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Just Style Excellence Awards 2023: HKRITA
HKRITA - The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel is a body established in 2006 to provide applied …
Retail stores of the future will be more about entertainment by 2030 predicts analysts
Social media and the culture around influencers will lead the future of retail as brick and mortar stores move to …
Huue secures funding for “world’s first” clean indigo dye
Biotech start-up Huue has secured $14.6m in funding to launch what it claims is the world’s first clean and scalable …
China’s resilience shines through in index of world’s most vulnerable apparel supply chains
China has come out on top as having the most self-sufficient apparel and textile supply chains in the world in …
Tunisia clothing sector prospers in 2023 despite political discord
Since 2019 Tunisia President Kais Saied has suspended parliament, dismissed governments, imprisoned opposition leaders, undermined judicial independence and helped fuel …
EU ‘few steps ahead’ but stands ready to help US on green fashion legislation
During the Global Fashion Agenda in Boston, the head of global issues and innovation at the European Union Delegation to …
Global Fashion Agenda sets five key 2030 targets for fashion brands
Denmark-based Global Fashion Agenda has set targets for fashion brand directors for the next seven years in its new Fashion …
Signal: Can mass customisation stop fashion overconsumption?
A team of researchers from Penn State Smeal College of Business published the Journal of Operations Management report, noting that consumers …
US reintroduces Shop Safe Act to prevent online counterfeits
AAFA president and CEO Steve Lamar says counterfeit goods often pose product safety and environmental risks, sidestep social responsibility and …
Just Style Excellence Awards 2023: HKRITA
HKRITA - The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel is a body established in 2006 to provide applied …
Retail stores of the future will be more about entertainment by 2030 predicts analysts
Social media and the culture around influencers will lead the future of retail as brick and mortar stores move to …
Huue secures funding for “world’s first” clean indigo dye
Biotech start-up Huue has secured $14.6m in funding to launch what it claims is the world’s first clean and scalable …
China’s resilience shines through in index of world’s most vulnerable apparel supply chains
China has come out on top as having the most self-sufficient apparel and textile supply chains in the world in …
Amazon uses RFID to make in-store clothes shopping checkout-free
Amazon has adapted the use of its Just Walk Out in-store technology to include RFID, which is widely used for …
SAC, IAF collaborate to streamline audits, boost fashion’s green efforts
SAC and the IAF have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which looks to streamline social and environmental assessments that often …
US apparel sector voices concern over lifting of US-EU steel tariff suspension
Writing to US President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the letter asks for the retaliatory tariffs …
H&M Q3 profits rise, hot September dampens initial autumn sales
H&M says the hot weather in its European markets this September has delayed the start of the autumn shopping season, …
How to make fashion circularity profitable and sustainable
Fashion circularity is still treated as a quick fix - something to be done because of a push for innovation …
Signal: Fashion jobs sink in September as economy remains pressured
Global jobs across the fashion industry have gradually fallen over the three months to September with active jobs at 39,828 …
14 key recommendations from independent SAC Higg Index review
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) explains the focus of its first report, following the independent review of its Higg Materials …
Spain, Better Cotton partner to boost sustainability, tackle climate change
Better Cotton says the partnership will be formalised through the signing of an agreement and marked by a multistakeholder event …
Gartex Texprocess organisers praise Indian government for apparel growth initiatives
Gartex Texprocess India, hosted by Messe Frankfurt India and MEX Exhibitions, took place at Pragati Maidan from 3-5 August 2023. …
eBay, BFC partner on second circular fashion fund
Working with the British Fashion Council, ebay’s Circular Fashion Fund aims to support “forward-thinking solutions” to grow the circular economy. Six …