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Lenzing invests €30m in luxury yarn line
LENZING – This week offers further evidence that the luxury fashion sector is embracing sustainability. Austrian specialist fibre maker, Lenzing,
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New fibres derived from coconut by-products
PERTH – An Australian tech business this week launched the first plant-free viscose-rayon fibres at an industry conference in Vancouver.
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Calotropis procera plant fibres set for production
KENYA – Clothing made with Calotropis procera, a species of flowering plant native to parts of Africa and Asia, are
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Unions, government discuss fair wages in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA – Government, union leaders and textile manufacturers met this week to discuss wages and worker rights in Ethiopia’s
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Bio-based nylon focus of Aquafil initiative
TRENTO – Aquafil, an Italian producer of polyamide in Italy, is spearheading a new initiative aimed at increasing the amount
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US$3m funding for biotech dye business
PARIS – A French biotech dye business which engineers microbes to produce natural dyes for textiles has received US$3m in
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New evidence of forced cotton picking in Uzbekistan
BERLIN – There are calls for the World Bank to acknowledge “violations in loan agreements to Uzbekistan” because of “credible
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Survey raises questions over purchasing practices
LONDON – Purchasing practices by apparel brands are unaffected by the length of relationship with suppliers, according to an international
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Zara blurs lines between offline and digital
LONDON – A new store by Spanish fashion brand, Zara, potentially paves the way for a new shopping experience where
China textile industry collaborates on chemicals
25th April 2018
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SHANGHAI – China’s textile industry has taken a major environmental step as 25 leading enterprises from the country’s textile manufacturing and dyestuffs industries have signed
Global investors call for apparel supply chain transparency
25th April 2018
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NEW YORK – More than 100 investors representing billions of dollars in assets under management have signed a letter urging apparel brands and retailers to
Roy Robson accused of union busting
25th April 2018
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IZMIR – German fashion brand, Roy Robson has been accused of union busting in Turkey. A complaint has been filed to the German Partnership for
Time to look beyond Bangladesh?
25th April 2018
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DEHLI – The global apparel industry focus in April has been on Bangladesh and the five year anniversary of Rana Plaza – and rightly so.
