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VF Corp buys natural fibre specialist Icebreaker
GREENSBORO – US-based apparel and lifestyle retail brand VF Corporation has purchased New Zealand-based Icebreaker as it looks to increase
Fair play?
Aggressive tax avoidance schemes might make financial sense but for a growing number of consumers, they’re simply not cricket. When
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A cry for help?
ISTANBUL — Customers shopping at Zara, the fast fashion retailer owned by the world’s largest apparel company, Inditex, recently found
Further growth for Cambodia garment exports
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s heavily export-orientated garment industry continues to show signs of upturn despite ongoing challenges around social compliance
Amazon threat looms large for retailers
Amazon’s continued encroachment into the apparel retail space will step up a gear in 2018, with traditional department stores facing
Chinese brand Shein joins Textile Exchange
27th April 2022
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TEXAS – Shein, the controversial fast fashion brand which churns out up to 10,000 new garment products per day, has become a member of Textile
Spinnova says first factory has ‘positive’ climate impact
26th April 2022
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JYVÄSKYLÄ – Finnish tech business, Spinnova, which makes textile fibres from wood and agricultural waste streams, claims its first commercial factory has a “positive climate
Bangladesh Denim Expo reopens doors for May event
12th April 2022
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DHAKA – After a two-year break, Bangladesh Denim Expo will once again open its doors in the international Convention City, Bashundhara (ICCB) in Dhaka on
EEB questions fashion’s ‘toxic’ growth model
23rd March 2022
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BRUSSELS – The fashion industry must end its toxic relationship with rampant economic growth, claims a new report commissioned by the European Environmental Bureau. The
Draft EU due diligence laws criticised by rights groups
23rd February 2022
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BRUSSELS – Long-awaited due diligence laws by the European Union aimed at making multi-nationals accountable for social and environmental transgressions in supply chains have been
New website outs greenwashing fashion brands
21st February 2022
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LONDON – A new website has been launched to highlight “rampant greenwashing” in the fashion industry. Greenwash.com was launched at London Fashion Week and is
Fresh claims of widespread Indian organic cotton fraud
14th February 2022
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NEW YORK – Up to four fifths of Indian-grown organic cotton is actually conventional – this is the sensational claim of Crispin Argento, former executive
Portugal bans the term ‘vegan leather’ in marketing
10th February 2022
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LISBON – Portugal has banned use of the term ‘vegan leather’ and other leather prefixes in marketing because they are technically incorrect and misleading to
Outdoor brands push for EU due diligence laws
9th February 2022
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BRUSSELS – Four outdoor apparel retailers have joined more than 100 companies and investors calling for effective EU corporate accountability legislation. Vaude, Mammut, Patagonia and
