
Investors head to Kenya for apparel expansion
DUBAI – The continued investor interest in Africa as the Next Big Thing in apparel sourcing appears to be showing

DUBAI – The continued investor interest in Africa as the Next Big Thing in apparel sourcing appears to be showing

LONDON – Shares of British fashion chain, French Connection, rose by 20 per cent – to their highest value since

ZURICH – Leading Swiss standards organisation, Oeko-Tex, has developed a new testing procedure to help companies in the global textile

LONDON – The gender pay gap at rapidly growing UK ultra fast fashion business, Missguided, is 46.3 per cent, while

NORTH CAROLINA – Cotton and wool are perceived by consumers as the most sustainable fibres according to a new environmental

DHAKA – The Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser has called for the re-imposition of sanctions against Myanmar in the

NEW YORK – US-based publicly held corporations are beginning to report typical pay gaps between their CEOs and typical workers

LONDON – The apparel resale market will hit US$20bn by 2022, according to new research, as a new generation of

LONDON – UK retailer, Marks & Spencer, has finally signed the 2018 Bangladesh Accord amid growing public pressure. M&S follows

BRUSSELS – The EU has launched an €11m fund to support textile recycling technologies for mixed post-consumer clothing waste from blended products. The call, under

BRUSSELS – 15 MEPs have urged the European Commission not to limit upcoming textile ecodesign rules to recyclability and recycled content alone. In a letter

BREMEN – Cotton farming is under growing pressure from weak farm economics, climate disruption and rising production risks. This is the warning of the International

LONDON – Lululemon has backed a US$12m funding round for Epoch Biodesign as the biotech start-up-scales enzymatic recycling of nylon 6,6. The material is widely

LONDON – UK consumers overwhelmingly associate cotton-rich clothing with increased durability , according to new survey data from Cotton Incorporated. Its research found 81 per

MUMBAI – India is setting up six Textile Export Facilitation Centres across key clusters as it targets US$100bn in exports by 2030. The centres will

BRUSSELS – Fashion brands will need to identify what product data they hold, decide what can be shared across the value chain and prepare to

ZURICH – Creditors have approved insolvency plans for key Texaid businesses in Germany, giving the textile recycling group a route to continue operating.

BRUSSELS – EU apparel imports plummeted year on year in January, with Bangladesh, Turkey and Cambodia among the exporters hit hardest.
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