The demise of the department store
It’s carnage on the high street right now. There has been a sense for some considerable time that something has
Scientists claim recycling breakthrough with cotton-polyester blends
Scientists in Sweden are claiming a notable breakthrough in terms of closing the loop in textiles having successfully recycled worn
Closing the apparel loop: myth versus reality
Global fashion giant H&M group recently announced it has partnered with Swedish company re:newcell, whose smart technology recycles used cotton,
News
Net sales surge as innovation pays for Inditex
ARTEIXO – Sales jumped by ten per cent at the world’s largest fashion retailer, Inditex, in the first nine months
News
H&M expands Alibaba collaboration amid sluggish sales
STOCKHOLM – H&M has taken a significant step towards increasing its share of the burgeoning Chinese apparel market by expanding
US ruling protects domestic polyester sector
WASHINGTON – US polyester manufacturers have applauded a decision by the US Department of Commerce to apply tariffs to fine
News
Armani, Primark urged to disclose supplier lists
AMSTERDAM – A campaign led by Human Rights Watch, Clean Clothes Campaign, and International Labor Rights Forum is calling on
New tool links brands to Chinese supplier factories
NEW YORK – Six leading apparel brands, Target, Esprit, New Balance, Puma, Gap Inc and Inditex, have shared their supplier
News
What price sustainability?
We’re all ethical shoppers right? Well not quite. New research shows 78 per cent of us base our purchasing decisions
Lenzing opens world’s largest lyocell plant in Thailand
3rd March 2022
No Comments
PRACHINBURI – Wood-based speciality fibre business, Lenzing Group, has opened the world’s largest lyocell plant in Thailand. The Є400m plant, which has a capacity of100,000
ILO outlines forced labour progress in Uzbek cotton
2nd March 2022
No Comments
GENEVA – Uzbekistan’s cotton sector appears to have taken another step towards coming in from the economic cold. The latest International Labour Organisation (ILO) report
Fashion to test fibres from agricultural waste
22nd February 2022
No Comments
AMSTERDAM – Fashion for Good has launched a new project which aims to test technologies that can turn agricultural waste into textile fibres. Project partners
Banned PFAS chemicals found in outdoor clothing
8th February 2022
No Comments
LONDON – Potentially toxic “forever chemicals” were found in a wide range of outdoor apparel items tested by US researchers. Of 20 outdoor garments tested,
RMG bosses say fashion won’t back sustainability efforts
7th February 2022
No Comments
DHAKA – Ready-made garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh which have invested heavily in sustainability cannot convince to buyers to “pay two cents extra for garment
Shahi Exports claims it will pay minimum wage arrears
1st February 2022
No Comments
BANGALORE – India’s largest garment exporter, Shahi Exports, claims it will pay all wage arrears owed to garment workers in full by May 2022. Its
CmiA and Better Cotton form new collaboration
31st January 2022
No Comments
LONDON – Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF), which oversees the Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative, and Better Cotton are establishing a new collaboration focused
BCI, GOTs, CmiA maintain Xinjiang links, paper claims
6th December 2021
No Comments
BERLIN – Textile certification schemes which claim to support “more sustainable cotton” continue to have links with Xinjiang in China, despite well-documented human rights risks,
Xinjiang case filed against Patagonia, Nike, C&A
2nd December 2021
No Comments
AMSTERDAM – Patagonia, Nike and C&A are accused of profiting from forced labour in the Xinjiang region of China in a criminal complaint filed by
