24 October 2023
24 October 2023
Andrew Martin, the executive vice president of the global, multi-stakeholder non-profit Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) talks about Responsible Purchasing Practice being the "thread and glue" holding together all other pieces in the apparel industry and bringing clarity and alignment in the face of a regulatory storm.
There are many plans to lower the fashion industry’s carbon footprint, however the International Apparel Federation’s president Cem Altan explains demand has taken a big hit this year with production capacity in factories too low and the transition, too slow.
Credit card company Barclaycard and economic analysts Development Economics say the “recommerce economy” is worth £7bn to the UK economy. However, GlobalData’s filings data shows that mentions of “resale” have slowed in 2023.
Global fashion retailer, H&M has partnered with Swedish textile innovator, Coloreel to launch a personalised clothing embroidery pilot at their Berlin stores to enhance customer experience.
Denim manufacturer Advance Denim, Chinese manufacturer Yibin Grace and Circulose have joined forces to launch a denim collection featuring Gracell x Circulose viscose made with a 50% blend of Circulose pulp in efforts to accelerate textile circularity within the denim industry.
Shima Seiki, a provider of computerised flat knitting machines and digital design systems, is merging sustainable speciality chemical firm, Archroma’s colour library on its SDS-One Apex subscription software.
The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) has signed letters of interest regarding several new projects with Chinese textile and apparel companies.
The Joint Apparel Association (JAAF) has observed a growing pattern within Sri Lanka's apparel manufacturing industry, with an increasing number of companies opting to adopt the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS).
There are well established use cases for robotics within the consumer goods and packaging industries. Both sectors have used caged industrial robots, industrial cobots, and logistics robots to automate production lines and logistics operations for some time now. Robotics do not fit as easily into the foodservice business model. Robots improve profitability in the long term but have high up-front costs, so investing in robotics is not without risks.
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