The Dire Consequences of India’s Textile Industry, Detailed
A damning report recently published in Newsweek charts the “devastating consequences” India’s knitwear exports have had on Tirupur, a southern region in Tamil Nadu known as Knit City and responsible...
View ArticleIndia’s Tamil Nadu to Motivate Growth of Textile Industry
Textile mills in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu are about to get a big shot in the arm.
View ArticleRecord Levels of Rainfall Threaten India’s Textile Industry
When it rains, it pours, and in the southern Indian city of Chennai, more than 14 inches of rain fell over a 24-hour period on December 1 and broke a 100-year-old record.
View ArticleContaminated Gujarat Cotton Has Yarn Manufacturers Looking to Source in West...
Turns out much of the cotton that yarn manufacturers in Tamil Nadu were sourcing from the Gujarat region of India is being debased with comber noil—the cotton waste product, or shorter fibers that...
View ArticleShopbop Enlists Artisans From Tamil Nadu for Capsule Collection
Shopbop is doing its part to promote sustainability in textiles.
View ArticleTamil Nadu Garment Sector Gets First Wage Hike in 12 Years
Thousands of garment workers in Tamil Nadu got some good news.
View ArticleHigh Cotton Prices Force Tamil Nadu Mills to Cut Down Yarn Production
Climbing cotton prices have been bad news for spinners in Tamil Nadu.
View ArticleCotton Conundrum: Hand-Wringing Turns to Action in India
Exasperated by higher cotton prices, manufacturers in Tamil Nadu staged a two-day shutdown in an attempt to bring attention to their plight.
View ArticleChennai Manufacturing Limps Back After Cyclone Flooding
Electricity has been restored, but many factories are still at half capacity as commuting is near impossible.
View ArticleIndian Garment Workers Protest ‘Prolonged Delay’ in New Minimum Wage
Their monthly floor wage in Tamil Nadu hasn't budged since 2014.
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