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03/09/10
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DIGEL - the menswear concept predicts for 2010 Growth in the Upper One-Digit Range
 The German producer of men's wear, Digel
- the menswear concept, with headquarters in Nagold / Black
Forest, looks optimistically into the future and counts on a further
expansion of their export business. Marketing director Philipp Tausch
said in an interview with Textination that the enterprise founded
in 1939 by Gustav Digel was able to maintain their sales in 2009
against 2008, with 60 Mill EUR. For 2010 they are planning on growth
in the upper single-digit range. The company is owned to 100% by
the family. Managing shareholder is Hans Digel. The sons Jochen
and Carsten Digel are members of the management board. A further
manager is Michael Bischof.
 Nagold is headquarters
of management, sales and distribution, product management, procurement,
marketing, logistics with just under 200 employees. In 2008 they
invested substantially in the expansion of the logistics center
in Nagold with a storage capacity of now altogether 300,000 parts.
The fabrication takes place in Poland and Rumenia with a total of
1 Mill pieces per year. Of the entire sales 60% goes to export,
going to 47 countries of Europe.
 The men's wear
manufacturer is active in the middle price- and fashion- segment.
Their partner is the upper special retail trade. They own monostores
in Stuttgart-Leonberg, Wetzlar and Warsaw. The enterprise has around
2,000 customers, 340 of them are partnerships in other shops (shop-in-shop
systems).
 Core competencies
of Digel are: Europe's biggest modular of ferer - more than 50 modular
systems are permanently in stock, 24-hour customer delivery service,
comprehensive NOS (never out of stock)-system offer, Digel Order
Concept (DOC) - seasonal storage service as well as sortiments for
shop-in-shop (complete collections / synchronized delivery dates
in three color schemes) at an excellent cost-/ performance ration.
With the NOS-system more than 150,000 parts in more than 60 exclucive
patterns are hanging in the logistics-center Nagold are permanently
ready on call. Customers ordering new merchandise until 3 pm will
get it within Germany even the next day. To manage the areas optimally
there is also a NOS with jackets, pants, shirts and sportswear on
offer. ... more
Gert Krockert
Translation Dr. H. Arndt
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Associations
Fashion DesignART-Award: The winners
Self-Management for executive managers
Donations are possible regarding the competition law
DMF: Enlight sales force!
Ceremony for graduates at the LDT Nagold
REACH: Hazardous material list extended
Partnership congress 2010
First textile DesignART-Award: The winner
intex with new positioned executive committee
Direct debiting system has to stay!
With French charm to the Frankfurt Heimtextil
Extended transition time for care symbol "bleaching“
Inspiration out of Plauener lace for the world market
BTE booth at the „Heimtextil" in Frankfurt from January 13 - 16
Exempt from charges fair-package to the Parisian SIL
EDI: More turnover, less costs
BTE statement regarding the biocide regulation
Point out the trade partner explicitly within the internet!
Financial and cost planning with the „Chefplan online“
December is the top-selling month
EDI: Use BTE-product group code!
2010: Winter sales from January 25th, summer sales from July 26th
Special sales without end limitation possible
VDMD-TrendResearchTeam: Colour chart summer 2011
VDMD nominates Anne Schulze for the IAF-Award 2009
Credit cards: Sporadically PIN demanded
Andreas Bartmann newly assigned to the BTE directory
BTE regrets BAG-Liquidation
Energy costs unchanged high
Reconvert payment transactions terminals?
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03/02/10
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Ambiente 2010: Textile Companies successful with Lifestyle Collections
 Despite economic crisis and icy-cold weather more than 133,000 buying
agents were present at the worldwide biggest consumer goods fair
Ambiente
from 12 to 16 February 2010 in Frankfurt. They were rewarded by
the big product line-up of the 4,504 exhibitors from 93 countries,
who were surfing on the trend that the consumer is longing for security
and cosiness in the face of the momentary harsh environment. The
home is romanticized and more celebrated than in the past.
From that also German textile enterprises
can benefit. The Kleine
Wolke Textilgesellschaft and Rhomtuft
- exhibitors at Heimtextil 2010 - were also present at the Ambiente.
Companies like Zoeppritz in Heidenheim and the Austrian David Fussenegger
Textil in Dornbirn/Vorarlberg have transferred completely to Ambiente.
 Klaus Ladstätter,
managing director of David
Fussenegger Textil GesmbH, told Textination that their product
range in the lifestyle segment, woven blankets and textile accessories
at the Ambiente responds exactly to the clientele they want to target:
gift boutiques, accessory-shops, florists, pet shops, furniture
people, who value a trendy, unusual, new product line. And the number
of new buying customers is at Ambiente traditionally much higher
than at Heimtextil. The Ambiente is an order fair.
 "We were very much
satisfied. A special success we had with our Baby / Kids-collection,
with the up-to-date spring cotton blankets-collections and with
the segment blankets with floral designs as well as pet blankets.
Next year we will certainly exhibit again. We offer lifestyle-products
and textile accessories - made in Austria - produced mainly from
natural materials like cotton, viscose/bamboo, cellulose. Each year
we have four collections for different target groups and seasons.
We are serving the middle price segment. After years of stronger
growth we have been able to keep the same sales in 2009 as in 2008
and expect in 2010 again a rise of around 5%". ... more
Gert Krockert
Translation Dr. H. Arndt
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