
Study: garment suppliers hardest hit by Covid
LONDON – New supplier data from Sedex has found the global garment sector – and particularly its supplier chain –

LONDON – New supplier data from Sedex has found the global garment sector – and particularly its supplier chain –

LONDON – 40 per cent of green claims made by businesses could be misleading, a major review of randomly selected

WASHINGTON – US apparel and retail trade bodies are calling on the country’s lawmakers to adopt the California Transparency in

BANGALORE – The International Sericultural Commission (ISC), an Indian government body representing the country’s silk industry, is to register a

LONDON – Suppliers left out of pocket after Arcadia went bust are being advised to accept a ‘goodwill payment’ in
LONDON – Online fashion retailer Boohoo has purchased Debenhams brand and website for £55m but says it will not be

AMSTERDAM – Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) and the Worker-driven Social Responsibility Network (WSRN) has launched

HAWASSA – Mixed messages are coming from Ethiopia’s flagship textile park, Hawassa, regarding workers at Indochine Apparel PLC and KGG

GREENSBORO – Cone Denim, the US manufacturer, has completed its first verification of origin audit with supply chain traceability business,

STUTTGART – The number of Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)-certified facilities globally rose 15.3 per cent year on year to 17,800 in 2025. Certified sites

NEW SOUTH WALES – Australian brand LSKD has signed a 10-year agreement with Samsara Eco to use enzymatically recycled nylon 6,6 in its products. The

LONDON – Epoch Biodesign has unveiled plans for Europe’s first nylon 6,6 bio-recycling demonstration plant, weeks after raising €10.3m. The facility will be located at

PARIS – Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN say they have validated a new textile-to-textile polyester recycling process at semi-industrial scale. The trio processed several tens of

AMSTERDAM – The Clean Clothes Campaign has filed a lawsuit accusing Levi Strauss of misleading consumers about labour conditions in its supply chain.

WASHINGTON – The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) has questioned a US trade probe into alleged excess capacity in fashion supply chains. The trade

BRUSSELS – European textile trade body, EURATEX, has issued a stark warning over the future of Europe’s textile industry. It says factory closures are continuing

SAN FRANCISCO -Troubled footwear brand Allbirds is abandoning shoes for AI infrastructure in one of the most abrupt pivots ever seen in consumer markets. The

HAMBURG – More than 40,000 smallholder farmers in India and Tanzania are now growing cotton under the Regenerative Cotton Standard. This is according to the
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