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Report urges injury insurance in garment hubs
LONDON – Workers who are injured in garment factory disasters should not have to depend on charity to compensate them,
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Online sales surge 41 per cent for Inditex
ARTEIXO – Spanish apparel retail giant, Inditex, has announced a 41 per cent jump in online sales for 2017. The company,
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100 lawyers back action against polluting textile mill
JAVA – An Indonesian textile mill which allegedly polluted communities close to its site in Surakarta, Central Java is facing
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Microplastic problem way worse than feared, claims study
MANCHESTER – New research suggests the amount of microplastics polluting the world’s oceans could be much greater than thought. A
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Vietnam textiles to profit from revived TPP deal
HANOI – Vietnam’s textile and footwear sectors are among those which will benefit from lower tariffs thanks to the Comprehensive
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Patagonia backs new organic standard
CALIFORNIA – US outdoor brand Patagonia is backing a new agriculture standard aimed ensuring soil health and ecological land management,
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Trump is trumped in a trade war
WASHINGTON – The price of jeans in Europe may rise by 25 per cent if the European Union and other
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New Look plans to cut 980 jobs
LONDON – Up to 980 jobs could be cut at UK fashion group New Look as part of a rescue
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US apparel groups press for Myanmar labour reform
WASHINGTON – The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and the Fair Labor Association (FLA) have expressed concern that labour
MEP back EPR proposals for textile products
13th March 2024
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BRUSSELS – Members of the European Parliament have this week adopted proposals by the European Commission to better prevent and reduce waste from textiles across
Infinited Fiber completes €40m funding round
8th March 2024
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HELSINKI – Finnish textile recycling technology and business, Infinited Fiber Company, has completed a two-part financing round totalling €40m. The funding includes investments from new
BlockTexx announces AUD$7m funding round
21st February 2024
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QUEENSLAND – Australian recycling technology company, BlockTexx, has announced the closure of an AUD$7m Series B funding round to scale its textile resource recovery solution.
US Senator asks SEC to block SHEIN IPO
20th February 2024
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FLORIDA – A US Senator has asked the financial regulator to block an initial public offering (IPO) of SHEIN until it can disclose more information
Haelixa and Trudel in traceable silk partnership
15th February 2024
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ZURICH – Swiss traceable textile specialist Haelixa has announced a new partnership with Swiss-Italian business Trudel Silk to provide 100 per cent traceable silk from
Turkish union leader shot in incident at Akar Textile
14th February 2024
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IZMIR – Makum Alagöz, president of the Turkish textile workers’ union DERİTEKS, was this week shot by the brother of the owner of Akar Textile
NGO files complaint over Lululemon greenwashing
13th February 2024
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VANCOUVER – North American fashion brand Lululemon has been accused of greenwashing in a complaint submitted to the Canada’s Competition Bureau. The complaint claims Lululemon’s
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
Primark to invest more than £100m in UK stores
12th February 2024
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DUBLIN – British fast fashion retailer Primark says it will invest more than £100m in its UK stores in 2024, as it marks 50 years
