NEWS & EVENTS

You’re not imagining it: Well-made clothing is harder to come by. The U.S. fashion industry is having a hard time maintaining quality standards amid stiff competition from overseas rivals and supply-chain shakeups. Twenty-seven percent of textile and apparel...

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in January after 26 consecutive months of contraction, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®. Textile Mills were among eight manufacturing industries reporting...

The Winter 2025 editions of Messe Frankfurt’s Texworld and Apparel Sourcing, held Jan. 21–23, were co-located at the Javits Center in New York City. Attendees from all segments of the industry enjoyed a number of educational options from an Exhibitor Pitch area to the...

In apparel manufacturing, there is a great deal of automation, but historically cut and sew has been the last mile in terms of the time to market. Cutting is quite automated these days, and as Frank Henderson of Henderson Sewing Machine Co.* explains, so is sewing! He...

North Carolina* has gone through two major economic overhauls in the last 150 years. The first was the shift from a largely agrarian economy to an economy focused on manufacturing products using home-grown farm outputs. The so-called “Big Three” were cigarettes made...

U.S. President Donald Trump is counting on his new tariffs to prop up products that are “Made in America.” In the U.S., the term is linked with patriotism and pride, serving as a counter to “Made in China” and other offshore manufacturing. In reality, though, many...

As “Made-in-USA” products get more popular every year, the Federal Trade Commission is ensuring manufacturers stay compliant with the label’s strict standards for both production and marketing.  And with the Trump administration urging the onshoring of America’s...

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday that puts a pause on his closing of the de minimis trade exemption, a provision commonly used by Chinese e-commerce companies Temu and Shein. The order states that de minimis will be restored for small packages...

All week global markets have been reacting to President Donald Trump’s pledged tariffs on February a. WTiN has spoken to key market figures – including Kim Glas of National Council of Textile Organizations* (NCTO), Steve Lamar of the American Apparel & Footwear...

Registration is now open for the 2025 Southern Textile Research Conference (STRC), scheduled for May 18-20 at the Embassy Suites in Myrtle Beach, S.C. STRC will begin May 18 with the traditional Keynote Address given by Dr. Isabella Tonaco, executive director at SCTI,...