Textiles Intelligence

Textiles Intelligence is a provider of global business information to the international fibre, textile and apparel industry. The company was formed in 1992 as a spin-off from the Economist Intelligence Unit and has customers in more than 60 countries spread across five continents.

Textiles Intelligence publishes Textile Outlook International six times a year. It also publishes Performance Apparel Markets and Technical Textile Markets every quarter. In addition, the company offers over 30 in-depth research reports covering global sectors such as man-made fibres and nonwovens, geographical regions such as South East Asia and Eastern Europe and topics such as internationalisation and sourcing.

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List of reports from Textiles Intelligence

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Profile Of Iconix Brand Group: A Unique Business Model For Managing Brands
7/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... international expansion. The brand management model which Iconix employs is unique. It allows the company to concentrate on value-adding services of licensing and marketing, leaving responsibility for design, production, inventory management, distribution and retail to ...  |  more...
$520.00
Trade and Trade Policy: The World'S Leading Clothing Exporters
7/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... of individual countries, China remained the largest exporter in 2007 with over US$115 bn worth of exports, representing 33% of the global total. The EU maintained its position as the second largest exporter, followed by ...  |  more...
$785.00
Prospects for the Textile and Garment Industry in China
6/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... in the Chinese economy. Export sales expanded 42-fold in the 28 years to 2008 to reach US$185 bn—more than ten times the value of Chinese textile and garment imports. China has become the world’s largest ...  |  more...
$785.00
World Trade in Socks
6/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... market was valued at Euro1.1 bn (US$1.6 bn) in 2008—excluding trade between EU member states. Of this total, more than three-quarters was supplied by just two countries: Turkey and China. The remainder came from a ...  |  more...
$520.00
Medical Clothing: Safeguarding Health And Well-being
6/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... workers and public health officials as a result of the increasing incidence of infections contracted in hospitals and the sporadic outbreak of deadly viruses among the general public. The most recent example of such an ...  |  more...
$520.00
Profile Of Medelita: An Innovator In Medical Uniforms
6/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... was to fill a gap in the medical uniform market by supplying high performance, low maintenance garments tailored specifically for women. Since the company began trading, it has recorded sharp growth in sales despite the ...  |  more...
$365.00
Fast track: sports brands strive for “greener” supply chains
6/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... also a marked absence of “greenwash”—the practice of making bold claims about environmental responsibility which do not hold up to close scrutiny. Many performance apparel companies in Europe have been reporting significantly increased sales of ...  |  more...
$365.00
Editorial: Brazil’s Textile and Clothing Industry Rides Out the Storm - But for How Long?
6/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... now in recession. But the decline in its GDP in the first quarter of 2009 was a modest 0.8%, and many investors believe that Brazil will recover faster than other countries. When the Brazilian economy ...  |  more...
$365.00
Survey of the European Yarn Fairs for Spring/Summer 2010
6/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... buying of new yarn stocks to their immediate needs. Italian spinners, in particular, have been suffering from falling sales since well before the start of the latest general economic downturn. Nonetheless, visitors to the fairs ...  |  more...
$520.00
International Comparison of Production Costs: Spinning, Texturing, Weaving and Knitting
6/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... Manufacturers Federation (ITMF). Raw material costs increased over the period for all manufacturing processes in all seven countries with one exception. In South Korea the cost of raw materials for producing woven fabric made from ...  |  more...
$520.00
Trade in Five Key Emerging Apparel Import Markets
5/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... generated by five key emerging markets, namely Russia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Canada, South Korea and China. Russian clothing imports increased by as much as 79%, or US$6.4 bn, following annual average growth of ...  |  more...
$520.00
World Nonwovens Industry: Profiles of 20 Leading Producers: part 2 of 3, 2008/09
5/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... generated by just 40 producers. Sales of the 20 medium sized producers profiled in this report—which rank from number 11 to number 30 among the world’s leading companies—ranged individually from US$125 mn to US$237 mn ...  |  more...
$910.00
Editorial: Europe’s Research Roadmap for New Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
5/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... mn workers. Employers are becoming more aware of their obligations to their workers, and these obligations are being reinforced by legislation. The principal user industries are: engineering and manufacturing; chemicals, pharmaceuticals and food; oil, gas ...  |  more...
$365.00
Talking strategy: global sourcing of premium brands
5/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... include Dolce and Gabbana (D&G), Escada, Hugo Boss, Roberto Cavalli and Versace. Many manufacturers of clothing strive to win orders with key designers of premium brands because the latter offer relatively large margins and high ...  |  more...
$365.00
Fast track: gas plasma treatments for water repellent technology
4/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... plasma at low pressure, usually in a purpose built chamber. A plasma is a partially ionised gas in which a certain proportion of negatively charged electrons are able to flow freely rather than being bound ...  |  more...
$365.00
Anti-odour Clothing: Bringing Fresh Appeal To The Performance Apparel Market
4/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... sportswear, underwear, socks and footwear linings—antimicrobial finishing is rapidly becoming a standard treatment. Most anti-odour technologies for clothing are based on chemical treatments or the presence of silver, which has inherent antibacterial properties. However, the ...  |  more...
$785.00
Innovations in Fibres, Textiles, Apparel and Machinery
3/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... an ingenious composite fibre which overcomes the difficulty in providing electrical functionality on fibres that have a curved surface. In fabrics, a water-repellent swimwear material which “never gets wet” has been developed by coating polyester ...  |  more...
$785.00
World Textile and Apparel Trade and Production Trends: USA and EU
3/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... Clothing sales are expected to decline further in 2009 as consumers cut back on their spending, and devote a larger share of their disposable income to savings. Clothing imports fell by 2.7% in volume terms, ...  |  more...
$785.00
Trends in World Textile and Clothing Trade
3/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... in 2005, and 10.0% in 2006. Prior to 2003, the last double digit rise had been witnessed in 1995. Three trade flows involving Asia grew at double digit rates in 2007. In textiles, exports from ...  |  more...
$910.00
Protectionism Looms over the Global Textile and Clothing Industry
3/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... are becoming increasingly anxious that rising unemployment will threaten political and social stability. They are therefore under growing pressure to “do something”. It is easy in this environment for governments to get away with policies ...  |  more...
$365.00
Prospects for the Textile and Garment Industry in Hong Kong
3/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... exports stood at US$40 bn in 2008, representing 11% of total exports from the territory. Most of this trade, however, comprises re-exports of goods originating in mainland China and other low cost Asian countries. Hong ...  |  more...
$785.00
World Markets for Textile Machinery: Part 3 of 3, 2008/09—Finishing
3/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... of stentering machinery remained more or less unchanged. As many as 31 machines for mercerising—a process which increases a fabric’s affinity for dye—were delivered to the world’s mills in 2007. This represented an increase on ...  |  more...
$520.00
Talking Strategy: Corporate Social Responsibility at Tommy Hilfiger
2/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... in local communities where company sites are located. In the global apparel sector, CSR is a high level issue for all prominent players, particularly with respect to the environment and responsible labour practices. As a ...  |  more...
$365.00
World Nonwovens Industry: Profiles of Ten Leading Producers—1 of 3, 2008/09
2/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... about US$8.9 bn. All except Fiberweb and DuPont increased their sales. Freudenberg remained the number one player, although poor economic conditions have forced the company to close operations serving the automotive market and improve efficiencies ...  |  more...
$910.00
Nanofibres: From Finer Filters to Advances in Electronics, Energy and Medical Applications
2/1/2009 | published by: Textiles Intelligence
... an estimated US$62.5 mn in 2008, and is set to grow by 30% a year between 2008 and 2012. Growth is being driven largely by the use of nanofibres in nonwoven webs to provide more ...  |  more...
$520.00
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