
EU targets ultra-fast fashion in e-commerce crackdown
BRUSSELS – The EU is calling for urgent reforms to curb non-compliant products from ultra-fast fashion platforms entering the bloc

BRUSSELS – The EU is calling for urgent reforms to curb non-compliant products from ultra-fast fashion platforms entering the bloc

PARIS – French authorities have fined Infinite Styles Ecommerce Limited (ISEL), a distributor of Shein-branded products, for failing to provide

STOCKHOLM – Swedish fast fashion retailer H&M has set up a 50:50 joint venture with German waste management firm Remondis.

BONN – Germany’s textile recycling system is facing collapse without urgent intervention, according to a warning from the bvse Textile

MEMPHIS – German workwear company Engelbert Strauss has joined the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, a voluntary sustainability initiative for U.S.

PARIS – The French government has fined Chinese fast fashion giant Shein €40m for misleading pricing practices and questionable environmental

New research challenges the EU’s durability-focused textile policy, and suggests tougher clothes won’t cut consumption without curbing overproduction and marketing-driven

THE HAGUE – Netherlands-based textile recycling enterprise, i-did, has requested a deferral of payment after the Dutch tax authorities refused

BERLIN – Fashion retailer Zalando has launched its first garments made with Circ Lyocell, a material derived partly from recycled

LONDON – 20 Brazilian apparel brands and retailers have been ranked on their transparency by Fashion Revolution. The campaign group’s new Fashion Transparency Index Brazil

AMSTERDAM – A group of global institutional investors with combined assets of more than €725bn have called for fairer wages in textile supply chains. The

TOKYO – One of the world’s leading fast fashion brands is to introduce automation in its warehouses which will help it slash staffing levels by

TAIPEI – Taiwanese polyester and textile manufacturer, Far Eastern New Century Corp, has unveiled pioneering new recycling technology that converts discarded textile waste streams into

TEXAS – The first garments made with wool from Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) certified farms are now in stores. UK retailer Marks & Spencer, US

ADDIS ABABA – The World Bank is to launch a project to support Ethiopia in the greening of its rapidly growing textile industry. Apparel Insider

DHAKA – Labour rights groups in Bangladesh are calling for better financial protection for workers in the wake of industrial accidents. The groups point out

KARACHI – Leading unions and labour groups in Pakistan have called for the country’s own safety ‘Accord’ similar to that in Bangladesh. They claim many

AMSTERDAM – The doors have opened on a new museum which informs and inspires end consumers about the latest thinking in sustainable fashion. The new
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