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Problems Of Textile industry Growing In Pakistan

In this present time, there are many major and important issues facing Pakistan. Among these issues, the problem of textile industry is considered to be the most important problem. The Pakistan textile industry plays a major role in the development of Pakistan and it contributes almost 70 percent of the country’s export. In Asia, Pakistan [...]

Textile Study in USA

While texting industry is facing a boom these days all over the world, the basic necessity is to propel your career in the textile industry with a reputable institute that offers quality studies in various sub categories of textile schools.

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Textile Study in UK

While studying textile in UK is more of a rising trend these days, you do not have to worry to choose which institute for studying this degree in UK. We have given you an appropriate guideline so as to choose the best of best schools within textiles field.

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Skipping Stitches?

Why does your machine skip stitches? The reason are many, just to name a few. A skipped stitch can be the result of mechanical problems, a piece of lint, your choice of needles, or material, or all the above. Let’s start with material. Some knits, Polyesters, Tricots, and most stretch materials in general, stretches with [...]

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How to Handle Denim

Denim is popular all over the world. Jeans made of denim are worn by millions of people. The term denim is derived from the French “serge de Nimes”, a twilled fabric made in Nimes. France. It was used as “sail” cloth for ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Traditional denim is 100% cotton with indigo blue [...]

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Strength and Weaknesses of Textile Industry in Pakistan

Textile Industry Strengths The low action cost, alternating with availability of workforce and added raw abstracts are the basal strengths of bolt and accouterments industry of Pakistan. The industry is of immense emphasis to Pakistan as it provides an accession to advanced ancient stages of industrialization with top abeyant of appliance address and address expansion. [...]

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Challenges for Pakistani Textile Industry

The Pakistan textile industry supplies extra than 60 % to the state’s entire exports that calculation approximately 5.2 billion $US. The manufacturing gives around 46 % to the entire production manufactured in the state.

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Introduction to Merchandising

Introduction to Merchandising

Merchandising is a process of Planning, development, and presentation of product line(s) for identified target market(s) with regard to prices, assortments styling, and timing. Merchandisers may be involved in both the whole sale and retail levels of the apparel business.

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Departments In An Apparel Industry

Administration Department Marketing / Merchandising Department Export Department Accounts Department Production Planning and Control Department (PPC) Production Department Quality Control Department Fabric Department – Woven Industry Knitting Department – Knit Industry Dyeing / Washing Cutting Department Internal Audit Department Finishing Department Packing Department

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Leaders Or Managers

Leaders shape the outputs Managers chase the inputs Leaders focus on group products Managers’ focus on individual jobs Leaders encourage new ideas Managers enforce old ideas Leaders stimulate right things, Managers monitor for wrong things Leaders thrive on though competition Manages talk little of competition Leaders prize comparison with others, Managers see scant need for [...]

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Suggested Action – Nine Points Strategy

1)  Priority Priority number one must be given to a quantum jump in exports as part sound total economic planning. 2)  Share In World Exports We ought to spell out our higher share in the world of exports. This should be done in a suggested manner with an accelerated approach. 3)  Regional Setting A practical [...]

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Export Culture

We need to start export culture in Pakistan. Each one of us must under take logistical steps to pave the way for promoting Export culture. In this respect a strategic in needed to be prepared. Some guideline in this respect is offered as under:

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Garment Research And Development

There are two areas in apparel business where initially research and development can play an important role. They are the Identifying and creating new designs and material and developing better and more efficient manufacturing capabilities. These expansion does not mean in any way that the existing work will be curtailed. It only gives a road [...]

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Garment Branding

This is probably the toughest aspect of the apparel business. It requires a long-term investment, a lot of promotion and a clear vision. It also means that for the same product, the consumer is willing to pay more just for the name. When we think about LEVI’S our REEBOK. But there are million other small [...]

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Garment Design

Garment Design

It is this aspect of the apparel business, which is the most important and also the most rewarding. We all know the importance of designs in the trade. At least twice every year, new designs are developed somewhere and reach us through fax and email from our customers and we are asked to develop them [...]

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Distribution & Marketing:

It can be visualized as the method in which the product reaches the intended target. It is one of the parts of the selling aspect of the trade and there by also including marketing. It also means the method in which you get the product from the manufacturing facility to near by outlet or can [...]

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Garment Manufacturing

Garment factory is just the manufacturing part of the apparel business, and as discussed above, it is relatively the easiest part. Modernizing the manufacturing and production of garment is what we should be aiming for; since production of garment is also a vast area in itself we should break it up into different stages, such [...]

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Road Map to Future and Modern Enterprise

The concept of successful enterprises has changed dramatically all over the world. At the beginning of the industrial revolution, machines were competing with hands. Hand made products in homes or small workshops were quickly being replaced by Machine made products because they were cheaper and consistent. Today machine Were common & cheaper.

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Denim Meets the 21st Century

American Fabrics magazine predicted back in 1969 that denim would become a fashion statement for many occasions when it said, “What has happened to denim in the last decade is really a capsule of what happened to America. It has climbed the ladder of taste.”

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Denim Comes To America

As denim moved across the Atlantic in the late 18th century, American textile mills started to produce their own denim fabric on a small scale, mostly as a way to become independent from foreign producers (mainly the English). From the very beginning, cotton fabrics were an important component of American mills product line.

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What is the origin of this word?

There are a few scholars of thought on the derivation of the word “denim.” The serge de Nimes fabric traces back to France prior to the 17th century. At the same time, there was also a fabric known in France as “nim.” Both fabrics were composed partly of wool.

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History Of Denim

History Of Denim

Denim is more than a cotton fabric; it inspires strong opinions from historians, designers, teenagers, movie stars, reporters and writer. In 1969 a writer for American Fabrics magazine declared, “Denim is one of the world’s oldest fabrics, yet it remains eternally young.” If continuous use of and interest in an item makes it “eternally young, [...]

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Major Export Markets Of Pakistan

Country USA Germany Japan UK HK Dubai Saudi Arabia Others Countries  Total 90 – 91 10.8 8.9 8.3 7.3 6.0 2.8 3.6 52.3 100 91 – 92 12.8 7.1 8.3 6.6 7.3 4.4 4.3 49.2 100 92 – 93 13.9 7.8 6.8 7.1 6.6 5.9 4.7 47.2 100 93 – 94 14.4 8.0 8.0 7.8 [...]

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Table 9.4 Pakistan’s Major Export

Commodity Cotton Leather Rice Synthetic Textile Sports Goods Others Total 90 – 91 61 9.1 5.6 5.7 2.2 16.4 100 91 – 92 61.3 8.6 6 6.1 2 16.0 100 92 – 93 59.8 9.3 4.7 7.4 1.9 16.9 100 93 – 94 57.9 9.2 3.6 9.5 2.9 16.9 100 94 – 95 58.7 8 [...]

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History of Pakistan Textile Industry

Increase in the cotton production and expansion of textile industry has been impressive in Pakistan since 1947. Cotton – bales increase from 1.1 million bales in 1947 to ten million bales by 2000. Number of mills increased from 3 to 600 and spindles from about 177,000 to 805 million similarly looms and finishing units increased [...]

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