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
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
German textile recycling sector at risk of collapse, industry warns
7th July 2025
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BONN – Germany’s textile recycling system is facing collapse without urgent intervention, according to a warning from the bvse Textile Recycling Association (FTR). In a
Engelbert Strauss joins U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol
7th July 2025
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MEMPHIS – German workwear company Engelbert Strauss has joined the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, a voluntary sustainability initiative for U.S. cotton. The move gives Strauss
