Z+R UK Christian Lee Looks Back 25 Years, Remembers How He Turned His Business Around
LONDON, England —Managing Director Christian Lee turned around a money losing UK branch of Zimmer & Rohde when he joined the company in 1990 according to Andreas Zimmer, principal of this family owned editeur.Today, Z+R UK is a profitable,… Read more.July 28, 2015
Unifi More Than Doubles Recycled Yarn Capacity for Repreve®
GREENSBORO, North Carolina — Unifi, Inc. Broke ground for its planned 85,000 square foot addition to the Company’s REPREVE® Recycling Center in Yadkinville, North Carolina.The expansion will increase capacity to produce Unifi’s recycled… Read more.July 28, 2015
Stof Builds $30 Million Business Selling French Prints
St. Etienne in La Tourette, France — There’s a great untapped potential for French inspired print designs in the USA—at least $3 million within five years if Claude Pelardy, the owner of Stof is correct.He will test his prediction shortly… Read more.July 28, 2015
Pierre-Edouard Prevot Heads Casal-Luciano Marcato While Father Jean-Mathieu Retires
PARIS, France — Pierre-Edouard Prevot has become President of Casal and Luciano Marcato brands with the retirement of his father Jean-Mathieu Prevot this year.The two-editeur brand generates annual sales in excess of 12 million Euros according… Read more.July 28, 2015
K.C.G ‘Premier Home’ Brand Brings Highly Styled Egyptian Readymades to American, European Retailers
ISTANBUL, Turkey — K.C.G. Textile Egypt S.A.E., a division of the Kucukcalik Group, says it is having great success in competing with Chinese suppliers with its Premier Home brand of readymade curtain sets in Cairo, Egypt for the American… Read more.July 28, 2015
TWD Fibres Hones Marketing, Production Strategy for Growth
DEGGENDORF, Germany—4K Invest International, the Munich based owner of TWD Fibres since January expects to further expand the domestic German market as well as the international business as a filament yarn specialist, according to Markus Zöllner,… Read more.July 28, 2015
Iranian Fabrics Wholesalers Optimistic About Deal With American Allies
Istanbul, Turkey — The high number of buyers from Iran was the real surprise at Evteks this year as they prepare themselves for what they hope would be the beginning of an Iranian business boom!Tehran based Mehdi and Hadi Farahji, two brothers… Read more.July 28, 2015
Katie Matushak joins HillBrown as Creative Director
NEW YORK--Katie Matushak, the former Vice President of Design at F. Schumacher & Co., joined HillBrown as Creative Director June 23. She reports to Bob Appelbaum, President of Clarence House, the producer of HillBrown. Matushak… Read more.July 20, 2015
