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Brands make recycled polyester pledge
TEXAS – A group of leading international apparel brands have publicly pledged to increase their use of recycled polyester (rPET)
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Woes continue for J Crew Group
NEW YORK – US apparel retailer J Crew Group has announced a sobering set of financial results for the third
VF Corp backs foam dyeing technology
TEXAS – US denim brands Wrangler and Lee have put their financial weight behind a new foam dyeing process which claims
Europe’s sweatshops uncovered in report on garment production
AMSTERDAM – Bringing garment manufacture closer to home is not necessarily the solution to reducing poor working conditions for employees
China expands footprint in Ethiopian textile sector
ADDIS ABABA – One of China’s largest textile manufacturers, Wuxi Cotton Mill, has become the latest inward investor to head
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VF Corp buys natural fibre specialist Icebreaker
GREENSBORO – US-based apparel and lifestyle retail brand VF Corporation has purchased New Zealand-based Icebreaker as it looks to increase
Fair play?
Aggressive tax avoidance schemes might make financial sense but for a growing number of consumers, they’re simply not cricket. When
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A cry for help?
ISTANBUL — Customers shopping at Zara, the fast fashion retailer owned by the world’s largest apparel company, Inditex, recently found
Further growth for Cambodia garment exports
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s heavily export-orientated garment industry continues to show signs of upturn despite ongoing challenges around social compliance
Fur sector launches new standard, backed by LVMH
1st September 2021
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LONDON – The International Fur Federation (IFF), which represents the global fur industry, has launched a new certification and traceability system called ‘Furmark’ which claims
Esquel resumes legal case over US blacklisting
1st September 2021
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HONG KONG – One of the world’s biggest shirt-makers, Esquel Group, has resumed litigation to have its Xinjiang manufacturing unit removed from an American blacklist after
Cambodia garment sector in renewable energy drive
1st September 2021
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BRUSSELS – An EU-backed project is carrying out a series of audits in Cambodian garment factories as part of a drive to steer the industry
