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Woes continue for J Crew Group
NEW YORK – US apparel retailer J Crew Group has announced a sobering set of financial results for the third
VF Corp backs foam dyeing technology
TEXAS – US denim brands Wrangler and Lee have put their financial weight behind a new foam dyeing process which claims
Europe’s sweatshops uncovered in report on garment production
AMSTERDAM – Bringing garment manufacture closer to home is not necessarily the solution to reducing poor working conditions for employees
China expands footprint in Ethiopian textile sector
ADDIS ABABA – One of China’s largest textile manufacturers, Wuxi Cotton Mill, has become the latest inward investor to head
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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
Why alpaca is perfect fit for fashion’s SDG goals
25th November 2021
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AREQUIPA – More than one third of all alpaca fibre exports from Peru could be Responsible Alpaca Fibre (RAS) certified within five years according to
FibreTrace launches traceable Benin cotton pilot
22nd November 2021
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GLO-DJIGBÉ – Traceable textile specialist FibreTrace has announced a partnership with industrial park developer Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms (Arise IIP) to create fully traceable cotton
COP26 pledges present fashion with stark choices
12th November 2021
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LONDON – Do fashion industry executives know something we don’t? This is the only logical conclusion one can draw considering their recent decision to renew
Performance Days returns to live events
26th October 2021
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MUNICH – Performance Days, one of the most popular textile and fashion exhibitions in the calendar, has announced a welcome return to live events. It’s
France passes laws on eco labelling for textiles
21st July 2021
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PARIS – The French Parliament has passed new legislation which will introduce mandatory environmental labelling for all consumers goods – with garments and textiles a priority.
HeiQ and DuPont partner on PFC-free water-repellent
8th November 2018
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ZÜRICH – A new PFC-free water-repellent for leather has been established by Swiss textile technology business HeiQ and DuPont Consumer Solutions, a business unit of
EU warns Myanmar over labour rights
7th November 2018
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BRUSSELS – The EU has warned Myanmar it must act now to address “severe shortcomings” in human and labour rights or risk losing trade benefits.
Microfibre pollution in sea traced back four decades
29th October 2018
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OBAN – Microfibre pollution has been an issue in the deep sea for at least four decades, according to the findings of the first ever
US textile reshoring ‘modest’ in scale, figures suggest
17th October 2018
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WASHINGTON – Figures from a new paper by the US International Trade Commission (USITC) suggest that talk of a ‘Made in the US’ resurgence in
