News US brands oppose Paris Accord withdrawal WASHINGTON – Members of the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), including The North Face, Columbia Sportswear and Patagonia have expressed dismay Read More »
News ISKO tackles cotton waste with new collection BURSA – The world’s largest denim mill, ISKO, has launched a new collection of fabrics containing a combination of recycled Read More »
News Ralph Lauren digital tags to combat fakes NEW YORK – Luxury US apparel brand, Ralph Lauren, has announced new ‘digital product identities’ for millions of its products Read More »
News Japanese brands still marketing ‘Xinjiang cotton’ apparel XINJIANG – Research by ABC News has found Japanese clothing brands Muji and Uniqlo are continuing to market clothing made Read More »
News Ignoring manure means organic cotton impact understated LONDON – The exclusion of manure’s upstream impact from cotton studies means the environmental impact of organic cotton, in terms Read More »
News Gap and HKRITA partner on recycling research HONG KONG – US retailer Gap has partnered with the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) on Read More »
News Zalando goes green to “remain relevant” BERLIN – Zalando, Europe’s largest online-only fashion retailer, has committed to cut its emissions of carbon dioxide so that it Read More »
News Södra technique targets polycotton blends VÄXJÖ – Swedish pulp and paper business, Södra, says it has developed a new chemical recycling technique which can separate Read More »
News Kering to study product use phase impacts PARIS – Luxury apparel group Kering is to conduct a survey of 3,000 consumers across six countries in a bid Read More »
VF Corp spins out jeans businesses, Lee and Wrangler 13th August 2018 No Comments GREENSBORO – US apparel giant VF Corporation has announced it will spin off its Lee and Wrangler jeans businesses into an independent public company as Read More »
Fibre scoring tools misleading consumers, claim researchers 13th August 2018 No Comments OSLO – Current tools used to score textile fibres on sustainability are misleading consumers as they fail to account for the use phase of clothing, Read More »