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
Amazon threat looms large for retailers
Amazon’s continued encroachment into the apparel retail space will step up a gear in 2018, with traditional department stores facing
RE&UP awarded C2C Certified Circularity for all products
2nd June 2025
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EINDHOVEN – RE&UP has become the first company in the textile industry to receive C2C Certified Circularity for all of its products. The certification, developed
Next factory staff told of dismissal via WhatsApp
2nd June 2025
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KATUNAYAKE – More than 1,400 workers at the only unionised factory owned by UK fashion retailer Next PLC in Sri Lanka were informed of their
