How systemic design fixes margin drain from option-heavy menswear
In the global apparel sector, range planning has traditionally operated under a persistent commercial assumption: more options equal more sales…
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How Technology Is Transforming Fashion Sustainability
Design. Ship. Sell. Repeat. Every fashion piece begins its life long before it reaches your closet. It starts as prototypes…
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Cotton, climate, and the next chapter of fashion sourcing
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has issued an El Niño Watch, signalling a high likelihood that the cyclical weather phenomenon will…
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Why Apparel Brands Are Rethinking Quality Inspections in Global Sourcing
A single failed apparel inspection rarely stays contained to the factory floor. It can delay shipments at port, trigger expensive…
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China Tightens the Threads: Navigating the New Softlines Regulatory Reality
China’s softlines sector, encompassing apparel, footwear, leather goods and accessories, has entered a new phase of regulation that is both…
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How textile, apparel sectors can survive era of ‘verified sustainability’
Expectations around circularity within the fashion and clothing industry are quickly moving away from desirable and becoming a requirement. There…
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The diversification catch: In luxury, a second supplier buys you fragility
A silk slip dress is the easiest garment in the world to underestimate. Two bias-cut panels, a couple of seams,…
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Tariffs return: What UK fashion brands may be overlooking in the US
International trade talk is circling two prominent themes right now - British fashion brands taking on America (namely, Marks &…
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Circularity is the new couture: Fashion’s future belongs to brands that reuse
The Devil Wears… Pre-loved? That’s according to 2026 research from ThredUp, which finds that secondhand products now account for as much…
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Rana Plaza 13 Years On: The Unfinished Fight Against Forced Labour and Modern Slavery
Thirteen years ago, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh, which housed factories for major global fashion brands,…