News Shares in Allbirds soar on AI pivot SAN FRANCISCO -Troubled footwear brand Allbirds is abandoning shoes for AI infrastructure in one of the most abrupt pivots ever Read More »
News Tanzania regenerative cotton farmer numbers jump 88 per cent HAMBURG – More than 40,000 smallholder farmers in India and Tanzania are now growing cotton under the Regenerative Cotton Standard. Read More »
News Unions say Bangladesh worker protections still fall short DHAKA – Bangladesh has made some progress under the ILO’s roadmap, but unions say factory conditions remain far behind the Read More »
News NGO report slams fashion brands over tariff fallout LONDON – Fashion brands responded to the 2025 tariff shock by pausing orders, pushing for lower prices and shifting costs Read More »
News Recover and Prosperity Textile unveil denim partnership VALENCIA – Spanish recycled cotton fibre business, Recover, and Chinese denim manufacturer, Prosperity Textile, are to develop a new denim Read More »
News SaXcell to open Netherlands pulp plant in 2027 ENSCHEDE – Dutch textile recycling innovator SaXcell has confirmed plans to open a pulp plant in the Netherlands in early Read More »
News Primark tightens criteria in its circular guidelines LONDON – Primark claims 5 per cent of clothing units sold in 2024/25 were ‘circular by design,’ 20 per cent Read More »
News Adidas, BESTSELLER and Inditex back textile recycling project AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has launched a new project to help unlock post-consumer textile waste for textile recycling in Read More »
News RE&UP recycles 20,000 pairs of jeans for denim capsule EINDHOVEN – RE&UP, Madewell and ISKO have turned 20,000 pairs of post-consumer jeans into feedstock for a new textile-to-textile denim Read More »
Textile unions target higher wages in Ethiopia 10th April 2018 No Comments ADDIS ABABA – A leading global union claims some workers in Ethiopia’s textile and garment sector are being paid as little as 600 Ethiopian Birr Read More »
Better Cotton now working with 350 brands 10th April 2018 No Comments GENEVA – The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has announced that it is now working with more than 350 brands after a number of new brands Read More »
Investors head to Kenya for apparel expansion 10th April 2018 No Comments DUBAI – The continued investor interest in Africa as the Next Big Thing in apparel sourcing appears to be showing no sign of slowing down. Read More »