Taipei Times
Date: Sep 16, 2016
By: Staff writer, with CNA, PARIS
Two Taiwanese textile firms participating in a Paris show have set their sights on the
Mannequins wearing clothes designed by Taiwanese textile firms are displayed yesterday at Texworld Paris, France, one of the most important trade shows for the global textile industry. Photo: CNA
Muslim world, which accounts for about a fifth of the global population, by introducing new technology and innovative designs to appeal to the demographic, market sources said yesterday.
The population of the global Muslim world ranges between 1.2 billion and 1.6 billion, the sources said, adding that the two firms have high hopes about the Muslim market.
One of the two firms is Rui Yuan Co (瑞元), which had sent a delegation to demonstrate its products to appeal to potential Muslim buyers at Texworld Paris, one of the most important trade shows for the global textile industry, which ended yesterday.
Rui Yuan, which specializes in garments made from functional fabrics, took Muslim headscarves to the four-day exhibition.
“A female Muslim owns an average of 40 to 50 headscarves. They tend to buy new headscarves to replace some of their old ones every two to three months, so we have spotted the tremendous business opportunities in this regard,” Rui Yuan executive Li Chih-ming (李志明) said. [FULL STORY]
