The demise of the department store
It’s carnage on the high street right now. There has been a sense for some considerable time that something has
Scientists claim recycling breakthrough with cotton-polyester blends
Scientists in Sweden are claiming a notable breakthrough in terms of closing the loop in textiles having successfully recycled worn
Closing the apparel loop: myth versus reality
Global fashion giant H&M group recently announced it has partnered with Swedish company re:newcell, whose smart technology recycles used cotton,
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Net sales surge as innovation pays for Inditex
ARTEIXO – Sales jumped by ten per cent at the world’s largest fashion retailer, Inditex, in the first nine months
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H&M expands Alibaba collaboration amid sluggish sales
STOCKHOLM – H&M has taken a significant step towards increasing its share of the burgeoning Chinese apparel market by expanding
US ruling protects domestic polyester sector
WASHINGTON – US polyester manufacturers have applauded a decision by the US Department of Commerce to apply tariffs to fine
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Armani, Primark urged to disclose supplier lists
AMSTERDAM – A campaign led by Human Rights Watch, Clean Clothes Campaign, and International Labor Rights Forum is calling on
New tool links brands to Chinese supplier factories
NEW YORK – Six leading apparel brands, Target, Esprit, New Balance, Puma, Gap Inc and Inditex, have shared their supplier
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What price sustainability?
We’re all ethical shoppers right? Well not quite. New research shows 78 per cent of us base our purchasing decisions
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
