
German court sits on Ali Enterprises case
DORTMUND – This week, a court in Dortmund held the first oral hearing in the case of the factory fire

DORTMUND – This week, a court in Dortmund held the first oral hearing in the case of the factory fire

CALIFORNIA – US outdoor brand Patagonia will donate the entire US$10m it saved in taxes last year to non-profits which

MANILA – A Chinese textile business has targeted the Philippines for a reported US$100m green textile park. China Zhejiang Guannan

MUNICH – Textile technology business Polartec has launched the first ever fabric technology engineered to reduce microfibre shedding. The business

NEW YORK – AlgiKnit, a biomaterials company which is developing yarn spun from kelp, has announced a US$2.2m Series Seed

LONDON – Online apparel brand Boohoo is selling some dresses at a loss to drive website traffic. Carol Kane, joint

DHAKA – Bangladeshi garment suppliers are still being driven down on price by apparel brands and retailers – but some

STOCKHOLM – Swedish fast fashion brand H&M is to close down its Cheap Monday skinny jeans brand amid declining sales

LONDON – A new report claims Chinese viscose factories which have signed up to a high-profile industry sustainability initiative are

VIENNA – A series of new product tests of Temu and Shein winter wear has found multiple serious breaches of EU chemicals rules. These include

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 – Speciality fibre maker Lenzing has partnered with Swiss materials start up OceanSafe to launch a pioneering new performance yarn. The material aims to

PARIS – Shein’s first permanent store at Paris’s BHV Marais opened on Wednesday to long queues, a police cordon and protests. However, minutes after the

LONDON – Marks & Spencer said first-half profits more than halved after a major cyber attack crippled its online business for months and disrupted UK

PARIS – France has opened an investigation into Shein, Temu, AliExpress and Wish after the consumer watchdog found sex dolls with childlike features on Shein’s

SYDNEY – Australia’s wool benchmark has posted its sharpest monthly rise in three decades, with the Eastern Market Indicator climbing 109 cents to 1,453 cents

SHANGHAI – Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics opens the spring sourcing season in China in March 2026, focusing on sustainability, performance and AI. Organisers say the

STOCKHOLM – H&M Group has signed a multi-year deal with Recover to use the supplier’s mechanically recycled cotton into its products at scale.
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