ROME – Italy’s fashion lobby has unveiled a strategic plan it says is needed to stop the country’s manufacturing base “ending up like automotive.”

LEICESTER – A long-awaited government review has concluded there is no evidence of prosecutable forced labour in Leicester’s garment sector. The finding challenges five years

MEMPHIS – The US Cotton Trust Protocol says its grower members have met or exceeded most of their 2025 sustainability targets ahead of schedule. The

MELBOURNE – UPPAREL has opened what it claims is Australia’s largest onshore textile recycling facility. The 10,500-square-metre plant in Melbourne designed to turn the country’s

OREGON – Loop Industries has signed a multi-year offtake deal with Nike, naming the brand anchor customer for the Infinite Loop India polyester plant. Under

LONDON – Modiano Ltd and G. Schneider SpA have announced a deal that will see all Schneider’s wool activities, excluding those in Mongolia and South

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

LOS ANGELES – REI Co-op, the US’s largest co-op, has signed a three-year offtake agreement with Ambercycle for its cycora regenerated polyester. The US outdoor

HELSINKI – Prenatal exposure to PFAS, waterproofing chemicals used in outdoor apparel, was associated with differences in the brains of children. This is according to