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Germany’s Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt to merge
BERLIN – Hudson’s Bay Company and Signa Holding have entered into an agreement to merge Germany’s Galeria Kaufhof and Karstadt
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Huntsman launches innovative diffusion accelerant
SINGAPORE – Textile dyes and auxiliaries business, Huntsman Textile Effects, has unveiled a new diffusion accelerant which, it claims, could
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Leading Bangladashi textile mill regrets going green
DHAKA – A leading Bangladeshi textile mill has called out Western buyers for refusing to pay more for sustainably sourced
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Fashion for Good backs 12 more start-ups
AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has announced that 12 more sustainable fashion start-ups will join its accelerator programme which sees
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Italian auditor “ignored fatal flaws” in garment factory
AMSTERDAM – More than 250 garment workers died in a garment factory fire in Pakistan after the company supposed to
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Levi’s chief enters gun violence debate
SAN FRANCISCO – US denim brand Levi Strauss has joined the debate on gun violence in the US. In a
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Rebecca Minkoff to talk at sustainable fashion event
LOS ANGELES – Rebecca Minkoff, cofounder and creative director of the namesake exclusive designer brand, has been announced as one
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Burberry says it will no longer incinerate stock
LONDON – Burberry has announced it will stop the practice of destroying unsaleable products, with immediate effect. The company has also
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What does Turkey’s currency crisis mean for apparel?
ISTANBUL – First the good news: holidaymakers in Turkey this year have received not far off double the amount of
Lenzing invests €30m in luxury yarn line
24th May 2018
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LENZING – This week offers further evidence that the luxury fashion sector is embracing sustainability. Austrian specialist fibre maker, Lenzing, has announced a massive expansion
New fibres derived from coconut by-products
24th May 2018
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PERTH – An Australian tech business this week launched the first plant-free viscose-rayon fibres at an industry conference in Vancouver. Nanollose has set up a
Calotropis procera plant fibres set for production
24th May 2018
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KENYA – Clothing made with Calotropis procera, a species of flowering plant native to parts of Africa and Asia, are likely to hit shops before
Unions, government discuss fair wages in Ethiopia
24th May 2018
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ADDIS ABABA – Government, union leaders and textile manufacturers met this week to discuss wages and worker rights in Ethiopia’s rapidly developing textile sector. Among
