Leather industry occupies a predominant place in India, being the third largest producer next to China and Italy. The industry has a massive potential for employment generation, growth and exports, with the annual exports touching 2 billion USD. The industry is one among the top 8 industries for export revenue generation in India. It holds 10% of the global raw material...

The scope of marketing is broadened whenever a country sells its products in the international market. Here the culture and activities of one country meets the others. To remain successful, every country, and organization participating in the global race has to take care of the enduring components of marketing; namely 'customer value', 'focus', and 'competitive advantage'....

The textile industry dates back to more than 700 years when cotton was woven for the first time and it is now more than 200 years since the first mechanized textile machinery was introduced by England. Since then, the industry, worldwide has gone through many ups and downs....

The global garment industry is changing quickly and radically, with the worldwide recession exacerbating this change. Old jobs are disappearing and new ones emerging. But, as David Birnbaum points out, the new jobs are invariably on the supplier side and they not only require the right skills but also the right people....

Indian textile industry has gone through the metamorphosis from being a 'cottage industry' to the state of supremacy. The industry is the second largest employer in India, next to agriculture. It generates employment opportunities for approximately 33.17 million workers directly, and 54.85 million workers indirectly, making a massive total of 88.02 million...

People all around the world would have watched in awe; as Barack Obama was sworn as the 44th President of the US. And for the textile and apparel industries in US, this would be an unprecedented period of protectionist stance against foreign clothing suppliers such as China. It is being...