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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
Carbios rejects claims by former exec and files criminal complaint
6th March 2026
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PARIS – French biotechnology firm Carbios has rejected allegations by a former executive and filed a criminal complaint for what it says are false accusations.
U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol in regenerative cotton push
6th March 2026
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MEMPHIS – The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol has opened grower enrolment for 2026, with new measures designed to verify regenerative cotton production.
Worn Again launches poly-cotton recycling plant in Switzerland
6th March 2026
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WINTERTHUR – Worn Again Technologies has started up a demonstration-scale textile-to-fibre recycling plant in Winterthur, Switzerland. The company is looking to move towards commercialising its
OCA sets out strategy to scale organic cotton
6th March 2026
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AMSTERDAM – The Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) has unveiled a new strategy which is aimed at expanding organic cotton supply. The strategy includes a pooled
