Turning out successful denim shows and has become a habit with Kingpins . Each show is turning out to be better than the previous edition . The latest show in New York had a great turnout of about 150 companies . Though the numbers may not look great but when you know that these are only invited companies and  include  well known denim brands – it creates a lot of value for the exhibitors. Some of the companies who visited the show were :   American Eagle ...Read More

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The improvement in denim market has started to reflect on the balance sheets of denim mills in India Arvind  Mills from India has recently declared its financial results and has shown a profit of Rs 12.25 crores(USD 2.6 million approx.) for the third quarter as against a loss of Rs 33.17 crores(USD 7.5 million) in the corresponding period last year. Though the results are strictly not comparable because of demerger of its brands and retail business, they do reflect the positive ...Read More

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We have been hearing of a revival in the blue denim jackets and that the demand seems to be picking up in the same with some forecasters also suggesting a starting of a trend on Double Denim. But is it really so ? The figures don’t tell the same story. Lets take a look at the total imports of denim jackets in US in 2007,2008 and 2009   US Imports of blue denim jackets in 2007-2009 2007 2008 2009(Jan – Nov ) 2.9 million pcs 1.79 million pcs 1.30 million pcs Source ...Read More

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Price has always been an important criteria for buyers of jeans . However, the success of premium denim jeans has shown that when purchasing denim , buyers are looking for many other things. A report by Cotton Inc on US consumers last year shows that fit is the most important criteria for the purchase of jeans. 50% of the buyers make a denim purchasing decision based on the FIT OF THE JEANS.. Price has been a factor for jeans purchase only for 16% of the respondents. Against this , on an ...Read More

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Two important denim shows will take place next week – Kingpins and Bread & Butter ...Read More

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The December edition of the Denim By Premier Vision  was a successful fair with a good summary of different qualities and finishings. The visitors showed a lot of interest in the new denim developments . What Were The New Denim Trends This was a season of a perfectly imperfect jean. The following effects on denim jeans could be noticed: hard abrasion-  ripped and torn denim!!! dirt and stains . oil marks . very extreme washes!!!! + finishes dirty and paint staining paint and ...Read More

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Women’s denim jeans has become more important than the Men’s denim in the recent years due to the fact that women’s jeans (as against men’s jeans) can accomodate almost all kinds of denim innovations within existing or new styles. Women are more fashion conscious than men and are prone to buy jeans on an impulse. It is not without reason that US consumes more of women’s jeans than men’s. Let’s take a look at the exports of women’s denim jeans ...Read More

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Adding to the constant inflow of positive news on denim sales, Gap reported 25% increase in profits as compared to the same quarter last year. The introduction of the low priced Premium Denim 1969 jeans seems to have done some good to the retailer and brought back some lost customers. Though denim jeans is not the only reason for increase in profits at Gap, but nevertheless, the performance seems impressive when seen against the backdrop of results of  two large denim companies : VF ...Read More

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Levi’s India, which had struggled to find its feet in the price concious Indian Denim market, is set to achieve a sales turnover of USD 100 million plus this year. It would make it the first international apparel brand to do so as ET reports .Besides another brand - Benetton - is also set to achieve the same feat . Levi’s India plans to open over 800 stores by 2011 and it seems that the turnover is set to increase at a faster pace in the coming years  and it plans to take a larger ...Read More

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This is an update to our previous post on Kingpins HK show. The first show in Hongkong was held on 7th –8th October in the W Hotel in Kowloon with the  floor to ceiling windows providing great harbour views and light into the show.  The show had about 200 visitors and this number was greater than any number of visitors in either LA or NYC shows .Though this number would seem very small as compared to other Denim Shows , it needs to be remembered that Kingpins is an invite only ...Read More

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