
Price squeeze continues for garment factories
AMSTERDAM – Research among more than 700 apparel suppliers globally has found continued downward pressure on prices faced by factory

AMSTERDAM – Research among more than 700 apparel suppliers globally has found continued downward pressure on prices faced by factory

LONDON – The British Fashion Council (BFC) has claimed a no deal Brexit could cost the UK fashion sector up

YANGON – More than 4,500 workers from 50 garment factories in Myanmar recently demonstrated demanding that the newly revised law

EXCLUSIVE – Rubana Huq, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), has sought to provide some much-needed clarity around

BERLIN – Budget men’s dress shirts beat their luxury counterparts in German tests which compared them on durability, comfort, care

PARIS – The G7 sustainable Fashion Pact of French President Macron should also have included pledges on worker conditions and

DUBLIN – Primark has expanded its cotton programme which trains farmers in methods aimed at minimising the environmental impact of

AMSTDERDM – A new garment factory safety initiative in India has been accused of ignoring worker voices and the mistakes

TEXAS – Textile Exchange has announced that its annual conference in Vancouver this year will be climate neutral. The US

BEIJING – Chinese fashion giant Shein is reportedly acquiring US apparel brand Everlane in a deal valuing the business at around US$100m. The transaction was

NORTH CAROLINA – A new life cycle assessment claims U.S. cotton can deliver a negative greenhouse gas footprint when biogenic carbon storage is included. The

LONDON – Cotton supply chains are showing fresh signs of forced labour exposure, despite growing investment in traceability, Oritain research found. Oritain’s Market Insights Programme

WASHINGTON – Campaigners are warning that cotton produced with state-imposed forced labour in Turkmenistan may be entering global fashion supply chains. The risk is linked

ZURICH – US cotton growers licensed to the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) standard cut greenhouse gas emissions by 54 per cent in a single season.

NORTH CAROLINA – Target has expanded its partnership with Syre to support the use of 70,000 metric tons of polyester made from end-of-life textiles. The

WARSAW – EU anti-fraud officials have helped uncover a suspected textile diversion scheme involving goods shipped from China. The textiles were declared as being in

WASHINGTON – Chinese apparel shipments to the US fell by more than half in value in the first quarter of 2026 new trade figures show.

DHAKA – Bangladesh’s Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has signed a deal with German development agency GIZ to support sustainability in the country’s ready-made
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