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Shein claims its customers embrace circular fashion
BEIJING – Shein has used new customer survey data to claim “circular fashion” habits are already common among its shoppers.
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H&M woes continue as net sales fall 2.6% in 2025
STOCKHOLM – H&M Group reported falling sales and flat financial performance in 2025, with net sales down 2.6 per cent
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Renasens raises €10m to scale textile recycling tech
STOCKHOLM – Renasens has raised €10m to scale a textile recycling technology that uses supercritical CO2 to recover fibres from
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EU launches €11m fund for textile recycling technologies
BRUSSELS – The EU has launched an €11m fund to support textile recycling technologies for mixed post-consumer clothing waste from
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MEPs urge Brussels to widen textile ecodesign rules
BRUSSELS – 15 MEPs have urged the European Commission not to limit upcoming textile ecodesign rules to recyclability and recycled
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Cotton farming under growing pressure, ICAC warns
BREMEN – Cotton farming is under growing pressure from weak farm economics, climate disruption and rising production risks. This is
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Lululemon backs Epoch’s nylon recycling funding round
LONDON – Lululemon has backed a US$12m funding round for Epoch Biodesign as the biotech start-up-scales enzymatic recycling of nylon
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Survey finds durability matters to fashion shoppers
LONDON – UK consumers overwhelmingly associate cotton-rich clothing with increased durability , according to new survey data from Cotton Incorporated.
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India launches six textile export support centres
MUMBAI – India is setting up six Textile Export Facilitation Centres across key clusters as it targets US$100bn in exports
Clean Clothes urges brands to oppose Bangladesh minimum wage
21st September 2018
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AMSTERDAM – The newly announced minimum wage for Bangladeshi garment workers has been branded outrageous by Clean Clothes Campaign. The NGO is now calling on
Four brands on board as Evrnu closes on commercialisation
20th September 2018
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PARIS – Levi Strauss and Stella McCartney are among four global brands which intend to launch lines using ground-breaking technology which transforms post-consumer textile waste
Wrangler to adopt foam dyeing technology
20th September 2018
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GREENSBORO – US denim brand Wrangler has signed an agreement for its denim fabric to be produced later this year with a new foam-dyeing process
Fresh backing for on-demand apparel production tech
20th September 2018
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LOS ANGELES – A tech businesses which provides on-demand production to apparel businesses has raised US$11m in funding. The/Studio offers users, regardless of size, the ability
Syngenta refutes cotton farmer death allegations
19th September 2018
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BASEL – NGO Public Eye has accused the Swiss agricultural chemical company Syngenta of exporting pesticides it claims are linked to the involuntary poisoning of
Can fur ever be fair?
19th September 2018
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PARIS – Can real fur ever be fair and ethical? That is the question Apparel Insider asked as it approached several fur suppliers exhibiting at
Fashion sector warns of supply chain chaos after Trump tariffs
18th September 2018
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WASHINGTON – The US has slapped 10 per cent tariffs on another US$200bn of Chinese imports in a move the US fashion sector suggested will
Friends of the Earth targets polyester in microplastic campaign
17th September 2018
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LONDON – Environmental group Friends of the Earth has launched a campaign to educate consumers on microplastics and ultimately try shift the apparel industry away
New apparel sector guide launched on SDGs
17th September 2018
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NEW YORK – A new report offers detailed guidance to the apparel industry on how it can benefit from and align with the Sustainable Development
