What Knitting Industry does

Knitting Industry is a niche B2B digital publishing platform covering the global knitting, hosiery, and adjacent textile sectors. Launched in 2008 by Inside Textiles Ltd, a privately held UK limited company registered in England, it operates the website knittingindustry.com, delivering daily news across technology categories such as circular knitting, flat knitting, warp knitting, hosiery/seamless, fibres/yarns, dyeing/finishing, and design, segmented by end markets including knitwear, sports/activewear, intimate apparel, hosiery/socks, technical textiles, and accessories.

The platform's core product is a searchable, freemium news archive produced by a small editorial team led by Editor Billy Hunter, complemented by a free weekly e-newsletter and an optional premium membership that adds customised daily news alerts. Paid offerings include downloadable industry reports (sold via PayPal with email delivery) and a classifieds marketplace combining free and premium paid listings for materials and equipment. Underlying technology is a standard website-based digital publishing platform with no proprietary technical features documented; the publication instead competes on editorial depth, archive breadth, and recurring coverage of major trade fairs.

Knitting Industry monetises through four streams: (1) display and sponsor advertising from textile machinery and fibre producers such as Shima Seiki, Karl Mayer, Lonati, AMSilk, Technical Absorbents and Gildan; (2) premium membership for personalised alerts; (3) one-time report sales; and (4) premium marketplace listings. It is part of an Inside Textiles Ltd network of sister publications — Knitting Industry Creative, Innovation In Textiles, Inside Textiles, and Inside Composites — and is independently owned with no disclosed institutional backing, operating with a 1-10 person team from Nantwich, UK.

Name

Knitting Industry

Legal name

Inside Textiles Ltd

Website

https://knittingindustry.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Knitting Industry, operated by Inside Textiles Ltd, is a UK-based B2B digital publication launched in 2008 that delivers daily news, features, and event coverage for the global knitting, hosiery, and technical textiles industries, monetised through advertising, premium membership alerts, paid reports, and a marketplace.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantwich

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Advertising: The publication generates revenue from advertising sales, with display advertisements from industry advertisers including machinery manufacturers (Shima Seiki, Karl Mayer), fiber producers (Technical Absorbents, AMSilk), and other textile industry companies appearing on the website.
2. Premium Membership: Free content access with optional premium membership offering customized daily news alerts for subscribers who opt in to receive additional personalized notifications.
3. Downloadable Reports: Sale of industry reports through the website. Reports are purchased via the website with payment processed through PayPal. Reports are delivered by email within 5 working days of payment.
4. Premium Advertising Services: The marketplace section offers premium paid-for advertising services where advertisers can post advertisements that receive specified benefits for a defined period.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Knitting Industry is an online B2B publishing platform that delivers daily news, features, opinion pieces, and interviews covering the global knitting, hosiery, and textile industries. The platform provides free access to current and archived content across technology categories (circular knitting, flat knitting, warp knitting, hosiery/seamless, dyeing/finishing, fibres/yarns) and market segments (knitwear, sportswear, technical textiles). Revenue is generated through advertising, sale of downloadable industry reports, and a marketplace where registered users can advertise materials and equipment.

Product overview

Knitting Industry operates as an online news publication platform, offering free access to current and archived industry content. The core product is the Knitting Industry website delivering daily news coverage across multiple textile technology categories (circular knitting, flat knitting, warp knitting, hosiery/seamless, dyeing/finishing, fibres/yarns, design, and education/training) and market segments (knitwear, activewear, hosiery, technical textiles, etc.). The offering includes a free weekly newsletter as an opt-in communication channel and paid downloadable reports available for purchase. A marketplace feature enables registered users to buy and sell materials and equipment. The platform is part of the Inside Textiles Ltd. network of textile industry publications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Knitting Industry Website An online publication delivering news, features, opinion pieces, and interviews covering the global knitting, hosiery, and textile industries through daily updated content and searchable archives. Targets industry professionals, suppliers, and buyers.
• Downloadable Industry Reports

Quantifiable outcome

• First digital publication in the Inside Textiles network, launched in 2008

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Just-Style: B2B apparel and textile industry news platform owned by a larger media group, covering a broader swath of the apparel supply chain. Comparable as a subscription- and advertising-driven B2B trade news outlet with an overlapping textile/apparel professional audience.
• WGSN: Trend forecasting and industry intelligence platform serving fashion, textile, and apparel professionals. Comparable as a subscription-driven B2B information provider for textile and apparel decision-makers, though positioned upstream in design and trend intelligence rather than manufacturing news.

Direct peers

• Fibre2Fashion: Global B2B textile and apparel media platform providing news, market intelligence, and reports. Comparable as a long-running specialist B2B publisher with similar advertising- and subscription-driven revenue model and overlapping reader base across textile and apparel professionals.
• Ecotextile News: Specialist B2B publication covering sustainable textiles and the global textile manufacturing industry. Comparable as a niche textile trade publication with digital news, advertising, and conference/reporting offerings targeting textile professionals.
• Textile World: Long-established B2B textile industry publication covering manufacturing, technology, and market news. Comparable as a specialist textile trade media outlet with digital publishing, advertising, and audience overlap with knitting/textile manufacturing professionals.
• Sourcing Journal: B2B digital media platform covering textile, apparel, and supply chain news. Directly comparable as a specialist online trade publication monetized through advertising and digital reports, serving a closely overlapping audience of textile industry professionals.
• Innovation In Textiles: Sister publication under the same Inside Textiles Ltd parent, covering textile industry news with a broader innovation focus. Directly comparable as a B2B textile trade media brand with shared operational infrastructure.
• Inside Textiles: Parent-level brand of the Knitting Industry publisher, covering the wider textile industry. Directly comparable as the umbrella B2B textile media site within the same corporate group, sharing the same advertising and audience ecosystem.

Regional players

• Apparel Resources: B2B textile and apparel industry news platform with strong coverage of the South Asian manufacturing base. Comparable as a specialist B2B trade publication monetized through advertising and reports, serving overlapping textile manufacturing professionals in different geographies.

Emerging players

• YarnMarket: Specialist online resource and community for yarn and knitting industry professionals. Comparable as a digital media site targeting the knitting and yarn community, with partial overlap in audience but a more consumer/craft orientation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/knittingindustr
• Facebookfacebook.com/knittingindustry
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/knitting-industry

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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