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Pyratex and local producers target Spanish cotton supply chain
MADRID – Spanish textile company Pyratex has partnered with local cotton producers to establish a new supply chain using cotton
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Ambercycle and Huilong ink recycling deal
LOS ANGELES – U.S.-based textile recycling company Ambercycle has announced a partnership with Zhejiang Huilong New Materials Co. a Chinese
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Kuura fibre promises lower emissions than traditional viscose
HELSINKI – Finnish forest industry conglomerate Metsä Group has begun pre-engineering for the first commercial textile fibre mill for the
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EU waters down sustainability rules after corporate lobbying
BRUSSELS – The European Commission has significantly weakened its proposed sustainability reporting and due diligence regulations after sustained pressure from
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C&A closes denim factory in Germany amid cost challenges
MONCHENGLADBACH – Global fashion retailer C&A has shut down its state-of-the-art denim factory in Mönchengladbach, bringing an abrupt end to
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Florida sues Target for “misleading investors” on LGBTQ risks
TALLAHASSEE – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, in collaboration with America First Legal (AFL), has filed a class-action lawsuit against
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Spoor and Oeko-Tex partner on traceable leather
COPENHAGEN – Danish traceability company Spoor, part of Scan-Hide, has partnered with the international Oeko-Tex Association to introduce full farm-to-product
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France agrees to ban PFAS in textiles
PARIS – France’s National Assembly has voted to restrict the use of highly polluting PFAS “forever chemicals” in a range
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EU to enforce EPR rules for fashion and textiles
BRUSSELS – The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on new measures aimed at reducing textile waste
Fashion bodies want industry to slow down
22nd May 2020
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LONDON – The Council of Fashion Designers of America and British Fashion Council have called for the fashion industry to slow down as part of
Bestseller owner enters Sunday Times rich list
21st May 2020
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COPENHAGEN – The owner of Danish fashion retailer Bestseller, which is refusing to pay supplier bills and has been demanding huge discounts for completed orders,
The face of a broken industry?
19th May 2020
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LONDON – A denim manufacturer from Bangladesh has taken to social media to express his despair at being unable to pay his 2,000 staff bonuses
ETI dithers over poor conduct of members
14th May 2020
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LONDON – The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) has hidden behind “internal processes” in response to calls for it to expel members over their refusal to
Zalando set to buck market in 2020
8th May 2020
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BERLIN – German online fashion retailer Zalando said it expects to buck broader market trends and achieve double-digit growth in 2020. The business said it
“Nowhere to go” for used clothing as markets dry up
6th May 2020
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LONDON – Mountains of used clothing is heading to landfill and incineration as global second-hand clothing markets grind to a halt. As fears about Covid-19
Levi’s exec bemoans anti-Chinese sentiment
5th May 2020
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SAN FRANCISCO – A Chinese-American board member of US denim brand Levi’s has hit out at anti-Asian sentiment which, she claims, has spread almost as
Next warns of potential 40% drop in sales
29th April 2020
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LONDON – UK fashion retailer Next has warned that full-price sales in-store and online could drop by up to 40 per cent on an annual
Calls for EU laws to end poor purchasing practices
23rd April 2020
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AMSTERDAM – New EU-wide laws are needed to end the culture of unfair purchasing practices by apparel brands, which at present allows them to cancel
