USA consumes almost 30% of world denim jeans production. Being such a large market , the figures related to this market are generally of great interest. One such figure is that often surfaces in various news reports  is that of ‘ Per Capita Consumption of Jeans in USA ‘ ie how many jeans does every resident of USA buys on an average in a year.. I have seen that the figures that surface range from 1 Jeans per person p.a to 7 jeans per person p.a .. I thought it would be a ...Read More

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Recently an International Conference on "Steering Mature Business: A Leadership Challenge to Textile Industry"  was held in Ahmedabad (India) – organised by Fibre2Fashion.com. Amir Akhtar, CEO of Arvind Lifestyle Fabrics , made an interesting presentation ‘Denim Today and Tomorrow’ . Some excerpts from the presentation are given below : World Denim Market The world denim market is likely to grow continously for the next few years . However, supply is growing at a faster ...Read More

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Levi Strauss & Co  announced its financial results for the third quarter ended August 30, 2009 and they were surprisingly poor. Both the turnover and net profit went down. Turnover was down 6% and net income was down 41%. This is surprising since denim has been the only  one segment in the textile sector which has been showing positive growth in last one year. The  imports of denim is also continuously rising in US with over 6% rise in imports of Women’s denim in the ...Read More

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The latest figures of imports of men’s/boy’s denim jeans into US reveal that the imports of Men’s Jeans are down by 3.9%  during the period Jan-July 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008.. Imports of Men’s/Boy’s Denim Jeans –2009 (million pcs) Particulars Jan-July 2009 Jan-July 2008 % Change Men’s Jeans 108.79 113.26 -3.95% Boy’s Jeans 43.92 36.87 +17.67 Total 152.71 150.13 +1.35%   Boy’s jeans , on the other hand, have increased in imports by ...Read More

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Its great to see some positive news in these recessionary times. And here is one very good news on the imports of Women’s/Girls Denim Jeans into USA – a 6.3% increase in the first six months over the same period last  year. This also corroborates the 2.3%  increase in sales of Denim Jeans in USA in the first 4 months of the year 2009 and indicates that this whole year is going to be good for denim. Checkout the figures for imports given below and see the change in share of ...Read More

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[caption id="attachment_474" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Report on denim consumption in US 2008"][/caption] A report by CottonInc brings out the latest facts and trends in the jeans consumption in the US. It corroborates our previous report that the consumption and imports of Jeans in the US in 2008 was about 5% more than that in 2007. Here are some interesting facts from the report: a) US consumers:Own about 15 denim garments each on an average. Out of these are 7 pairs of ...Read More

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Has the impending recession affected the imports of Denim into USA? Apparently no - if we go by the figures that have come. The imports of jeans into US has increased by 5% for the three quarters ended September 2008 as compared to the same period last year. It is also interesting to note that the increase has been uniform in both the Mens/Boys and Womens/Girls Jeans. Figures of Imports of Jeans into USA in 2007 and 2008 Particulars 2007(million pcs) 2008(million pcs) Men’s/Boys ...Read More

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Weiqiao Textile Company Limited of China is  a non state-owned enterprise and the largest cotton textile producer in the PRC, specializing in the production, sales and distribution of cotton yarn, grey fabric and denim.  Weiqiao Textile is located in Shandong, China’s second largest cotton producing province. The Group has four production bases in Weiqiao, Binzhou, Weihai and Zouping and employs approximately 132,000 people. For the half year ...Read More

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As I mentioned in my previous report, there was a fall of about 10% in the first quarter for the total jeans imported into US. However, we now see a decent 7% improvement in the second quarter corresponding to the same quarter last year.. Here is a chart comparing the two years data by quarter.. Mens Jeans Imports into US 2007 & 2008 - Quarter wiseNew Page 1 Quarter 2007(million pcs) 2008(million pcs) Fall/Rise(%) First ...Read More

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The fall in import figures that we saw in the year 2007 continues in the year 2008 - and more alarmingly. The fall is to the tune of about 10% and is quite alarming. IMPORTS OF MEN’S AND WOMEN’S JEANS INTO USA IN Ist QUARTER 2008 Period Women’s/Girls Jeans(million pcs) Men’s/Boys Jeans(million pcs) Total 2007 Ist Quarter 46.24 49.28 95.52 2008 Ist Quarter 42.74 43.94 86.68 Fall in % 7.56% 10.83% 9.25% Thus we see continous fall in imports of BOTH ...Read More