Threadbare: How US textile innovation infrastructure has unravelled
Twenty years ago, the United States was home to more than 15 textile innovationcentres, both private and public — places…
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Next Gen textiles are growing up — and fast
The path to transforming any supply chain is rarely linear. But when it comes to shifting the fashion industry away…
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Textile standards can be a catalyst for growth
The textile industry is at a crossroads, facing both unprecedented challenge and opportunity. On one hand, growing consumer demand for…
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Novel enforcement strategies needed to tackle counterfeit fashion
Counterfeit fashion is a growing problem for the global fashion industry – it undermines brand value, harms the environment, allows…
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Strategic capitalism: how efficiency stopped being the top priority
For decades, foreign direct investment (FDI) followed a simple principle: efficiency. Firms built global supply chains to minimise costs, and…
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What UK fashion sector can learn from Europe’s CSRD challenges
From Milan to Mumbai, fashion companies are realising that fashion sustainability reporting is no longer a background task tucked into…
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AI: Turning costing from a guess into a given
The fashion industry has incredible product variety compared to other industries. These products come with short life cycles, a fuzzy…
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How fashion can grow without making more: a post-growth framework
Has the fashion sector been guilty of focusing on a version of sustainability that’s heavy on compliance and regulation, but…
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Beyond the label: building trust through product-level transparency
In boutique apparel, stories aren't an add-on; they're part of the product. A tag introduces the artisan, a label explains…
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De minimis tilted the fashion playing field – it’s time to rebalance the scales
In the US, President Trump has signed an executive order that will bring to an end the de minimis tariff…