An interesting article on Wall Street Journal explores how the premium denim labels cost $300 or more. For those who buy $50 jeans from Levi’s , it is at many times unpalatable to see that the jeans are priced at $300 +. The market had started moving  in a direction since early 2000’s when a  good amount of manufacturing started happening in the US. A True Religion jeans which costs $50 in US can end up being wholesaled at $150 and retailed at $335!!  The margins in the ...Read More

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The retailers worldwide are resorting to increases in prices to make up for the increased costs – most of which have been attributed to the increase in cotton prices. Though the cotton prices have started to ease, the impact on the supply chain will be visible for some time to come.  As previously mentioned , GAP announced its forecast of reduced earnings leading to the largest fall of share price in over a decade . Businessweek now reports that the apparel brands are finding that ...Read More

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The denim players have seen some tough times in the last 1 and half years. With the cotton prices going through the roof (having almost doubled), the mills were  previously hard pressed to make their buyers understand the increase in costs and tried to get the prices increased. The process was slow as getting sharp increases in prices from buyers is never too easy. However, the awareness of the cotton price increase was there among buyers and many of them , reluctantly , agreed to ...Read More

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This is a guest article by Robert Antoshak – Managing Director , Olah Inc. This week, cotton futures prices topped $2.00 per pound. A year or so ago, the big debate in the cotton world was whether cotton could reach the history-setting level of a $1.00 per pound. How things can change! For jeans and denim companies, the recent run up in cotton prices has significantly impacted costs and at a time when consumer demand remains uncertain in the U.S. and elsewhere. So how did this shortage ...Read More

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Bangladesh is a major exporter of denim jeans to EU27. Being low priced and with special and indefinite duty free and quota free access under ‘Everything but arms’  initiative to EU , Bangladesh continues to dominate the EU denim import business.  Currently, it has about 19% share of the denim jeans import market in EU27 countries. Lets have a look at the figures of imports of denim jeans from Bangladesh for the last 10 years . Year Total Denim Jeans (million pcs) Value ...Read More

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  What really is the difference between a $20 and a $240 jeans? There is a world of difference in the prices but how much should be the difference in quality to warrant this price difference. Normally it should be a lot and it could be on many  inputs that go into a jeans  : The difference could be related to  : fabric quality stitching quality attention to details washing effects accessories used fit brand name life of a jeans or a combination of a number ...Read More

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  CBI provides a detailed table for analysing the price structure of the  imported jeans in the EU. Basically, this table helps to find how the retail prices of the jeans can be approximately derived from the CIF prices of the jeans at which they arrive in EU. The jeans , after they arrive , add various kinds of costs which are reflected in their final retail price. However,  due to market segmentation, the table is divided into three categories under which jeans might be sold. ...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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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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Levi’s India plans to vacate the middle price segment and concentrate on the lower and the higher ends.Its Signature brand – which is the value offering – will see a further fall in price and start at Rs 900 instead of Rs 1000(USD 22 instead of USD 24 approx.). On the other hand, the premium segment will see an increase of about 15% in average pricing and increase to about Rs 2400(about USD 58). The report by Economic Times also mentions that in the next six months, the ...Read More

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