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Divej Mehta
Founder and Managing Director

Expecting 35-40% drop in business this season

Vinesh Singh
Vice President

Thomas Ong P S
CEO

Ambud Sharma
Founder CEO

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Consumer sentiment will be conservative after lockdown

The Indian textile and apparel industry, believed to be the fourth largest in the world, is looking at a loss of around $2 billion in the coming months. It is given to understand that due to the necessary social distancing norms, malls will not be permitted to reopen until the pandemic is contained, hugely impacting the business of brands and retailers. Fibre2Fashion spoke to few of them to understand what kind of strategy they are devising to deal with the challenges as Covid-19 continues to take its toll.

One thing is certain, online sales will go up

Sales at walk-in stores started plummeting and people started to deliberately put their wedding events and celebrations on hold, all due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fibre2Fashion spoke to few of the high fashion designers to understand the fallout of the pandemic.

Indian apparel industry looks poised for slow death

US and EU – the two major markets of Indian exporters are in turmoil due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Fibre2Fashion spoke to few exporters to understand the kind of losses they are staring at.

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Footwear industry revival to take 6-9 months

Ismail Ajani
Managing Partner, Hollywood Footwear

Getting skilled staff a major challenge till July

Rajesh Vig & Ritu Vig
Promoters, Happy Feet

Biggest issue we are facing is logistics part

Siddhant Sinha
General Manager, Inditech International Limited

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Sleepwear constitutes about 20% of lingerie industry

Suman Nathwani
Designer, Suman Nathwani

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Outlook remains positive in terms of growth in volume

EDANA has been the leading global association and voice of the nonwovens and related industries. EDANA’s Market Analysis & Economic Affairs Director, <b>Jacques Prigneaux</b>, speaks to <b>Subir Ghosh</b> about the global nonwovens market.

Jacques Prigneaux
Market Analysis & Economic Affairs Director | EDANA

There will an increase in use of nonwovens by 50% over the next decade

Web Industries is a precision formatter of nonwoven materials used in baby diapers, adult incontinence products and feminine care products. Kevin Young, Vice President of Corporate Development and Tom Lucas, Project Manager, Web Industries, speaks...

Kevin Young & Tom Lucas
VP of Corporate Development & Project Manager | Web Industries

MIP: India a pilot project for Asia

MIP is a manufacturer and distributor of high-performance textiles and related products to healthcare facilities and distributors and outsourced laundry service providers. The company is a market leader in Canada and enjoys significant and growing...