India is steadily positioning itself as a preferred global sourcing hub for apparel, especially as international buyers diversify away from traditional centers like China and Bangladesh. In line with this shift, India’s garment exports recorded impressive year-on-year growth in April (14.4%) and May (11.3%) 2025, underscoring the sector’s rising global...
India’s cotton textile exports witnessed a 54% YoY growth in FY 22, surpassing the RMG segment. This helped India’s textile exports reach US$ 43.44 billion, recording a 41% YoY growth in the same year. This is attributed to a high pent-up demand worldwide post-COVID and the easing of the supply...
The textile and apparel industry holds a huge share of India’s export basket and has evolved over the last few decades. COVID-19 has disrupted the sector but it seems to be regaining lost momentum. This blog explores measures that the government can take to grow textile market share. The domestic...
Nandu Nandkishore, Professor of Practice, Indian School of Business, observes that COVID-19 has accelerated underlying disruptions in the market, compelling enterprises to ‘pivot’ their business models. He provides a framework that companies can adopt to conceptualise and execute a winnable pivot strategy. IBT: The COVID-19 pandemic was expected to drive...
Rajat Wahi, Partner, Deloitte India, believes that returns, payments, shipping, etc. are major bottlenecks for e-commerce companies. This is because most policies for payments, returns, etc. of the e-commerce firms have been set up looking at large volume B2B businesses, where there are fewer larger transactions. However, the dynamics are...
Value-based shopping is likely to continue to gain momentum during the festive period. Consumers could indulge in mid to big ticket purchases that they might have postponed due to the pandemic. Sectors like consumer durables, electronics, FMCG, apparel & gems and jewellery, etc. are likely to do well, aided by...
Sanjiv Bhaskar, Vice President of Research – Chemicals, Materials & Nutrition, Frost & Sullivan – North America, opines that once Indian companies get in sync with standards and pricing, medical and industrial PPE is a fairly lucrative and stable market. Moreover, entering this segment opens up new opportunities in fields...
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