Fashion
1,300 exhibitors gather in Paris for Texworld Apparel Sourcing
Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris returns for its 57th edition at the Paris–Le Bourget Exhibition Centre from 15 to 17 September 2025, offering for the first time a perfect balance between textile manufacturers (Texworld) and clothing manufacturers (Apparel Sourcing).
Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris returns for its 57th edition from September 15–17, 2025 at Paris–Le Bourget with 1,300 exhibitors from 35+ countries, offering Europe’s largest textile and apparel sourcing platform.
Highlights include Avantex’s sustainable innovations, national pavilions, Initiatives zone, trend forums, Bio Fashion Innovation Day, and guided Econogy Tour.
With nearly 1,300 exhibitors from over 35 countries, the Parisian trade shows will present an unmissable sourcing offer, the largest and most diverse in Europe.
For three days, buyers will be able to discover the offerings of the leading marketplace in Europe for textiles and clothing. This diverse and competitive selection of top-tier products focuses on the segments that constitute the core of finished garment consumption and on which brands are currently concentrating their efforts. The Avantex sector, dedicated to innovative solutions for more efficient and sustainable fashion, is expanding and asserting its position with a growing number of B2B services at the cutting edge of technological innovation and eco-responsibility to effectively address the main challenges facing fashion companies and brands.
Innovation and diversity
This autumn edition opens with a unique selection of manufacturers and clothing producers: Texworld Paris and Apparel Sourcing Paris will offer a comprehensive overview of the major textile sourcing areas. The key players — China, Turkey, India, Korea, Taiwan, Bangladesh and Pakistan — will be grouped together under the banner of their national pavilions, such as Turkish manufacturers, supported by the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO), and Korean manufacturers led by KOFOTI, the National Federation of Textile Industries. These Texworld regulars will be joined by suppliers from alternative sourcing areas such as Cambodia, Myanmar, Rwanda, Vietnam and Egypt.
Apparel Sourcing, which will welcome 683 exhibitors, is achieving its best results this year, on a par with Texworld. This unique gathering – With 1,300 exhibitors, Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris is now the leading European trade fair in the sector – offering a response to the challenges faced by buyers. The prospects for near sourcing are confirmed, with the notable presence of manufacturers from Central and Eastern European countries such as Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, whose pavilions will be located at the entrance to Hall 3. The Near Sourcing Hub, established by the B2B digital platform Foursource, a partner of Messe Frankfurt France, will be located in the same area. Following the success of their previous digital participation, more than 10 European companies will be physically present for the first time.
Initiatives: a space dedicated to expertise
The Initiatives zone will be one of the highlights of this edition: located at the entrance of Hall 4, it will emphasize the expertise of particularly sharp players. The Indian company Pasari Textiles will take this opportunity to reveal the manufacturing techniques of its artisanal embroideries, while the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce will emphasize the expertise of the Turkish textile industry through contemporary creations playing with patterns and dyeing. LISAA Mode students will create live pieces in knit and crochet, illustrating the quality of both design and execution. Finally, the China Textile Innovation Center (CTIC) will offer a space dedicated to design and products from a carefully selected group of Chinese players.
Avantex Paris: focus on sustainable fashion
Laboratory of innovations around sustainable fashion, Avantex Paris will bring together about thirty participants in the passage connecting Hall 2 (trends forum, services, Agora) to Hall 3. This unique offering will shine some light on emerging technologies, solutions, or materials available to address key fashion challenges: circularity, transparency, traceability, sustainability, optimization, scalability, interactivity, and immersion in virtual universes.
It will be organised at the show around three complementary universes: the HUB, an open zone presenting innovative solutions and services for the fashion industries; the Designer HUB, dedicated to textile studios, agencies, and independent designers in direct contact with brands and manufacturers; the ReSources space, which this year will bring together four companies selected by the TCBL (Textile & Clothing Business Labs) association, a partner of Avantex for 3 editions. The choice of Phygital retained for this podium will allow visitors to access, via a QR Code linked to the Foursource platform, all the useful information about these companies and their offerings.
A traditional landmark of the fair, the 8th edition of the Avantex Fashion Pitch will reward the most innovative startups in sustainable development applied to fashion. The partners of this event are the IFA Paris fashion school and its Foundry incubator, the virtual world creation platform for fashion and luxury VLGE, Luxiders Magazine dedicated to eco-responsible fashion and design, the Circular Textile Days trade show, and Texpertise Network, the global network of textile trade shows by Messe Frankfurt. The projects will be presented to the public on Monday, September 15, starting at 3:30 PM.
Conference, debates: flagship events and highlights
True to its mission as a trailblazer, Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris is committed to providing visitors with a clear vision of market developments. The conferences, round tables, and animations offered during these 3 days with inspiring international leaders from the fashion and textile industry at the Agora in Hall 2 will fulfilll this mission and will be punctuated by several highlights. On the fashion trends side, Louis Gérin, one of the two art directors of the shows, will comment on Nova Fabula, the trend book that will inspire the Autumn-Winter 2026-2027 collections (Monday, September 15 at 12:15 PM).
On the innovation and prospective side, numerous conferences and round tables proposed on the Avantex agenda will fuel reflection on the key themes of the moment. Another feature of this edition, on Wednesday, September 17, the Agora will host the Bio Fashion Innovation Day, the European event proposed by TCBL around projects and experiences related to local production, bio-sourced materials, and eco-design solutions: keynotes, round tables, workshops, and networking sessions will punctuate the day.
Econogy Tour: guided tour dedicated to sustainable economics
As part of its Texpertise Econogy initiative, which combines the concepts of ecology and economic development, Messe Frankfurt France is structuring its promotion of sustainable sourcing within the Texpertise Network along different lines. Firstly, the Econogy Finder allows visitors to identify, via an online directory accessible from the Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris app or website, more than a hundred manufacturers whose CSR commitments have been verified by a third party. These companies can also be identified in the alleys thanks to the Econogy Finder symbols.
In September, an Econogy Tour will give visitors the opportunity to meet a selection of certified companies and discover what they have to offer. This unique guided tour, led by Noa Ben Moshe, will take visitors on a tour of some of the most sustainable exhibitors at Texworld and Apparel Sourcing. The meeting point is at the Econogy Hub in the Avantex area on Monday 15 September at 12.30 pm. The final part of the concept, Econogy Talks, identifies and highlights events dealing with topics related to the sustainable economy to help visitors manage their schedules.
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Fibre2Fashion News Desk (HU)
Wholesale revenue dropped 12.8 per cent on a currency-adjusted basis to €4.9 billion, while direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales increased 3.4 per cent, lifting the DTC share to 32.4 per cent from 28.9 per cent.
Regionally, sales fell 6.9 per cent in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), 7.4 per cent in Asia-Pacific and 10 per cent in the Americas, with North America driving much of the decline.
Puma has reported sales of €7.3 billion (~$8.61 billion) in FY25, with currency-adjusted revenue down 8.1 per cent amid strategic reset actions.
Wholesale declined while DTC share increased.
Margins contracted and EBIT turned negative, leading to a net loss.
Q4 saw sharper declines across regions and categories.
Puma expects further sales softness and negative EBIT in FY26.
By product segment, footwear sales decreased 7.1 per cent, apparel declined 9.7 per cent and accessories fell 8.5 per cent, although selective growth was observed in running, training and premium sport style lines, Puma said in a press release.
Profitability weakened significantly during the year. Gross margin contracted 260 basis points to 45.0 per cent, impacted by promotional activity, inventory reserves, unfavourable mix and currency effects. Adjusted EBIT turned negative at €165.6 million, while reported EBIT declined to -€357.2 million after €191.6 million in one-off costs related mainly to the cost efficiency programme and goodwill impairments.
Loss from continuing operations widened to -€643.6 million, translating to earnings per share of -€4.37 versus €1.88 in the prior year.
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Fourth quarter (Q4) performance reflected the peak impact of the strategic reset. Currency-adjusted sales declined 20.7 per cent to €1,564.9 million, with reported revenue down 27.2 per cent due to currency headwinds. The decline was driven by deliberate reductions in wholesale exposure, inventory clearance actions and lower promotional intensity.
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Profitability deteriorated sharply. Gross margin declined to 40.2 per cent from 47.7 per cent due to promotions, inventory provisions and currency effects. Adjusted EBIT fell to -€228.8 million, while reported EBIT reached -€307.7 million following one-off costs linked to restructuring and impairment charges. The quarter ended with a loss from continuing operations of -€335 million.
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Looking ahead, Puma expects currency-adjusted sales in fiscal 2026 to decline in the low- to mid-single-digit percentage range, with EBIT projected between -€50 million and -€150 million. Capital expenditure of around €200 million is planned as the company continues investments in brand repositioning and digital capabilities, added the release.
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India’s real GDP is estimated to grow at 7.6 per cent to ₹322.58 trillion (~$3.54 billion) in FY26 compared to the first revised GDP estimate of ₹299.89 trillion for FY25 (7.1 per cent growth).
It released the new series of annual and quarterly national accounts estimates with FY23 base.
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Nominal GVA is estimated to grow at 8.7 per cent to hit ₹313.61 trillion during FY26, against ₹288.54 lakh crore in 2024-25.
Robust economic performance in FY26 is primarily on account of robust real growth observed in the second quarter (8.4 per cent) and third quarter (7.8 per cent).
The manufacturing sector has been the major driver of resilient performance of the economy the consecutive three fiscals after rebasing, a release from the ministry said.
Both private final consumption expenditure and grossed fixed capital formation exhibited more than 7-per cent growth rate in FY26.
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