3rd September 2018 - Apparel Insider

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AMSTERDAM – Almost 90 per cent of waste textile items collected in a recent EU backed study were found to

Apparel businesses are mistaken if they think that shifting to low cost sourcing countries is the key to long term

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DHAKA – Researchers from Bangladesh have successfully dyed cotton fabric using seawater. The scientists dyed two batches of cotton fabric,

On the of the launch of its revised sustainable cotton standard, Apparel Insider catches up with the Better Cotton Initiative’s

DHAKA – Around a dozen more brands have signed up to the 2018 Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety

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CALIFORNIA – In an unprecedented move for the global apparel industry, US outdoor brand Patagonia is to launch a new

CALIFORNIA – The C&A Foundation is backing a new early stage venture fund which will invest in apparel supply chain

GENEVA – A new international initiative has been launched to improve gender equality in the global garment industry. Better Work,

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AMSTERDAM – International apparel brands including Marks & Spencer, Puma, Fast Retailing, G-Star, Debenhams and Next are among more than

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STOCKHOLM – A new H&M Foundation-backed technology facility in Hong Kong will allow end consumers to hand in their old clothing items and watch them

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LONDON – Consumers would have to pay an extra 44 cents on the cost of a basic T-shirt in the US in order to factor

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DHAKA – A survey of almost 4,000 ready-made garment factories in Bangladesh found that 97.5 per cent of them do not have trade unions. The

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DHAKA – A Bangladesh textile mill which supplies to US retailers Sears and Macy’s Inc has had its business ties cut with signatories to the