Denim by Premiere Vision is again coming back for its 6th edition . To be held on 2nd-3rd June , it will be held in the Halle Freyssinet in the interiors of Paris – in an industrial building . This is not the only difference this time. Denim By Premiere Vision has opened itself  to a number of participants from around the world. This includes a number of known denim manufacturers , labeling companies and a natural dye company from countries like India, Pakistan, South Korea , Thailand ...Read More

Here is a summary of the production of denim jeans in the EU for the period 2003-2007. This report has been compiled by the CBI . It is interesting to see that till 2007 , the production of jeans in Italy is still the largest in the EU and followed closely by Romania and Spain. Italy is increasingly becoming an expensive place to produce the jeans – however, the production of jeans is still quite high. This production has actually seen a significant fall in the last 2 years as per industry ...Read More

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The Denim Fabric imports into US in the first quarter of 2010 showed a negative growth of 26.72%  compared to the same quarter in the year 2009. However, what was surprising to see was that the average prices  of imported denim fabrics rose by 19.40% . It was clearly a reflection of the fact that the volume of premium denim jeans production in US has taken a hit but the manufacturers are trying to use better fabrics to differentiate themselves in the highly competitive premium denim ...Read More

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  About 580 million pieces of denim apparel were imported into US from various countries around the world in 2009. This apparel included mainly jeans and some small quantities of  denim skirts, denim jackets, denim blazers etc. The average price of all this apparel was USD7.15/ piece CIF US . It would be interesting to know which were the countries whose exports of denim apparel  to the US were very high priced and which were the ones which were priced low and we can see the ...Read More

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This was the first time I attended a Kingpins and being used to attending big shows like Premier Vision, Texworld, Bread & Butter etc , I was not mentally prepared for the size, location and the informal feel of the show and  was a bit taken aback . The show was held in a building on the 5th floor with big trucks moving in and out at the large entrance of a typical Hong Kong industrial building. After climbing in a 5 ton capacity elevator, when we reached the venue - Osage Gallery ...Read More

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The second edition of Kingpins Hong Kong show shall be held next week on 17th-18th March . The debut show in Hong Kong last year was highly successful and Kingpins expects to improve upon that.The Crème de la Crème of the denim world in that region visited the show last time and the same is expected to be the case this time . About 25 exhibitors are expected to show their latest denim products in the show and these include Kurabo(Japan), Central Fabrics(Hongkong) , Prosperity ...Read More

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The average price of imports of denim apparels into US has gone down significantly in the year 2009 as compared to the year 2008 .The year 2008 had actually seen an increase of 1% in the average price of imports of denim apparels as compared to the year 2007. But when we come to the year 2009 , the average price has actually gone down by almost 7%.This was inspite of an increase of over 1.5% in volumes. It  reflects  the spillover affect of the recessionary period that hit the ...Read More

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Kingpins is a denim fair with  a great format  that is getting popular among the elite of the denim industry and enables the exhibitors  to present their products in an alternative fashion . Based on an exclusivity concept, the denim fair is held twice in LA and  NY each year with new shows having started in Hong Kong. So what is so different about a trade show ? After all, a trade show is a trade show. Well, let me list some of them : A very limited number of exclusive exhibitors are ...Read More

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In a previous report we mentioned that Imports of Women’s/Girls Jeans into US in the period from Jan-June 2009 increased over 6.34% over the same period in the year 2008. Lets see how this category fared over the entire last year and whether the same trend continued towards the end of the year or not.   From 2007 (million pcs) 2008 (million pcs) 2009 (million pcs) % inc. in 2009 over 2007 % inc. in 2009 over ...Read More

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Let’s take a look at the import figures of Blue Denim Skirts into US in the last three years . We will find that the total imports of denim skirts has fallen in the last three years from 22.49 million pieces in 2007 to 13.72 million pcs in 2009(11 months). Also given are the few major exporters who are contributing to these imports with China on the top position. Imports of Denim Skirts In US –(2007-2009): In Million pcs From 2007 2008 2009(Jan-Nov) 2009 Vs ...Read More

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