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Organic cotton price premiums reach 60 per cent
BREMEN – Price premiums for organic cotton from India and Turkey are running at more than 60 per cent over
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Can you spot the signs of modern slavery in your supply chain?
HONG KONG – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently announced plans for the European Union to impose a
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Supply bottlenecks threaten recycled polyester push
SOUTH CAROLINA – A new briefing suggests the fashion industry will struggle to meet its ambitious targets for using recycled
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Sri Lanka textile park targets greener textile production
COLOMBO – A new, vertically integrated textile park could potentially help Sri Lanka become a world leader in sustainable textile
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Fast fashion can “never be sustainable,” says Livia Firth
LONDON – Fast fashion can never be sustainable, and remains the elephant in the room of all conversations about sustainable
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Bestseller to boost organic cotton use by 445%
COPENHAGEN – Danish fashion retailer, Bestseller, has committed to sourcing 6,000 metric tonnes of organic cotton from direct-to-farm agreements in
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Excess textile chemicals found in clothing of Shein
TORONTO – Clothing items being sold online by ultra fast fashion retailers Zaful, AliExpress and Shein, were found by scientists
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Outrageous green claims damage us all
LONDON – This week, it was announced that US-based fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger had become the latest brand to launch
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EU delegation reviews Sri Lanka’s GSP status
COLOMBO – A delegation from the European Union (EU) has this week arrived in Sri Lanka to review the country’s
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
