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EU backs microplastics collaboration
BRUSSELS – The European Commission has given its support to a new cross-sector agreement aimed at finding ways to reduce
Norway to ban fur farming
OSLO – Is the clock ticking on the global fur industry? A number of brands have said their collections will
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Egypt plans US$2bn textile park
SADAT – Egypt’s Trade and Industry Minister, Tarek Qabil, has announced plans for the construction of the country’s largest ever
Into Africa
Ethiopia is targeting US$30bn in textile exports by 2025, with apparel brands queuing up to test sourcing options from the
First organic cotton farmers certified in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA – 200 cotton farmers in Ethiopia have become the first ever in the country to receive organic certification.
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Monkey business
STOCKHOLM – Top prize for managing to miss the point in spectacular fashion goes to all those who went to
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,
River Island to reveal supplier list
10th February 2020
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LONDON – UK fashion retailer River Island has agreed to make its supplier list public after coming under fire from Human Rights Watch and Clean
Seven killed at India’s largest denim factory
10th February 2020
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AHMEDABAD – Seven garment factory workers were killed in India over the weekend after a fire broke out at Nandan Denim, the country’s largest denim business
Gap supplier destroyed by fire in Cambodia
10th February 2020
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PHNOM PENH – Two garment factories in Cambodia, one of which supplies to US brand Gap, were destroyed by fire over the weekend. The fire
