Today
By MARVIN WALBERG, Scripps Howard News Service

If you like clothes and have ever had the opportunity to wear something custom-made, you felt pretty good every time you wore it. You chose the fabric and style and it was measured just for you. It was targeted just for you, and it made you feel special.
Your next employer should be targeted, just like a tailor-made garment. You are the tailor and you need to make your impressions special. You make that employer stand out and what happens?
You become special.
You become noticed.
You become just a little taller than the rest.
You have done what too many others fail to do.
You have put forth a little more effort to get hired, and it matters to employers.
How do you tailor-make your presentation?
Start with your research. Read more about Target your next employer like a tailor-made garment …

Garment workers want oversight
Journal and Courier
By Alison Banks
abanks@journalandcourier.com

About 150 students and supporters gathered in Purdue University’s Stewart Center on Monday night to listen as garment workers told of their experiences with poor working conditions in sweatshops and their pursuit to improve them.

The talk, part of a nationwide college tour featuring workers from abroad, is sponsored by United Students Against Sweatshops and was brought to Purdue by Purdue Organization for Labor and Equality Read more about Garment workers want oversight …

Vietnam : Garment exports up 31% in 2014
March 1, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India

In first two months this year, textile and garment reached more than US $1billion, an increase of 31.1 percent on year-on-year basis.

Experts advised domestic apparel enterprises to expand traditional market such as US, EU, Japan and more new ones. Read more about Vietnam : Garment exports up 31% in 2014 …

India : Garment ind looks for removal of central sales tax, Nikesh Jain
February 27, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India

The most important change that the garment industry is looking forward to will be the removal of the Central Sales Tax. Sending his pre-budget comments to Fibre2fashion, Nikesh Jain, CFO, Kewal Kiran Clothing said this will enable the garment industry to retail their products more efficiently. It will reduce the transaction cost.

The continuation of the TUFS scheme will also be a big boost for the textile manufacturing sector. Read more about India : Garment ind looks for removal of central sales tax, Nikesh Jain …

More tycoons seen in Chinese garment making sector
by Tiffany Zhu and Michelle Phong
2456.com, Hong Kong

According to the 2014 China Rich List of Hurun Report published by the UK Forbes magazine, a number of Chinese textile entrepreneurs became some of the wealthiest people in the country as their companies were listed and the Chinese stock markets surged last year.

In 2014, the total assets owned by the wealthiest group in China amounted to US$280 billion, up from US$116 billion. Among the 400-people list, 66 of them had an asset value of more than US$1 billion, compared to 15 only in the previous year.
The Forbes magazine said it showed China has become one of the countries that produce billionaires. Read more about More tycoons seen in Chinese garment making sector …

PENGUSAHA BATIK PEKALONGAN TERPURUK
antara.co.id/Feb 25 19:05
 
Pekalongan (ANTARA News) – Kalangan pengusaha batik di Kota Pekalongan, kini makin terpuruk menyusul naikknya bahan baku dan biaya produksi batik, sementara situasi pangsa pasar terjadi kelesuan.

Sejumlah pengusaha batik di Kota Pekalongan, Sabtu, mengungkapkan, saat ini usaha batik bisa dikatakan memasuki masa sulit dan situasi ini akan makin parah jika pemerintah jadi menaikkan Tarif Dasar Listrik (TDL). Read more about PENGUSAHA BATIK PEKALONGAN TERPURUK …