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Textile Exchange evasive over organic cotton fraud claims
TEXAS – US consultants Textile Exchange refused to be drawn over claims that organic cotton fraud is widespread, particularly in
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Bremen Cotton Exchange joins Make the Label Count
BRUSSELS – Bremen Cotton Exchange has become the latest organisation to join Make the Label Count (MTLC) which is lobbying
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Fashion to test fibres from agricultural waste
AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has launched a new project which aims to test technologies that can turn agricultural waste
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New website outs greenwashing fashion brands
LONDON – A new website has been launched to highlight “rampant greenwashing” in the fashion industry. Greenwash.com was launched at
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Study outlines water-harvesting potential in Bangladesh
DHAKA – Ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh have huge potential to harvest rainwater for use in the production of
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Investor group warns of microfibre pollution threat
TOKYO – One of the world’s leading financial groups has put its weight behind a new report which warns about
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Renewcell accelerates expansion plans
STOCKHOLM – Recycling technology business Renewcell will increase production capacity of Circulose from 60,000 to 120,000 metric tons ahead of
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Gildan supplier caught up in Haiti wage revolts
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Police in Haiti violently broke up a demonstration by garment workers in support of demands for an increase
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Shein planning US$2bn Guangzhou supply chain base
GUANGZHOU – Online fast fashion giant Shein is planning to develop a US$2bn global supply chain base in the Chinese
Net sales surge as innovation pays for Inditex
12th January 2018
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ARTEIXO – Sales jumped by ten per cent at the world’s largest fashion retailer, Inditex, in the first nine months of 2017, to €17.96bn. The
H&M expands Alibaba collaboration amid sluggish sales
12th January 2018
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STOCKHOLM – H&M has taken a significant step towards increasing its share of the burgeoning Chinese apparel market by expanding its collaboration with Alibaba. H&M
US ruling protects domestic polyester sector
12th January 2018
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WASHINGTON – US polyester manufacturers have applauded a decision by the US Department of Commerce to apply tariffs to fine denier polyester staple fibre (fine
Armani, Primark urged to disclose supplier lists
12th January 2018
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AMSTERDAM – A campaign led by Human Rights Watch, Clean Clothes Campaign, and International Labor Rights Forum is calling on Armani, Primark, Urban Outfitters, Forever
New tool links brands to Chinese supplier factories
12th January 2018
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NEW YORK – Six leading apparel brands, Target, Esprit, New Balance, Puma, Gap Inc and Inditex, have shared their supplier lists with two NGOs, the US-based
What price sustainability?
12th January 2018
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We’re all ethical shoppers right? Well not quite. New research shows 78 per cent of us base our purchasing decisions mainly on price. The EY
