A support scheme for British exporters at international trade shows has been scrapped by the Department for International Trade. The Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) provided a small amount of financial support to SME companies attending major international trade shows.  The UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) has called the move “catastrophic” and says the scheme had been “enormously important” for the …

Higher apparel and footwear prices contributed to the rise in the UK annual inflation rate from 2.1% to 2.5% according to The Office for National Statistics (ONS). The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed the price of apparel and footwear contributed to the UK inflation rate (Consumer Prices Index) rising by 2.4% in the 12 months to June 2021. …

AECE participated “Made in Egypt” exhibition in Juba, South Sudan; in order to promote the Egyptian apparel exports and to enhance trade exchange between the Egyptian manufacturers and Arab countries importers, including the Sudanese market. Egyptian products from all different industrial sectors were displayed in the exhibition and AECE displayed samples of Egyptian apparel products in addition to discussing ways …

Faced with a reopened high street, further easing of lockdown, and a comparative 12-year e-commerce high in 2020, online retail sales continued to fall to record-breaking lows in June – but consumers continued to update their wardrobes. Online retail sales fell by 14.1% year-on-year last month, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, which tracks the online sales …

Under GTEX MENATEX Egypt; AECE participated in “Technical Textiles – Medtech Study” webinar to present the outcome of the study performed on technical textile sector with special focus on the medical apparel in order to identify growth opportunities for the sector in Egypt. The study includes the review of global Medical Textiles (Medtech) industry, mapping the sector locally, identifying opportunities …

Under GTEX MENATEX programme, AECE participated in “Opportunities for intra-regional trade and collaboration along the T&C sector in the MENA region” webinar to present the in-depth study which carried out by GTEX MENATEX in collaboration with Euromonitor International in order to identify opportunities for collaboration and trade along the T&C value chain among the 4 members of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco …

AECE in collaboration with European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and Egypt Textiles& Home Textiles Export Council – THTEC; organized “The Circular Textile and Fashion for SMEs” webinar to cover the apparel value chain, from upstream operation & production (yarns, fabric, finishing, dying, printing) to fashion retail and sales with the new business models of rental/subscriptions/second life. Download https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/182S3Rllk6pWPxz6tSyxZ9skbPMjxv4Z2?usp=sharing …

AECE in cooperation with International Trade Center (ITC) organized 3 important webinars to enhance the Egyptian apparel exports “Voices of the Industry Series”. It was like a conversation between number of American industrial experts and Egyptian manufacturers who wishing to work with US brands. The first webinar was on 7 June, 2021. The experts talked about many impacts that are …

Within AECE role to promote the Egyptian apparel products and enhance the penetration of Egyptian products to various Arab and international markets; AECE in cooperation with the Egyptian Commercial Representative Office in Saudi Arabia organized a number of virtual b2b meetings between 14 of Egyptian apparel manufacturers and Omaima Commercial Group to discuss ways of cooperation to export Egyptian apparel …

AECE in cooperation with the Egyptian Commercial Representative Office in Jordan organized a number of virtual b2b meetings between Egyptian apparel manufacturers and representatives of the Jordanian Katous Commercial Group to discuss ways of cooperation to export Egyptian apparel products to Jordan. The representatives of the Jordanian group praised the quality of Egyptian apparel products and Egyptian cotton and the …