Category: Apparel

COLOMBO, August 22, 2014 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s trade deficit narrowed substantially this year thanks to increased demand for clothing exports to the United States and Europe, the island’s central bank said Thursday.Sri Lanka’s economy recorded growth rates of over eight percent in the first two years after ending a decades-long separatist war in 2009, […]

June 23, 2014 (LBO) Sri Lanka’s apparel makers are targeting a bigger share of an estimated two billion US dollar domestic market, officials said. The association said that the plans are on pipeline to open up a whole sale mall for international and domestic buyers to buy any fabric requirements and branding cloths. “This will […]

June 09, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s MAS group, a lingerie producer, is mulling an own-store chain in India and expansion into East Asia, a media report said. Press Trust of India, a news agency quoted MAS Holdings Director Ajay Amalean as saying that the group wanted to open up to 20 retail stores over […]

Mar 04, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Brandix, an apparel sector group said it is committing up to a million US dollars to start-ups that will find ‘game changing’ solutions for apparel, textiles and accessories industries. “The new venture ˜Disrupt Unlimited’ will run a seed accelerator that will inspire, mentor and fund start-ups with breakthrough […]

Nov 07, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka based Textured Jersey Lanka Plc said it would provide technical services to Ocean India Private Ltd, a knit fabric maker in India.The firm provides fabrics to produce apparel for top European and US labels. The company entered a two year technical services agreement for a fee of 780,000 […]

Nov 06, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills Plc, a knit fabric maker said it had turned around with a profit of 164,000 dollars in the September 2013 following a management shake-up and new business. The firm reported profits 0.1 cents (US dollars) per share for the quarter. In the six months […]

Nov 06, 2013 (LBO) – International Finance Corporation, a World Bank arm said it had given a supplier finance credit line to MAS Active, a top Sri Lanka based apparel exporter. MAS will get credit against receivable due from selected international buyers, IFC said. “In the fast-changing globally competitive apparel industry, suppliers like MAS need […]

Oct 31, 2013 (LBO) – Profits at Sri Lanka’s Textured Jersey Lanka Plc, a fabric maker, rose to 263 million rupees in the September 2013 quarter up 68 percent from a year earlier, on strong European demand and better margins, the firm said. The cash positive firm showed a 19 million rupee net interest income. […]

Aug 22, 2013 (LBO) – Kuruwita Textile Mills Plc, a unit of Sri Lanka’s Brandix Apparel group said exports to Bangladesh rose in the June 2013 quarter but losses increased amid cost increases. The firm lost 211 million rupees in the quarter up 355 percent from a year earlier. It reported losses of 8.46 rupees […]

July 25, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Textured Jersey Lanka (TJL), a knit fabric maker, said profits rose 40 percent to 240 million rupees in the March 2013 quarter from a year earlier, and it order book was full. Textured Jersey said revenues were up 10 percent in the March 2013 quarter to 2.9 billion […]

DHAKA, July 7, 2013 (AFP) – Seventy top retailers have pledged to improve worker safety and allow inspection of all of their garment factories in Bangladesh within nine months under a pact signed with unions after a deadly factory collapse, a statement said Monday.But in recent weeks manufacturers have criticised the organisers, saying the BGMEA […]

DHAKA, June 28, 2013 (AFP) – A furious Bangladesh on Friday criticised a “shocking” decision by the United States to cut trade privileges after a deadly garment factory collapse, insisting it had taken concrete action to improve safety.In his announcement that Bangladesh was losing its duty-free trade privileges, US President Barack Obama said the Dhaka […]