Apparel Insider

PORTSMOUTH – Scientists have engineered a bacterial enzyme which can digest some commonly polluting plastics, providing a potential solution to…
Read the full story… Scientists chance upon polyester-eating enzyme

ÅTVIDABERG – A pioneering Swedish tech business which has developed patented technology that provides high quality colouring of textile thread…
Read the full story… Scanfil and Coloreel sign manufacturing deal

LONDON – Global demand for eco fibres will grow by more than 10 per cent from now to 2022 thanks…
Read the full story… Asia Pacific drives growing eco fibre demand

KARACHI – Leading Pakistani denim manufacturer, Artistic Fabric and Garment Industries, has developed new technology which it claims completely eliminates…
Read the full story… Pakistani denim mill in wastewater breakthrough

NEW YORK – An unlikely row has broken out between animal rights group, PETA, and the Fire Department of New…
Read the full story… PETA in row over Canada Goose jackets

LONDON – UK apparel retailer, House of Fraser, will begin stocking premium Chinese brands across its 59 department stores as…
Read the full story… House of Fraser to stock luxury Chinese goods

STOCKHOLM – H&M does not care about garment worker wages and its sustainability reporting lacks transparency, according to a damning…
Read the full story… Is H&M becoming less transparent?

GREENSBORO – Unifi Manufacturing, an operating subsidiary of synthetic and recycled yarn business, Unifi, has entered into an agreement to…
Read the full story… Unifi set to purchase National Spinning Co

HONG KONG – Smart new modelling technology can digitally map a person’s body shape and size in just a few…
Read the full story… New technology maps body shape in seconds