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EU buyers pay more for Bangladesh garments than US: study
DHAKA – Bangladesh garment exporters are securing higher prices in the European Union than in the United States, according to
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Salvos opens Queensland textile recovery hub
BRISBANE – Salvos Stores has opened what it says is Australia’s first automated textile sorting and decontamination facility. Salvos, the
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H&M urges brands to fund decarbonisation
STOCKHOLM – In a move which could have wider ramifications, H&M has called on brands to put money into supply
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Regatta launches recyclable workwear range
MANCHESTER – Regatta Professional is launching a new workwear range designed to be recyclable through a thermo-mechanical recycling process. The
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Circ signs deal with major Chinese viscose group
VIRGINIA – US textile recyling business Circ has signed a new partnership agreement with Xinxiang Bailu Chemical Fiber. The move
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Bangladesh RMG exports fall 3.7 per cent year-on-year
DHAKA – Bangladesh ready-made garment (RMG) exports fell 3.73 per cent year on year to US$25.80bn in the first eight
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Paradise Textiles plans US$102m Egypt fabric plant
ALEXEANDRIA – Paradise Textiles is investing US$102m in a new integrated fabric manufacturing facility in Egypt, in Alexandria’s Amreya Public
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Ghana factory aims to put Savelugu on sourcing map
SAVELUGU – Northshore Apparel is building a major new garment factory in Northern Ghana as it seeks to put Savelugu
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Caastle founder pleads guilty in $300m fraud case
WASHINGTON – Christine Hunsicker, founder of fashion rental technology company CaaStle, has pleaded guilty in the US to securities fraud.
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
Uniqlo still under pressure to compensate supply chain workers
24th August 2018
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AMSTERDAM – Clean Clothes Campaign is continuing its campaign to pressure Japanese fast fashion retailer Uniqlo to compensate 2,000 Indonesian workers who lost their jobs
Ethiopia way short of textile export target
21st August 2018
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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
Selfie-syndrome fuelling wasteful purchasing
17th August 2018
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LONDON – Almost one in ten Brits have revealed they have bought clothes online to wear once with the aim of posting a photo to
Minimum wage impasse rumbles on in Bangladesh
15th August 2018
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DHAKA – Union organisations in Bangladesh have reiterated calls for a trebling of monthly wages for ready-made-garment workers from the current 5,300 BDT (US$62) to
Nike hit with damning gender discrimination lawsuit
14th August 2018
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OREGON – A group of women who were formerly employed by Nike Inc. are suing the company over claims that it discriminated against women with
VF Corp spins out jeans businesses, Lee and Wrangler
13th August 2018
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GREENSBORO – US apparel giant VF Corporation has announced it will spin off its Lee and Wrangler jeans businesses into an independent public company as
Australian drought could hit wool supply and prices
10th August 2018
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NEW SOUTH WALES – The ongoing drought in wool growing regions of Australia could hit supply and prices, according to industry sources. Figures from the
Recycled polyester capacity expands in India
9th August 2018
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NASHIK – One of the world’s leading recycled polyester businesses says plans to expand production capacity at its Indian plant from a current 8,000 tonnes
