
Cost of shipping low cost apparel up 500%
NEW YORK – Soaring shipping costs, port disruptions and logistical chaos could see a shift to near-shoring for fashion and

NEW YORK – Soaring shipping costs, port disruptions and logistical chaos could see a shift to near-shoring for fashion and

TEXAS – Organic cotton production globally increased for the fourth year in a row according to the latest figures from

SAN FRANCISCO – US casualwear brand, Gap, has announced plans to close all 81 of its stores in the UK

LONDON – The Better Cotton Initiative has missed its 2020 targets for growth, as well as brand and retailer uptake

LONDON – A major new investigation found most fashion brands are blatantly flouting international regulations around green claims – and

BOSTON – A US business has developed a new technology platform which helps apparel brands to easily and methodically screen

MEMPHIS – The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol has welcomed the UK’s leading retailer, Tesco, as a member of the system

SAN FRANCISCO – US outdoor apparel company Patagonia has partnered with Finnish textile recycling group Infinited Fiber Company for its

LONDON – Rapidly growing Chinese fashion brand Shein is using TikTok to grab market share from traditional rivals such as H&M,

TEXAS – Textile Exchange has published a major new cotton LCA that shows how sharply impacts can vary across production systems and geographies. The study,

BRUSSELS – The EU has announced a major overhaul of its customs code which will hit fashion brands selling cheap parcels direct into the EU.

AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has launched a project to test whether mass balance accounting could be used for biomass-attributed PET for clothing. The work

BEIJING – Shein has used new customer survey data to claim “circular fashion” habits are already common among its shoppers. The online retailer said repeat

STOCKHOLM – H&M Group reported falling sales and flat financial performance in 2025, with net sales down 2.6 per cent to US$24.15bn from US$24.81bn. Sales

STOCKHOLM – Renasens has raised €10m to scale a textile recycling technology that uses supercritical CO2 to recover fibres from blended waste. The Swedish start-up

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
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