Debenhams brings in liquidation firm
LONDON – UK department store chain, Debenhams, has hired a Hilco Capital, to draw up possible plans for liquidation – a
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Ralph Lauren backs trailblazing recycling tech
NEW YORK – US luxury brand Ralph Lauren Corporation has announced a minority investment in Natural Fiber Welding, Inc, as
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Uzbek cotton “an opportunity” for brands exiting Xinjiang
WASHINGTON – Uzbekistan’s cotton sector took a step closer to coming in from the economic cold this week as civil
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New cotton tracking patent pending for Applied DNA
NEW YORK – Molecular tagging tech company, US-based Applied DNA Sciences, which offers apparel and cotton product authenticity and traceability
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Two more Sateri mills become EU-BAT compliant
SHANGHAI – The world’s largest producer of viscose fibre, Sateri, has announced that two more of of its mills in
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Organic cotton’s China problem outlined in TE report
TEXAS – Organic cotton output from the troubled Chinese province of Xinjiang increased by 6.9 per cent according to new
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Brands bemoan Cambodia’s shift towards coal
PHNOM PENH – Global apparel brands including Adidas, Puma, Gap and H&M are set to write to the Cambodian Government
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Apple caught up in Xinjiang forced labour crisis
WASHINGTON – US tech giant Apple has been importing clothing from a business which is facing US sanctions over forced
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Dutch Garment Agreement to investigate C&A
AMSTERDAM – The Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textiles (AGT) has told Apparel Insider it could be months, “or
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
