News Nike’s ‘racist trainers’ cause furore in US OREGON – The State of Arizona has pulled the plug on a US$1m grant it planned to offer Nike to Read More »
News Are we drowning in sustainability initiatives? CALL FOR FEEDBACK: In our next magazine, Apparel Insider looking at the vast – and growing – number of sustainability-focused Read More »
News Stockholm Fashion Week is cancelled STOCKHOLM – Swedish Fashion Council has cancelled Stockholm Fashion Week and said it will focus on launching a “more sustainable Read More »
News Copenhagen Summit to offer carbon offsetting guidance EXCLUSIVE – The world’s largest sustainable fashion event, Copenhagen Fashion Summit, has told Apparel Insider it will offer guidance on Read More »
News Uniqlo and UN partner on women’s rights TOKYO – Fast Retailing, owner of Japan’s largest fashion brand, Uniqlo, has announced a new global partnership with UN Women Read More »
News Biobased fibres: fashion’s future or passing fad? LONDON – In a brilliant new op-ed for the next edition of Apparel Insider, Claudia Amos and Georgie Edwards from Read More »
News Researchers develop blue pigment from fungi CALIFORNIA – Researchers in the US have developed a new production platform for producing blue pigment which may provide a Read More »
News IFC and Levi’s tackle GHGs in supply chains WASHINGTON – IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Levi Strauss & Co have signed an agreement that Read More »
News BGMEA head champions digital payments DHAKA – Garment factory workers at selected textile mills in Bangladesh will soon be paid digitally, as part of an 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 »