With India’s merchandise exports in October dwindling to $29.78 billion compared to $35.73 billion in the same month last year, the garment industry in Tirupur is staring at an uncertain future.

At first glance, the numbers look glossy – garment exports from the knitwear hub of Tirupur have recorded an estimated increase of ₹825 crore in 2022-23 compared to the previous year. So, Tirupur has ...

In the environs of Tirupur, a reputed boom town in the southeast Indian state of Tamil Nadu, close to a thousand garment workers or their family members have committed suicide during the past two ...

India’s largest exporter hub, Tirupur garments/knitwear cluster, is all set to resume its operations after more than 40 days of lockdown due to Covid-19 pandemic. Having lost their summer exports due ...

After months of protracted negotiations, the Tirupur Employers’ Association (garment/knitwear units at Tirupur) has entered a four-year new wage agreement with trade unions on Tuesday. Under the new ...

Garment manufacturers based in Tirupur, a major textile cluster in Tamil Nadu, will shut their units on Monday to protest against the steep hike in yarn prices over the last six months which industry ...

The garment hub of Tirupur in western Tamil Nadu has come to the aid of the government with over a 100 companies now manufacturing masks and protective equipment instead of t-shirts and other knit ...

'A change we have seen after the Russia-Ukraine war is the energy crisis in Europe.' 'Earlier, in Europe, people used to change their clothes after 5 washes, now they are using it till 15-20 washes.' ...

TIRUPPUR: Business is all about sensing the demand and catering to it. While the lockdown curbs have affected the global economy and various sectors in it, garment units in the district have found a ...

Garment makers in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, are in a state of near panic, for the industry is largely dependent on China for sourcing accessories. The coronavirus outbreak, they fear, could adversely ...