This document provides an overview of the website Fibre2fashion.com. It was founded in 2000 to provide up-to-date information on the textile, apparel and fashion industries. It has over 3.2 million registered members from 190 countries. It offers various services like corporate membership, premium membership, market reports, recruitment solutions, and advertising to connect buyers and sellers in the industry. It also publishes a magazine and has seen significant growth in traffic and members over the years. The document outlines its infrastructure, mission, value chain covered, growth statistics, potential markets served and future plans to expand into stocklot auctions and used machinery auctions.

1. World of Garment – Textile - Fashion
www.fibre2fashion.com
Business Overview
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Sanblue Enterprises Private Limited

2. Company Overview
About us
Fibre2fashion was founded in the year 2000 by our promoter company
Sanblue Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.
Fibre2fashion - an ISO 9001-2000 company is the only vertical portal of
its kind in the world
Fibre2fashion has a robust network of members from 190 countries
across the globe.
Our team includes young and dynamic professionals with technical and
managerial background.
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3. Our infrastructure
Fibre2fashion is hosted in a state of the art facility with 24 x 7 support,
rendering highly secured environment & redundant backup facility.
Our infrastructure includes cluster of high end servers of HP DL 380 G5
series with multi-CPU & multi-core capacity.
We have highly skilled in-house technical consultants, engineering
expertise and design expertise for software development activities.
Fibre2fashion, a global company, diligently abide by international policies
against piracy & ensures usage of certified software and applications.
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4. Our mission
To provide up-to-date information on trade, trend and technologies in
apparel & textile industries, online.
To provide highly efficient tools and the most effective platform for brand
and product promotion for companies in the textile, apparel and fashion
value chain.
To provide cutting edge technology for enhancement of online business
and increase connectivity between suppliers and buyers.
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5. The value chain we cater to
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Our value chain

6. Garments for Men, Women and Children
Home Furnishing Fabrics and Made ups
Fashion Accessories and allied products
Yarn, Fabric and Textile for Apparels
Industrial as well as Technical Fabrics
Fibre and Intermediates
Non woven and Technical Textile
Textile Dyes and Chemicals
Machineries and Equipments
Leather and footwear
Logistics, Shipping and C&F agents
Designers & Consultants
Used Machinery and auctions
Trade-fair and Event Organizers
Software and ERP Solution Providers
Factory overruns and Stocklot
Institutes and students fraternity
Consulting companies
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Our business segments

7. www.fibre2fashion.com
Year Hits Visitors Page Views
Jan’13 41786490 1888471 14279753
Jan’12 51606002 1079503 9540202
Jan’11 73999697 1429837 13876632
Jan’10 79764534 1301386 15591458
Our growth

8. www.fibre2fashion.com
Registered members 3,20,000
Companies in
directory
6,00,000
Resumes registered 80,000
Activity statistics
Business inquiries 4000/Day
Company
catalogues
10,000
News & articles 1,00,000
• As on 31st
Mar’13
Our growth

9. Our growth so far
Our growth
Fibre2fashion is among the top 10,000 visited sites among 150 million
sites on the internet as per alexa.com
Fibre2fashion is ranked #1 by alexa.com in Textiles and Nonwovens
segment
Fibre2fashion is ranked #1 online solution provider for Textile industry by
ranking.com
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10. Potential markets
Major global manufacturing regions with manufacturing units
China - 4,50,000 Vietnam - 45,000
India - 1,50,000 Pakistan - 45,000
South Korea - 60,000 Mexico - 40,000
Turkey - 50,000 Brazil - 35,000
Bangladesh - 35,000 Cambodia - 20,000
And other smaller manufacturing regions in south central america, africa, europe
and asia
* Figures based on available industry reports and ministry information
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11. Our services
Corporate membership
Provides complete access to business and knowledge sections
Facilitates branding and promotion of company and products
Reach the global industry through fibre2fashion news – the most widely read
digital publication
Provides access to facilitate human capital requirements
Provides multi user access satisfying the needs of several functional units across
the organization
Free Subscription of Fibre2fashion magazine.
Clients we serve…
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12. Our services
Premium membership
Fibre2fashion offers business-to-business premium membership
subscription service to the SME and MSME manufacturers, traders and
suppliers
By being a Premium Member companies
Get full access to buying leads posted daily
 Create premium website with product catalogue
 Get access to exclusive buyer business directory
 Get priority listing to improve responses
 Expand international business networking
 Improve raw material sourcing from domestic and international markets
Free Subscription of Fibre2fashion magazine
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13. Our services
Market watch report
Fibre2fashion provides bimonthly report on price trends of commodities
Gives an excellent insight into the global fiber and intermediate industry
A must read for manufacturers of raw materials and finished goods
Improves supply chain and helps determine end product prices
Commodities Covered Clients we serve…
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Polyester value chain
Acrylic value chain
Nylon value chain
Viscose value chain
Other commodities

14. Our services
Advertisement Solution
Fibre2fashion enhances international branding of products
Efficient service for new product launch and product promotion
Effective and innovative brand promotion solutions to increase market share and
generate positive business results.
With a strong domain knowledge and visitation of decision makers fibre2fashion
helps generate valuable sales leads.
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15. Our services
Recruitment Solutions
Specially designed recruitment solutions focusing on the job seekers and
recruiters in specific and general functional areas in the industry.
Full access to categorized resume database
Posting of unlimited job openings
List Jobs on Hot Vacancies
Maximize visibility and identify as
Get featured as ‘Top Recruiters’
View applications sent / resumes attached, by applicants against job openings
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16. Our channels
Fibre2fashion delivers business and knowledge based services
through well segregated channels like
Business offers: Tailored for buyers and sellers seeking fresh
business opportunities on a global plateau.
Trade stocklot: Deals with all types of buying / selling information
of factory inbound and outbound excess stocks facilitating stocklot
liquidation.
News: Global coverage of important events, general happenings,
industry performance, market research, company performance and
views of the garment, textile, fashion sector.
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17. Our channels
Market watch: An exclusive fortnightly report which covers the price
trend information on fibers' and basic textile raw materials world-
wide.
Articles: Provides valuable information on best practices in
manufacturing, supply chain, customer relation, upcoming trends,
human resource management.
Machinery: A directory of machinery & equipments manufacturers
which includes a wide range of end-to-end Apparel / Textile
machinery.
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18. Channels
Our channels
Dyes & chemicals: An information hub of global manufacturers of
dyes & chemicals for the textile and apparel industry.
Fairs & events: Provides information of all the textile, apparel and
fashion trade fairs, events, seminars and conference happening in
national and international arena.
Fibre2fashion magazine: Captures industry updates on issues or
trends, emerging concerns that are related to textiles, technical
textiles and nonwovens, apparel and fashion industry, etc...
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19. Our channels
IT solutions: An infomediary which focuses on the overall IT
needs of the industry and includes global database of products
and services provided by the IT Vendors.
Technical textiles: Information on global Technical Textile
industries, product innovations and knowledge based articles /
reports.
Used machinery: Selective information about offers on buying /
selling requirement of used machinery exclusive for the textile and
apparel industry.
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20. Future expansion
Stocklot auction: Globally 4-5% of total manufacturing of fabrics and
finished goods are sold as stocklots at a very nominal market price
Platform to liquidate stocklot inventory straight from manufacturers
Closed ended b2b model with minimal participation fee
Strategic sales initiatives to identify right buyers
Buyer premium charged on every successful sale
Work on absolute volume and value terms
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21. Future expansion
Used machinery auction & liquidation: Exclusive platform for buy and
sell of used textile machinery. USA alone has 15,000 textile mills going for
closure in next three years
Major textile manufacturing to be shifted to Asian markets
Work with agents from across the globe to verify the assets
Build sales strategy to sell assets to Asian buyers primarily
Use web casting and conferencing facilities for marketing assets
Buyer premium charged on every sale
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22. Few of our clients
EAT GmbH Germany
Eurostaff Systems Italy
Fast React Systems UK
Nike Netherlands
Point Carre USA
Ibrahim Fibres Pakistan
Radici Group Italy
Wilcom International Australia
Wipro India
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23. Few of our clients
Dystar India
SABIC Saudi Arabia
Huntsman Textile Effects China
BASF India Ltd. India
Selenis Portugal
Koelnmesse Germany
Hanes Brands Inc. USA
Grasim Industries India
Advanstar communications USA
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24. Feedback
I would like to recommend fibre2fashion.com as the best textile B2B web-site I have ever found. Indeed, I have
benefited from the money I spent by registering in fibre2fashion as a premium member since the first month. Now,
I have succeeded in developing a good and profitable partnership with some reliable companies in the world.
ALFIBRASTOCK
Mr. Selim YAHIA
General Manager
From the beginning of our collaboration with F2F they have been helping me much in finding new buyers from all
over the world since 2003. I am really thankful to them for their kind efforts and strong service. Their best feature I
appreciated much is that they are always giving me feedbacks, timely replies. I can easily say that this website
makes the far near in global market and I wish a more fruitful collaboration for near future.
Mesa Etiket
Mr. Fehmi Ozalp
Export Marketing Executive
Fibre2fashion continuously assists us in generating sale leads to help us sell equipment into Asia. No other site
offers the ease of functionality and a client base like them. Thanks for the efficient and friendly service I look
forward to a continued great working relationship. Keep up the great work!
Henry Butcher S.A (Pty) Limited
Mr. John Cowing
Director
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Mr. Shankarsinh Vaghela
Union Minister of Textiles
Government of India
“My best wishes to Fibre2Fashion team that, since a
decade, has been giving a remarkable contribution in
world recognition of Indian textile and clothing
industry. I believe, online international portals like
Fibre2fashion are very beneficial platform”…
Paolo Banfi
President
ACIMIT
“ACIMIT consider Fibre2Fashion website to be a very
important partner for providing information about their
new products and also for monitoring the needs of
customers. ACIMIT and its members’ companies
wish Fibre2Fashion the very best for the future”…
Mr Fabio Kahn
Director
Nilit (Fibers Division)
“On this special occasion, I would like to express my
thanks to 'Fibre2Fashion' for its professional editorial
coverage regarding NILIT developments over the
years. The information presented to readers on the
website is always accurate and up-to-date”…
Mr. Daniel Harari
CEO
Lectra
“Congratulations to entire Fibre2Fashion team for
completing a decade of great service to Apparel &
Textile industry. Fibre2Fashion has created a good
platform for Business & Technical information
exchange between Customers & Vendors. Keep up
the good work”…
Industry views

26. www.fibre2fashion.com
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