
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

NEW YORK – The Bezos Earth Fund has announced US$34m in new grants to support the development of next-generation textile materials. The funding will support

BERLIN – Temu and Shein are costing the German economy €2.4bn a year in lost added value, claims a study commissioned by German retail association

STUTTGART – The number of Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)-certified facilities globally rose 15.3 per cent year on year to 17,800 in 2025. Certified sites

NEW SOUTH WALES – Australian brand LSKD has signed a 10-year agreement with Samsara Eco to use enzymatically recycled nylon 6,6 in its products. The

LONDON – Epoch Biodesign has unveiled plans for Europe’s first nylon 6,6 bio-recycling demonstration plant, weeks after raising €10.3m. The facility will be located at

PARIS – Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN say they have validated a new textile-to-textile polyester recycling process at semi-industrial scale. The trio processed several tens of

AMSTERDAM – The Clean Clothes Campaign has filed a lawsuit accusing Levi Strauss of misleading consumers about labour conditions in its supply chain.

WASHINGTON – The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) has questioned a US trade probe into alleged excess capacity in fashion supply chains. The trade

BRUSSELS – European textile trade body, EURATEX, has issued a stark warning over the future of Europe’s textile industry. It says factory closures are continuing
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