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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
Briefing calls for EU to ban destruction of unsold clothing
25th October 2021
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BRUSSELS – The European Union should ban the deliberate destruction or disposal of unsold clothing from 2023 onwards, a new policy paper has argued. Such
Haelixa and QIMA partner on traceability solution
11th October 2021
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ZURICH – Haelixa, the DNA traceability solution, and QIMA, a leading provider of supply chain compliance solutions, have collaborated on a new, unique traceability and
Sri Lanka textile park targets greener textile production
5th October 2021
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COLOMBO – A new, vertically integrated textile park could potentially help Sri Lanka become a world leader in sustainable textile production. Announced in 2020, Eravur
EU resolution calls for Accord’s continuation
15th November 2018
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BRUSSELS – The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling on the Bangladesh Government to allow the work of the Transition Accord to continue beyond
BCI releases Better Cotton leaderboards
15th November 2018
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LONDON – Better Cotton Initiative has released new leaderboards showing the world’s top users of Better Cotton. The world’s top five users by volume are
C&A Foundation helps Indian cotton farmers slash water use
15th November 2018
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GUJARAT – Cotton farmers in India using water-saving drip irrigation techniques have radically cut water use while boosting revenues. A Government-subsidised initiative, which is also
Asos and Denim Expert among new ZDHC members
14th November 2018
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AMSTERDAM – UK online fashion giant, Asos, has joined the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Programme as a signatory brand. The ZDHC is an industry collaboration
PrimaLoft launches 100% recycled, biodegradable fibre
14th November 2018
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NEW YORK – A US material technology business has launched what is claimed to be the world’s first 100 per cent recycled, biodegradable synthetic fabric.
Adidas leads pack in new human rights benchmark
12th November 2018
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LONDON – Adidas is the world’s top scoring company in a new benchmark which assesses businesses on their respect for human rights based on principles
