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Buyer guides for hospitality textiles.
The reference material a procurement team actually needs before writing a tech pack or a purchase order — specs, standards and the decisions behind them, not marketing.
The Hotel Textile GSM Standard
GSM by product and tier — bath towels, hand towels, robes, mats, pool — plus bed-linen thread count, how to verify GSM with a swatch and scale, and the terry-vs-waffle decision.
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UK Landed Cost for Imported Cotton Textiles
How an importer gets from a quoted FOB price to cost per piece on the shelf — freight, duty under CETA, import VAT, clearance and haulage, plus what to ask for with a quotation.
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UK Size Matching — Retail Sizes vs Standard Cuts
The towel, bath mat and bed linen sizes UK buyers actually send, mapped against the cuts Indian mills run as standard — exact match, nearest match, and when a custom cut earns its minimum.
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Certification Requirements by Market
What each of twelve export markets requires — mandatory regulations vs buyer-expected standards vs labelling law — for the USA, UK, EU, Gulf and Asia-Pacific.
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