
Swedish forest group goes big in recycled textiles
SKOGSUDDEN – A Swedish business which has devised a technique for extracting cotton from poly-cotton blends for use in the

SKOGSUDDEN – A Swedish business which has devised a technique for extracting cotton from poly-cotton blends for use in the

LONDON – The coronavirus could be disastrous for China’s polyester and textile supply chains if the disease spreads to other

DHAKA – More than US$100m will be spent on revitalising the once-booming traditional silk sector of Bangladesh. Work will be

BRUSSELS – The EU Commission will launch a new circular economy action plan in March which includes a “comprehensive strategy”

SHANGHAI – The world’s biggest organisers of textile events has announced the cancellation of three of its textile fairs due

LONDON – Uptake of Better Cotton by global apparel brands and retailers increased by 40 per cent during 2019 as

PHNOM PENH – Human Rights Watch has urged the European Commission to remove trade benefits from Cambodia, claiming there is

STOCKHOLM: H&M has announced its 72-year old chairman, Stefan Persson, is to step down as head of the fashion retailer

Zürich – A ground-breaking project has been launched to highlight the potential of Burkina Faso as a testing ground for

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

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
WASHINGTON – US polyester manufacturers have applauded a decision by the US Department of Commerce to apply tariffs to fine denier polyester staple fibre (fine

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 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

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
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