6th February 2020 - Apparel Insider

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GENEVA – Child labour is no longer being used in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields, claims a new report, potentially reopening the

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PARIS – A survey of textile and apparel suppliers found more than half have accepted brand and retailer orders that

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NEW YORK – Apparel shoppers are switching to Amazon in their droves according to new research, with the convenience and

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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

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BERLIN – Forced labour was used in the 2019 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan, but the situation is slowly improving. This is the message of an

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STOCKHOLM – Fashion giant H&M and Danish retailer Coop are joining chemical expert NGO ChemSec’s call to action to end the use of harmful PFAS

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LONDON – Apparel Insider has released its much-discussed cotton paper, written in late 2019, as a free download. The paper can be viewed by clicking