Debenhams brings in liquidation firm
LONDON – UK department store chain, Debenhams, has hired a Hilco Capital, to draw up possible plans for liquidation – a
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Ralph Lauren backs trailblazing recycling tech
NEW YORK – US luxury brand Ralph Lauren Corporation has announced a minority investment in Natural Fiber Welding, Inc, as
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Uzbek cotton “an opportunity” for brands exiting Xinjiang
WASHINGTON – Uzbekistan’s cotton sector took a step closer to coming in from the economic cold this week as civil
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New cotton tracking patent pending for Applied DNA
NEW YORK – Molecular tagging tech company, US-based Applied DNA Sciences, which offers apparel and cotton product authenticity and traceability
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Two more Sateri mills become EU-BAT compliant
SHANGHAI – The world’s largest producer of viscose fibre, Sateri, has announced that two more of of its mills in
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Organic cotton’s China problem outlined in TE report
TEXAS – Organic cotton output from the troubled Chinese province of Xinjiang increased by 6.9 per cent according to new
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Brands bemoan Cambodia’s shift towards coal
PHNOM PENH – Global apparel brands including Adidas, Puma, Gap and H&M are set to write to the Cambodian Government
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Apple caught up in Xinjiang forced labour crisis
WASHINGTON – US tech giant Apple has been importing clothing from a business which is facing US sanctions over forced
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Dutch Garment Agreement to investigate C&A
AMSTERDAM – The Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textiles (AGT) has told Apparel Insider it could be months, “or
Fashion brands called out for stalling on a new Accord
4th August 2021
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AMSTERDAM – Clean Clothes Campaign has publicly called out fashion brands including H&M, Primark, Inditex, Bestseller and C&A for failing to back the renewal of
Wood-based fibres degrade within 60 days – study
4th August 2021
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LONDON – A new study found that wood-based cellulosic fibres fell apart within 30 days and fully degraded within 60 days in seawater. In contrast,
