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 »
Supplier urges governments to reopen stores 4th March 2021 No Comments CHITTAGONG – Bangladeshi-based denim manufacturer, Mostafiz Uddin, has urged European and US governments to re-open fashion stores – suggesting constant lockdowns are decimating supply chains Read More »
Gujarat to develop two huge textile parks 4th March 2021 No Comments GUJARAT – The Indian government has announced it will set up two ‘mega’ textile parks in Gujarat, on the western coast of the country, to Read More »