Boyner Holding has transferred its 50 percent stake in Benetton Giyim to the Benetton Group, according to a company statement issued July 20. The deal is subject to the approval of the Competition Board in Turkey, but Benetton stores in Turkey will continue its services without interruption. Benetton Giyim operates 121 stores in Turkey, the Central Asian Turkic republics, and Turkish Cyprus. Benetton Turkey ...

Turkish retailers are branching out in the Middle East in an attempt to widen their international presence and establish themselves as global brands. While a number of brands have had to shut down shops in Europe due to the economic crisis, in the Gulf region, many Turkish retailers are fast on the rise. Designers are now joining in on Turkish retailers' trend of heading to the Middle East and are increasin ...

Ready wear firms have been swaying production towards Turkey of late. According to Ahmet Eren, "Burberry has already shifted a portion of production to Turkey. After the incentives package, Lacoste and H&M will definitely come to Turkey.” With two-billion dollars' worth of turnover, Eren Holding is one of Turkey's most significant groups to date. Best known for its affiliation as representatives in Turk ...

Bursa,which is famous for its weaving and thermal springs is also world wide known for its beautiful towels. Towel production started in Bursa centuries ago and today they are available allover the world. It is recorded in history books (Larousse volume 10,page:5118) that Bursa towels were exported to many foreign countries such as India, Iran, Syria, Egypt and the Balkan countries, in 18th and 19th centuri ...

A local shoe company has acquired Lumberjack, the world famous Italian brand, a top executive of Ziylan Group told daily Hürriyet on March 16. Ziylan Group, the owner of the rapidly growing FLO shoe stores chain, has been in talks with Lumberjack for six months and a final announcement about the acquisition is set to be made soon, according to Aykut Büyükekşi, a board member of the Gaziantep-based company. ...

Three Turkish fashion designers will exhibit their new collections in Paris, France, repored the Anatolia news agency. Hüseyin Çağlayan, Hakan Yıldırım and Arzu Kaprol are among the designers who join the Paris Fashion Week that kicked off on Feb. 28 with the in-crowd abuzz at the prospect of style icon Hedi Slimane designing for Yves Saint Laurent, and rumours putting a newly-free Raf Simons in the wings a ...

Carpet export target set at five billion dollars With all the interest received by Turkish carpet exporters who have taken on a record 18,000 square meters display at the Domotex Carpet Fair, a revision has been made on the 2023 target of 3.5 billion dollars in exports, bringing the figure up to five billion dollars. Istanbul Carpets Exporters Union (İHİB) İbrahim Yılmaz, "Our increase in exports has not be ...

Nearly 200 Turkish companies will attend Heimtextil Fair in Germany which will be held between January 11 and 14, 2012. Heimtextil is one of the biggest home textile fairs of the world and it is held every year in Frankfurt city. Nearly 2,600 stands had been opened in 2011's fair which hosted 73,000 visitors. Turkey had opened 156 stands in the fair. Meanwhile, Suleyman Kocasert, executive board chairman of ...

Turkish footwear industry exported a total of 56 million pairs of shoes to 60 countries across the world in 2009. Turkey was the ninth top producer in the world with its total production of 200 million pairs of shoes in the same year. Turkish footwear sector began automation in 1950s. This move for automation gained speed in medium and small scale enterprises during 1970s. However the sector maintained its ...

Anadolu has provided denim fabric to a socially conscious, value-added resource that has enabled the Women’s Association in Akkar to build a sustainable manufacturing for providing uniforms for children in need around the world The company’s creative agency in New York developed a social mission concept for Orta. Its target is to engage people globally on sustainability as well as social missions.Orta Anado ...

Together with the rising consumer awareness in Turkey, outlets have become places where quality products are found at affordable prices. The popularity of the outlet concept is increasing day by day and outlets are able to meet consumer expectations with regard to affordable prices. This in return plays a role in the increase in the frequency of visitors to the outlet-themed shopping malls. There are a tota ...

The Turkish carpets, which attracted world’s attention hundreds of years ago, have become a global brand for hand-woven carpets. Sixty-five percent of the carpets produced in Turkey are exported to the external markets. Turkey is one of the main hubs, alongside with Iran and other Asian countries, in carpet production and trade for centuries. The “eastern carpets”, in which the carpets manufactured in Turke ...

A Turkish firm based in the Central Anatolian province of Denizli is exporting shirts to 37 countries under the brand name “Jacquard.” Entering the sector in 1943 with a loom in hand, Tan Tekstil Chairman Ibrahim Tan now owns a 45,000 square meter facility in the Denizli industrial zone. Tan Tekstil Chairman İbrahim Tan entered the sector in 1943 with a loom in hand and now owns a 45,000 square meter facili ...

The Turkish leather industry increased its exports by 9 % each year in 2005-2008. Four percent of total leather and fur clothing in the world is produced in Turkey. ...

Turkish ready-made clothing industry ranks in the fifth place in global arena after China, Hong Kong, Italy and Germany. It is the second in Exports to Europe after China. In Turkish ready-made clothing industry bwhose history spans to more than 100 years, private sector's prospering was possible only after the withdrawal of the public sector from production in 1980s. More than half of the industry's produc ...