
Why we’re spending less on apparel – but buying more than ever
NEW YORK – Consumer spending on apparel as a percentage of total spending has more than halved to 2 per

NEW YORK – Consumer spending on apparel as a percentage of total spending has more than halved to 2 per

SHEFFIELD – A leading Chinese apparel maker is to trial pioneering textile processing technology which cuts water use by up

LONDON – Mike Barry, director of sustainable business (Plan A) with Marks & Spencer, is to step down from his

SAN FRANCISCO – Levi Strauss says it will shift sourcing away from China and – potentially – Mexico in the

SYDNEY – Efforts to boost transparency in Australian wool supply chains are evidenced by new data which shows that almost

AARHUS – Smart technology which dyes fabric without the use of any water will be used for all the jerseys

BERLIN – A group of independent human rights defenders have called for the boycott by Western brands of Uzbek cotton

SHEFFIELD – Just 3 out of 20 leading global apparel brands investigated were found to have measures in their supply

LONDON – What’s the best cotton production method for farmers? Organic? Conventional? Better Cotton? We recently published research where we

SAN FRANCISCO -Troubled footwear brand Allbirds is abandoning shoes for AI infrastructure in one of the most abrupt pivots ever seen in consumer markets. The

HAMBURG – More than 40,000 smallholder farmers in India and Tanzania are now growing cotton under the Regenerative Cotton Standard. This is according to the

DHAKA – Bangladesh has made some progress under the ILO’s roadmap, but unions say factory conditions remain far behind the reforms promised. The warning comes

LONDON – Fashion brands responded to the 2025 tariff shock by pausing orders, pushing for lower prices and shifting costs onto suppliers. This is the

VALENCIA – Spanish recycled cotton fibre business, Recover, and Chinese denim manufacturer, Prosperity Textile, are to develop a new denim collection. Production will take place

ENSCHEDE – Dutch textile recycling innovator SaXcell has confirmed plans to open a pulp plant in the Netherlands in early 2027. The company is also

LONDON – Primark claims 5 per cent of clothing units sold in 2024/25 were ‘circular by design,’ 20 per cent of jersey and 8 per

AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has launched a new project to help unlock post-consumer textile waste for textile recycling in Europe. Adidas is the lead

EINDHOVEN – RE&UP, Madewell and ISKO have turned 20,000 pairs of post-consumer jeans into feedstock for a new textile-to-textile denim capsule. The collection launched on
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