News H&M faces tough competition, cuts full-year margin target STOCKHOLM – H&M, the world’s second-largest listed fashion retailer, has said it no longer expects to achieve its full-year earnings Read More »
News Italy investigates Shein over greenwashing claims ROME – Italy’s antitrust agency has opened an investigation into Infinite Styles Services CO. Limited, the Dublin-based company that manages Read More »
News EURATEX leads calls for stricter online market regulations BRUSSELS – EURATEX, the European textile trade body, has joined a coalition of NGOs and European industry groups who are Read More »
News PVH Corp may face China blacklisting over Xinjiang cotton boycott BEIJING – China has threatened to blacklist US fashion retail group, PVH Corp, over its boycott of Xinjiang cotton. PVH, Read More »
News Superdry claims Shein benefits from tax avoidance LONDON – Shein, the Chiness fast fashion company, is benefiting from an import duty exemption on low-value parcels, which one Read More »
News Louis Vuitton sued for alleged racial discrimination CALIFORNIA – Luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton is facing a lawsuit accusing the brand of “invidious race-based discrimination.” Filed in Read More »
News Fashion, C02 emissions and green logistics NICHOLAS MAZZEI swapped a career in the British Army for a life in sustainability at the sharp end of the Read More »
News Textile recyclers dispute ‘trash’ used clothing claims BRUSSELS – At a recent conference in Belgium, stakeholders from the textile recycling industry pushed back against Greenpeace’s claims about Read More »
News EU bans use of PFAS sub-group in textiles BRUSSELS – The European Union has announced a ban on the use of undecafluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) and PFHxA-related substances in Read More »
Union bosses fear suicides at H&M supplier 25th June 2020 No Comments KARNATAKA – Union bosses in India have told Apparel Insider they fear a real threat of suicide among 1200 workers from a H&M supplier who Read More »
Could technology provide trust for Xinjiang cotton? 25th June 2020 No Comments WASHINGTON – This past week, US President Donald Trump has finally given the green light to legislation calling for sanctions over the repression of China’s Read More »
Great British clothing clear-out begins 25th June 2020 No Comments LONDON – Research by consultants WRAP suggests the British public is set to dispose of 67 million clothing items as the UK comes out of Read More »