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Orta Blu Denim Manufacturer : Textile Industry Spotlight May 2011

Orta Blu, the sustainability division of Orta, one of the worlds largest denim manufacturers, is working with local Turkish cotton farmers to help them in the transition to producing “Better Cotton”.

Orta Blu will assist the farmers implement the BCI (Better Cotton Initiative) protocol which dictates growing cotton in a way that reduces stress on the environment and improves the livelihoods and welfare of farming communities.

Orta Blu is using their newly created on-line platform www.ortablu.org to document their efforts in decreasing their environmental impact with their denim production and to promote their global Social Missions.

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Cotton Prices : Cotton Price Search

Cotton is clearly very important to the fashion industry.  In fact, cotton is critically important to the entire world.  When working in the apparel industry, the price of cotton becomes an important topic of interest.  If cotton prices increase, the clothing prices should surely follow.  If price fluxuation is small, it is possible that clothes prices will not move drastically (or at all).  However, if the price increases in cotton is severe, as seen over the past year, garment prices most likely also must increase.

 

Below are a few searches to help you learn more about cotton prices. 

cotton commodities 

cotton price chart 
cotton prices 

From the following cotton links, you can learn about the futures market:
cotton futures 
cotton futures charts 

cotton futures contract 

cotton futures quotes 

cotton futures prices 
cotton futures market 
cotton futures trading 

When raw cotton fiber prices increase, the cotton fabric prices will also increase.  It then becomes up to the apparel manufacturer if they will increase the cost of their garments to their buyers. 

Try the following if you are searching for historical data regarding cotton prices:

cotton prices historicalcotton prices 2010
cotton prices 2009 
cotton prices 2008

We hope that you find this information about cotton prices to be helpful to you and your business.

Do you think that apparel manufacturers should raise pricing for cotton shirts and pants every time cotton cost increases?  Or should clothing prices remain relatively unchanged?