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Recover and Prosperity Textile unveil denim partnership
VALENCIA – Spanish recycled cotton fibre business, Recover, and Chinese denim manufacturer, Prosperity Textile, are to develop a new denim
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SaXcell to open Netherlands pulp plant in 2027
ENSCHEDE – Dutch textile recycling innovator SaXcell has confirmed plans to open a pulp plant in the Netherlands in early
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Primark tightens criteria in its circular guidelines
LONDON – Primark claims 5 per cent of clothing units sold in 2024/25 were ‘circular by design,’ 20 per cent
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Adidas, BESTSELLER and Inditex back textile recycling project
AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has launched a new project to help unlock post-consumer textile waste for textile recycling in
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RE&UP recycles 20,000 pairs of jeans for denim capsule
EINDHOVEN – RE&UP, Madewell and ISKO have turned 20,000 pairs of post-consumer jeans into feedstock for a new textile-to-textile denim
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AAFA challenges California textile EPR rollout
WASHINGTON – The American Apparel & Footwear Association has challenged California regulator CalRecycle over the state’s new textile EPR scheme.
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Adriano Goldschmied, ‘Godfather of Denim’, dies aged 82
MILAN – Adriano Goldschmied, the Italian designer widely credited with helping turn jeans into a premium fashion category, has died
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Lycra Company partners with Texhong on renewable fibres
SHANGHAI – Lycra Company is targeting China’s stretch yarn market through a new partnership with Texhong International Group focused on
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AI used in China to slash textile sorting times
ZHANGJIAGANG – A Chinese textile recycler says an AI-powered sorting machine can process 100kg of used clothing in just two
China garment company invests US$100m in Bangladesh
25th June 2024
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DHAKA – Chinese company, Alpen Banyan Garments BD Co Ltd, will invest US$109m in the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) Economic Zone. The deal,
Shein files for London Stock Exchange IPO
25th June 2024
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LONDON – Shein has confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange, according to multiple reports. Rumours have been circulating
Study: climate change could increase cotton yields
22nd March 2024
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LONDON – A study published in Industrial Crops and Products looked at how climate change might affect cotton farming in China, specifically how the timing
SHEIN opens US-based logistics hub
12th February 2024
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SEATTLE – Chinese fast fashion brand SHEIN has announced it will open a Seattle-area office in downtown Bellevue, expanding its growing US footprint. The company
Levi’s, C&A top ranked for green supply chain practices
25th October 2018
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BEIJING – Levi’s is the world’s top ranked apparel brand in a report which assesses leading global brands on their green supply chain practices in
New Look to exit Chinese market
18th October 2018
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SHANGHAI – UK fashion chain New Look is abandoning the Chinese market as part of moves which may see it call time on its entire
Brands switch sourcing from China amid US tensions
26th August 2018
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NEW YORK – US apparel brands are switching away from China as a sourcing hub amid fears over US-China tensions. Vietnam and Bangladesh are the
