Textiles Intelligence
Textiles Intelligence emerges as a prominent purveyor of comprehensive global business insights tailored to the international fibre, textile, and apparel sector. Originating in 1992 as a spin-off from the Economist Intelligence Unit, the company has established a significant presence, catering to customers across more than 60 countries spanning five continents.
A hallmark of Textiles Intelligence is its regular publication of Textile Outlook International, a biannual offering. Further enriching its offerings, the company periodically releases Performance Apparel Markets and Technical Textile Markets every quarter. Beyond this, Textiles Intelligence extends a diverse array of over 30 comprehensive research reports that delve into global sectors such as man-made fibres and nonwovens, as well as geographic regions like South East Asia and Eastern Europe. These reports also tackle topics of vital importance, including internationalization and sourcing strategies.
Within its scope of coverage, Textiles Intelligence addresses a plethora of topics encompassing performance apparel, nonwoven fabric, technical textiles, textile recycling, and numerous other subjects that resonate within the textile industry landscape.
198 Reports from Textiles Intelligence
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Editorial: Heimtextil 2025 - Is The Home And Contract Textiles Market Ready For Digital Transformation?
The global market for home and contract textiles is big business. However, 2025 is not expected to be without its problems for home and contract textiles companies, according to a spokesperson at the 2025 edition of Heimtextil—the world’s largest trade fair for home and contract textiles. Home and c ... Read More
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ITMAconnect: Specialists Explore The Textile Industry's Pressing Concerns
Five major themes are expected to impact the global textile and clothing industry in the next few years, namely: the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), digitalisation and automation; circularity; fibre options, fibre sorting and textile recycling; energy savings and financing; and the European Gr ... Read More
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Survey Of The European Denim Fairs For Spring/Summer 2026
The European denim fairs for spring/summer 2026 were a showcase for the key trends in colour, design, manufacturing and materials for the season, and they offered displays and presentations of the latest innovations in denim fabrics. The key colours presented at the fairs were bright, vibrant and en ... Read More
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World Textile And Apparel Trade And Production Trends: China, Japan, South Korea And Taiwan, February 2025
This latest edition of our flagship series of reports contains statistical data, information and insight into the textile and apparel industries in East Asia. In particular, it identifies important trends and includes information on: textile and clothing production; textile and clothing imports by i ... Read More
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Performance Apparel Markets: Product Developments And Innovations, December 2024
Performance Apparel Markets: Product Developments And Innovations, December 2024 This report provides information on the latest developments in: chemical protective clothing; fabrics for outdoor apparel and equipment; flame resistant (FR) fabrics; insulation materials; sportswear; stretch fabrics; a ... Read More
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World textile and apparel trade and production trends: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey, December 2024
World textile and apparel trade and production trends: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey, December 2024 This latest report in our flagship series contains statistical data, information and insight into the textile and apparel industries in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey. The report presents a w ... Read More
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Global trends in fibre prices, production and consumption, December 2024
Global trends in fibre prices, production and consumption, December 2024 This report provides a comprehensive analysis of trends in natural fibre production and man-made fibre production by fibre type. In addition, it provides forecasts of cotton fibre demand, supply and prices for the 2024/25 seaso ... Read More
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Survey of the European fabric fairs for autumn/winter 2025/26
Survey of the European fabric fairs for autumn/winter 2025/26 The European fabric fairs for the autumn/winter 2025/26 season were a showcase for the key trends in colour and design for the season, and they offered displays and presentations of the latest innovations in denim, embroidery, fur, lace, ... Read More
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Global trends in fibre prices, production and consumption, December 2024.pdf
Global trends in fibre prices, production and consumption, December 2024 This report provides a comprehensive analysis of trends in natural fibre production and man-made fibre production by fibre type. In addition, it provides forecasts of cotton fibre demand, supply and prices for the 2024/25 seaso ... Read More
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Trends in world textile and clothing trade, 2024
Trends in world textile and clothing trade, 2024 This latest update of this series of reports contains the most recent comprehensive statistical data, information and insight into global textile and clothing trade. The report identifies key trends, it includes information on textile and clothing def ... Read More
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Fast Track: Can Preferred Materials Enable Athletic Apparel Company Lululemon To Achieve Its Ambitious Scope 3 Emissions Targets?
Fast Track: Can Preferred Materials Enable Athletic Apparel Company Lululemon To Achieve Its Ambitious Scope 3 Emissions Targets? Athletic apparel company lululemon, headquartered in Canada, has set a number of ambitious Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets for 2030. As a result of its effo ... Read More
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Performance Apparel Markets: Business Update, December 2024
Performance Apparel Markets: Business Update, December 2024 This report provides information, analysis and valuable insight into developments relating to the performance apparel industry in the following categories: acquisitions, divestments and mergers; corporate strategy; investments; joint ventur ... Read More
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Editorial: Artificial intelligence (AI) in fashion—the risks, rewards and responsibilities
Editorial: Artificial intelligence (AI) in fashion—the risks, rewards and responsibilities Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are poised to disrupt the fashion value chain by driving innovation and creating competitive advantages. Potential applications range from trend prediction, product developme ... Read More
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The growing market for nanofibres—from fine filtration to quantum computing
The growing market for nanofibres—from fine filtration to quantum computing The nanofibres market is set to surge in the coming years as the number of end-use applications continues to expand, the technologies for their manufacture are refined, and new manufacturers arise to exploit emerging niche m ... Read More
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Fast track: Champion, Decathlon and Puma at the forefront of sustainable change
Fast track: Champion, Decathlon and Puma at the forefront of sustainable change Sportswear brand Puma has come out top in two reports on the world’s biggest fashion brands and retailers for its far-reaching sustainability initiatives. However, it is closely followed by two of its largest competitors ... Read More
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Profile of Camira: contract textiles producer turned international heavyweight and sustainability pioneer
Profile of Camira: contract textiles producer turned international heavyweight and sustainability pioneer Camira has been transformed into a major international manufacturer of contract textiles in the years since it was first established in 1974, and today the company produces more than 8 mn metres ... Read More
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Survey of the European yarn fairs for autumn/winter 2025/26
Survey of the European yarn fairs for autumn/winter 2025/26 The European yarn fairs for the autumn/winter 2025/26 season were a showcase for the key trends in colour and design for the season, and they offered displays and presentations of the latest innovations in fibres, yarns and knitwear. In ter ... Read More
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The world nonwovens industry: part 1—the leading ten producers, October 2024
The world nonwovens industry: part 1—the leading ten producers, October 2024 In this report, the first in a series of three in which the world’s top 40 nonwovens producers are profiled, Karen Bitz provides the latest information and analysis about the activities of the world’s leading ten producers ... Read More
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World textile and apparel trade and production trends: South Asia, October 2024
World textile and apparel trade and production trends: South Asia, October 2024 This latest report in our flagship series contains statistical data, information and insight into the textile and apparel industries in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The report includes detailed information ... Read More
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Flame resistant fibres, fabrics and apparel: designed for comfort, performance and style
Flame resistant fibres, fabrics and apparel: designed for comfort, performance and style Frequent exposure to flames and intense heat poses significant risks for employees working in a number of industrial sectors, including chemicals, construction, fire safety, oil and gas, and utilities. The impor ... Read More
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Editorial: Paths to sustainable fashion—ultra-fast, on-demand, recycled, second-hand or fibre substitution?
Editorial: Paths to sustainable fashion—ultra-fast, on-demand, recycled, second-hand or fibre substitution? Four fundamental changes to the retail apparel market have become increasingly apparent during 2024. There is a need to accommodate a rising proportion of recycled raw materials into new garme ... Read More
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Champion, Decathlon and Puma at the forefront of sustainable change
Champion, Decathlon and Puma at the forefront of sustainable change Sportswear brand Puma has come out top in two reports on the world’s biggest fashion brands and retailers for its far-reaching sustainability initiatives. However, it is closely followed by two of its largest competitors, namely Cha ... Read More
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Developments in textiles and apparel recycling, October 2024
Developments in textiles and apparel recycling, October 2024 Environmental sustainability is of growing importance within the global fibre, textile and apparel industry, and pressures on companies to improve their sustainability credentials have prompted several of them to investigate the potential ... Read More
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Editorial: Chemical recycling for tomorrow’s technical textiles
Editorial: Chemical recycling for tomorrow’s technical textiles The chemical recycling of synthetic fibres, primarily polyester, is set to have a major impact on the textile industry in the years to 2030, according to this Textiles Intelligence report, based on a keynote presentation given by Gherzi ... Read More
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Statistics: nonwoven fabric production in Asia, 2024
Statistics: nonwoven fabric production in Asia, 2024 This report includes statistical data and analysis of nonwoven fabric production in Asia and provides detailed data for China, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. In addition, the data are broken down by the type of nonwoven fabric produced, inc ... Read More
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