In this week's Then & Now, Reid & Acutt was one of the oldest wool brokers in Durban. At the height of its success it moved ...

Naseem Usman, Chairman of the Karachi Cotton Brokers Forum, stated that the decline in international cotton prices continues.

The sharp decline in cotton production is attributed to both falling crop yields and a shrinking cultivated area. Over the past decade (FY15 to FY25), yields have dropped from 802kg to 475kg per ...

The Indian government has notified uniform goods and services tax rate at 12% on Man-Made Fabrics (MMF), MMF yarns and apparel ... projected cotton output for 2023-24 at 31.6 million bales. According ...

Fabric softener is notoriously divisive. In fact, when we interviewed Rich Handel, a test project leader at Consumer Reports who specializes in laundry, about the things he would never do as a ...

While many actors train extensively, Christian Bale stepped into the spotlight after seeing his sister find success in the theatre, prompting him to do the same. However, when he was suggested for the ...

Additionally, yarn and fabric are being imported in large quantities ... weekly export and sales report, 166,900 bales were sold for the 2024-25 season. Vietnam topped the list by purchasing ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. President Donald Trump’s first month in office has been dizzying for U.S ...

Joann Inc., which was formerly known as Jo-Ann Fabrics, operates 21 stores in Minnesota, including this location in Woodbury, Minn. This week, the company announced the closure of all 800 stores.

Suzanne Blake is a Newsweek reporter based in New York. Her focus is reporting on consumer and social trends, spanning from retail to restaurants and beyond. She is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill ...

Joann, the major national retailer of fabric and craft supplies, is going out of business and closing all of its roughly 800 stores in 49 states across the U.S. The more than 80-year-old chain ...

YAKIMA- CBS News confirmed February 24th that the 80+ year old craft and fabric retail store "Joann" is to close all of it's stores, after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for a second time ...