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
Toxic chemicals exposed in new Temu and Shein tests
6th November 2025
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VIENNA – A series of new product tests of Temu and Shein winter wear has found multiple serious breaches of EU chemicals rules. These include
Carbios signs landmark PET recycling deal in China
6th November 2025
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PARIS – Carbios has agreed core terms with Chinese PET producer Wankai New Materials on a landmark plan to deploy its enzymatic PET recycling technology
Lenzing and OceanSafe launch new performance yarn
6th November 2025
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LENZING – Speciality fibre maker Lenzing has partnered with Swiss materials start up OceanSafe to launch a pioneering new performance yarn. The material aims to
