Saudi Arabian Wholesaler Al-Guthmi Adds High-Priced Products
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — After concentrating for many years on the low to middle price range, Mohamed O. Al-Guthmi is expanding its marketing strategy to cover medium to high…
Shanghai Victoria Opens China’s Largest Fabric Showroom
Shanghai, People’s Republic of China — At 10,000 square meters on four floors, the recently opened Victoria Fabric Depot is believed to be the largest fabric retailer in China today…
Three Mills Near Hanzhou: Companies Concentrate on Increasing Exports
Hanzhou, China – There are many decorative fabric mills within one half hour flying time of Shanghai, but I chose to take a bus and a train for my visits…
Gradually, the Internet is Spinning Webs in the Fabrics Industry
LONDON – With the advent of the computer age, the fabrics industry, like many others, is forever changed. Ultimately, companies are trying to satisfy the consumer who demands goods sooner…
U.K. Converters Hope to Take European Look Global
Brussels, Belgium – Across town from Decosit, the rival show, Textiles d’Interieur Premiere (TIP-7) trade show held at Parc Elisabeth, Brussels, demonstrated the extent to which some traditional U.K. converters…
Mitchell Gold Emphasizes Simplicity to Showtime Seminar Audience
High Point — ”What is your niche?” This was the opening question that Mitchell Gold, owner of the $60-million upholstery manufacturing operation of the same name, posed to buyers and…
Decosit ’99 News Briefs
Brussels Fabrics at this year’s Decosit are softer, plusher and more tactile. Whole emphasis is on surface interest. This has been achieved through more interesting yarns, including but not limited…
Germany’s New Generation Shakes Up Old Mentality With Aggressive Export Effort
FRANKFURT, Germany – German upholstery and drapery manufacturers are finding new life by focusing on producing products for niche markets abroad in better price points. In years past, German producers…
China: An Opportunity Waiting to Happen for U.S. Companies
L. Han of China Market Corp. Examines the Important Attributes of a Successful Importer New York (USA) — In the wake of the Asian financial crisis, China has become a…
Marriage of Converter and Mill Works for Rapier-Cambridge and Covington
High Point, NC (USA) — Rapier-Cambridge has ex-panded its distribution of mill wovens by adding coordinated prints since its acquisition by Covington Industries Inc. in January, according to Bob Ellsweig,…