TexStyles India 2010 Increased Emphasis on Natural Fabrics

In its 16th edition, TexStyles India has become a platform for exhibiting the large spectrum of the Indian textiles to the buyers from across the globe. The exhibition is a one stop show for the buyers to purchase a large variety of textiles ranging from fabrics to made-ups and from home furnishing goods to accessories. For fabrics, a diverse range could be seen like cotton, silk, wool, jute, blended, synthetics and other fibres, while home furnishing was all about quilts, bed linens, curtains and various kitchen furnishings products.

TexStyles 2010 recently held in Delhi at Pragati Maidan saw as many as 165 companies from India and overseas participating, while apart from a large number of domestic buyers, over 730 foreign visitors from 86 countries visited the fair. “Hosting of TexStyles since more than a decade now has been a significant development for the Indian textiles as it demonstrates their capabilities of fulfilling global requirements in terms of quality as well as price competitiveness,” said Rita Menon, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, inaugurating the fair.

Tradewinds Services on an Expansion Spree
Enters European Market with Portuguese Buyer

Tradewinds Services, a New Delhi-based home furnishing buying agency, which till date was working exclusively in the US market with importers like TJ Maxx, the biggest off-price company in the world, Tuesday Mor
ning, Christmas Tree, Dollar Tree and Dollar General has recently entered the European market, which has been its target for a long time now, by adding a new Portuguese importer, Home Wear Partnership, to its list of buyers. “I anticipate it to be a big business for us in coming times,” says Dicky Massey, Director, Tradewinds Services.

Portugal, according to Dicky, is now becoming the gateway to enter the European market, as it is the biggest hub in Europe from where a large number of US importers buy finished home furnishing goods, as it is a bulk and price sensitive market. These big mills are producing home furnishing goods for both domestic and export market, with exports being the major chunk. Portugal, which imports large amount of grey fabric and yarns from India, produces finished goods like beddings and further exports them to the US. Though due to the recession, the business in the recent past has not been that good but since the markets are bouncing back all over again, mills in Portugal are also upbeat about the business this year. “So, it’s time for big opportunities and big volumes,” says Dicky.