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Co-optex handloom spreads retail beyond India

Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers' Cooperative Society, popularly known as Co-optex launched a dedicated portal, where buyers abroad can order products. It has tied up with DHL and Professional Couriers to deliver orders in the US and China. Co-optex is now focused on product diversification and e-commerce to expand its customer base. The brand opened...

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Co-optex clocks in profits, steps beyond Indian shores

Making profit for the fifth year in a row, Tamil Nadu government-run Co-optex is going international. Recently, the state government launched international shopping and shipping through Co-optex portal, having entered in a tie-up with DHL and Professional Couriers to handover products in US or China. Blending classic with contemporary designs,...

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Co-optex does Rs 315 crores sales

Co-optex has recorded sales of Rs 315 crores during 2016-17. In a bid to increase sales, the society has initiated several steps including setting up of new outlets across Tamil Nadu. Set up in 1935, Co-optex currently has 194 outlets across the country. Co-optex is based in Tamil Nadu and has showrooms across the state and also in select...

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Co-optex launches indigo-dyed saris this festive season

Co-optex, the Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers' Cooperative Society has introduced a wide range of linen, organic, cotton and silk saris, linen and naturally-dyed cotton shirts and readymades for Diwali. Men’s wear comprises linen shirts, pure silk shirts and silk dhotis, lungis, dhotis and towels. For the home there are bed sheets, carpets,...

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Co-optex hits record sales

Tamil Nadu-based Co-optex sold handloom and power loom products worth Rs 313.38 crores during 2015-16. Sales, including exports, was higher by Rs 7.87 crores compared to previous year and is the highest ever retail sales by Co-optex. This feat was achieved due to initiatives, including introduction of new designs and wide publicity. Co-optex is...

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From musty emporiums to glitzy stores, Co-optex rebrands itself

Once popular for its affordable cotton saris and sheets, an 80-year-old Tamil Nadu state company Ashtalakshmi handloom store in Chennai has come back in the reckoning by wooing younger customers and has thus rebranded itself. The store is also looking at selling online a mix of contemporary and classical designs presenting handloom as a mass...

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Co-optex targets sales worth Rs 4.31 crore

The Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Cooperative Society or Co-optex Thanjavur region has set a sales target of Rs 4.31 crore. The scheme was launched at the Co-optex Vairam showroom recently. That apart, Co-optex has also set a target of Rs 5 crore through sale of its ‘cool comfort’ saris through 50 exhibitions which will be held across the country...

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Co-optex unveils linen shirts range under ‘LICO’

After launching a line of organic shirts, the Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Cooperative Society popularly known as Co-optex has now unveiled a collection of linen shirts for men under brand name ‘LICO’ around the festive season. The yarn for these shirts has been sourced from marketing agencies in the domestic linen yarn segment. The shirts are...

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Co-optex unveils fresh merchandise for the festive season

Increasingly creating merchandise to suit the sensibilities of today’s young consumers, Co-optex has launched 300 varieties of organic silk saris and T-shirts for the festive season around Diwali. The company is aiming for a sales target of Rs 365 crores during the season. The Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society, popularly called...

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Co-optex unveils a new range of organic cotton saris

Co-optex has, for the first time, unveiled a range of organic cotton saris at Thangam Pattu Maaligai showroom in Salem. These saris are made with cotton extracted from plants grown without using chemical fertilisers or pesticides. Colours are natural dyes obtained from flowers, leaves and seeds such as turmeric, Eucliptes, alba leaves, Karungali...

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Co-optex ties up with Flipkart to expand base

The 80-year-old Co-optex is teaming up with ecommerce major Flipkart to promote its finest products and reach out to a large consumer base across the globe. Co-optex recently launched its renovated ‘Gandhimathi Co-optex Showroom’ at Tirunelveli Junction. This summer, Co-optex will organise ‘Cool Comfort’ exhibitions in prime cities across Tamil...

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Co-optex joins hands with Jharcraft for retail

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Jharkhand Silk Textile and Handicraft Development Corporation (Jharcraft) and Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society (Co-optex). Co-optex has over 200 outlets across the country. Jharcraft products will be displayed at Co-optex showrooms across the country. Co-optex will also...