
New scheme to safeguard Made in Italy fashion label
ROME – Italy has introduced a new certification scheme to safeguard the Made in Italy fashion label following recent supply

ROME – Italy has introduced a new certification scheme to safeguard the Made in Italy fashion label following recent supply

BRISBAINE – An Australian cotton farmer has been sentenced to nine and a half years in prison over one of

COLOGNE – A German court has ruled the term ‘vegan leather’ can no longer be used to market synthetic or

BRUSSELS – Government officials have announced a package of measures to stabilise Belgium’s used textile sector amid an “unprecedented crisis.”

NORTH CAROLINA – Renaissance Fiber has announced the production of what it claims are the first T-Shirts made from hemp

HENAN – China has opened what is claimed to be the world’s first industrial-scale facility producing regenerated cellulose fibres using
PARIS – A public dispute has broken out in France between Refashion, the official textile eco-body, and Le Relais, the

PARIS – Used clothing was dumped outside stores across France this week in a protest by Le Relais, one of

LONDON – A UK parliamentary committee has raised fresh concerns over Chinese fast fashion giant Shein’s bid to list on

DHAKA – Government agencies in Bangladesh are working with researchers from Scandinavia on a new feasibility study into producing viscose from raw jute with the

ARTEIXO – Spanish apparel retail giant, Inditex, has announced a 41 per cent jump in online sales for 2017. The company, which owns the Zara, Pull

HANOI – Vietnam’s textile and footwear sectors are among those which will benefit from lower tariffs thanks to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific

WASHINGTON – The price of jeans in Europe may rise by 25 per cent if the European Union and other trading partners impose tariffs on

LONDON – Up to 980 jobs could be cut at UK fashion group New Look as part of a rescue plan which will see it

DHAKA – Unions in Bangladesh are calling for a trebling of the minimum wage for garment industry workers to US$192 per month, from its current

SAN FRANCISCO – US denim brand Levi Strauss has announced a major ramping up of its use of lasers as it seeks to increasingly automate

MANCHESTER – It would seem that not even the new breed of rapidly growing apparel etailers are immune from the tough retail market right now.

AMSTERDAM – Japanese fast fashion brand, Uniqlo, is at loggerheads with a group of labour rights NGOs about its refusal to compensate Indonesian workers who
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