News Italy’s fashion bosses sound alarm with 2035 rescue plan ROME – Italy’s fashion lobby has unveiled a strategic plan it says is needed to stop the country’s manufacturing base Read More »
News Avalo begins harvest of first AI-bred cotton TEXAS – Avalo, a US-based agtech startup, has begun harvesting its first commercial crop of “low-carbon” cotton, bred using artificial Read More »
News Leicester garment probe finds no forced labour cases LEICESTER – A long-awaited government review has concluded there is no evidence of prosecutable forced labour in Leicester’s garment sector. Read More »
News U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol beats most 2025 farm targets MEMPHIS – The US Cotton Trust Protocol says its grower members have met or exceeded most of their 2025 sustainability Read More »
News New global review exposes gaps in microplastic science LONDON – A major review of microplastic toxicity studies found fewer than half provide the information needed to support ecological Read More »
News UPPAREL opens major textile recycling facility MELBOURNE – UPPAREL has opened what it claims is Australia’s largest onshore textile recycling facility. The 10,500-square-metre plant in Melbourne Read More »
News Climate groups urge tougher fashion agenda at COP30 BRAZIL – Campaigners have called on fashion brands to turn rhetoric into action at COP30, arguing the industry is far Read More »
News Nike named anchor customer for Loop’s Indian rPET plant OREGON – Loop Industries has signed a multi-year offtake deal with Nike, naming the brand anchor customer for the Infinite Read More »
News Recover launches recycled fabrics platform MADRID – Spain-based Recover, one of the world’s largest producers of recycled cotton, has launched a new platform of finished Read More »
AGOA uncertainty worries Ethiopian textile unions 21st October 2021 No Comments AMSTERDAM – Ethiopian unions have said they fear millions of jobs will be lost if the US withdraws the country’s eligibility for the African Growth Read More »
Ethiopia way short of textile export target 21st August 2018 No Comments ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s textile and garment sectors achieved less than half of their export target for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. The Government has pinned Read More »
Cost no longer king in apparel sourcing 11th February 2018 No Comments Apparel businesses are mistaken if they think that shifting to low cost sourcing countries is the key to long term profitability – this is one Read More »