| 17 Countries and EU Launch Move on Global Supply Chain Resilience |
Supply Chains |
New Resolve |
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| Yoox Net-A-Porter, About You, Zalando Collaborate to Launch Learning Platform on Climate Targets |
Retail |
Climate Action |
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| US Fashion Industry Optimistic About Future |
Research |
US Fashion Industry |
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| UK’s Net-Zero Strategy Declared Vague, Inadequate; High Court Calls for Updated Strategy by March ‘23 |
Climate Crisis |
UK Net Zero |
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| From Russia Without Love: H&M Hits Exit Plan over Ukraine |
Ukraine Fallout |
H&M Exit |
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| People Make Clothes that Light Up and Flash—a Trend with No Lasting Value |
Smart Fabrics |
BeBop Sensors |
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| Circ Raises Over $30 Million, Expanding the Potential to Recycle Clothing and Eliminate Clothing Waste |
Going Circular |
Investments |
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| Factory Jobs for Ethiopian Women Haven’t Translated into Greater Participation in Politics |
Human Resources |
Ethiopia |
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| Machine Learning to the Rescue in Bangladesh's Bid to Preserve Traditional Jamdani Motifs |
Heritage Weaves |
Jamdani |
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| Driving Forces for Zippers Changing, End-Users Will Exert More Influence Soon |
Zippers |
YKK |
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| Buy Less, Buy Better: So, Here's Some New VYN in Old Bottle |
Lasting Fashion |
VYN |
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| MIT Researchers Develop Smart Textiles that Sense How Their Users Are Moving |
Smart Textiles |
Innovation |
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| Global Trade Hits Record $7.7 Trillion in First Quarter of 2022 |
World Trade |
UNCTAD Report |
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| Swiss Textiles-Clothing Sector Sets up Multi-Stakeholder Platform to Achieve UN SDGs |
Initiative |
STS 2030 |
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| Groups Call for Decisive Action for Successful Green and Digital Transition of EU Textiles Ecosystem |
Textile Strategy |
Europe |
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| Essential in Every Wardrobe: Young People Shopping for Luxury Like Never Before |
Luxury Markets |
Young Buyers |
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| Launchpad: New Initiative to Tackle Fashion's Waste Crisis |
Textile Waste |
Hey Fashion |
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| India’s Trade Negotiating Strategies and Options in the Textiles and Apparel Sector |
World Trade |
India Prospects |
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| A New Natural Dye Innovation from Sri Lanka |
Innovation |
Natural Dye |
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| European Consortium Formed to Recycle Plastic Waste |
Recycling |
Whitecycle |
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| A Quarter of 100 Top New Brands from China, But Europe Still Leads |
BrandScape |
New Brands |
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| Google Cloud Announces New Partnership with H&M |
Supply Chains |
H&M |
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| Bangladesh Garment Workers Get Employment Injury Scheme |
Human Resources |
Bangladesh |
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| The Brand that Jailbirds Make |
Case Study |
Inmate |
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| Product Information is Detached from Real Life Products in Blockchain Systems |
Traceability |
Haelixa |
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| Scam Alert: Walmart Facilitated Money Transfer Fraud That Fleeced Customers Out of Hundreds of Millions |
Money Transfers |
Walmart Scam |
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| Recycling Dominated by Plastic Waste, Most Companies Relied on Now-Tainted Higg MSI |
Materials |
Survey Report |
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| Merino: Strategic Partnership Launched to Accelerate Regenerative Agriculture |
Regenerative Agriculture |
ZQRX |
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| British Wool Invests in Future of Wool Grading on Scottish Borders |
Wool |
British Wool |
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| Fashion Brands Make up Quarter of ‘Greenwashing’ Complaints in UK |
Greenwashing |
Green Claims Code |
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| Extracts: Style in my DNA — 70 Years of Caribbean Fashion |
Fashion History |
Style in my DNA |
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| SAC Pauses Higg MSI, Announces Third Party Review |
Under Cloud |
Higg MSI |
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| Digital Printing Only Realistic Way to Answer Demand Quickly Without Overproduction |
Print Trends |
Kornit Digital |
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| Scotland Announces £2m Circular Textiles Fund to Reach Net-Zero by 2025 |
Initiative |
Circular Textiles Fund |
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| Brands Lean in ‘Recycled’ Clothes. Why Is Recycling Them Further So Hard? |
Recycling |
Problems & Prospects |
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| Europe Will Need €7 billion to Reach Fibre-to-Fibre Recycling Rate of 26% by 2030 |
Recycling |
Europe Overview |
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| Industry Group Urges Designers to Embrace Kangaroo Leather |
Business of Leather |
Kangaroo |
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| 6-8% of GHG Emissions in Textiles Value Chain from Chemical Production: Study |
GHG Emissions |
ZDHC Study |
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| Season of Alliances: 25 Fashion Councils Come Together in Europe |
Fashion Councils |
Alliance |
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| CAI Reduces Cotton Crop Estimate by 8.31 Lakh Bales |
Cotton Production |
India Estimates |
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| Kelheim Fibres wins Techtextil Innovation Award for Bio-based Nonwovens in Reusable Textiles |
Innovation |
Bio-based Nonwovens |
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| Infinited Goes Big Time with €400 million, Former Paper Plant to Become New Infinna Factory |
Manmade Fibres |
Infinited |
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| And the winners—you guessed it—are H&M, etc, etc, etc. |
Roadmap to Zero |
2021 Rankings |
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| HKRITA Shows Garment-to-Garment Recycling Can Be Done, But Industry Yet to Catch Up |
Recycling |
G2G System |
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| Sourcemap Launches Forced Labour Compliance Platform Ahead of US Legislation on Uyghurs |
Uyghur Act |
Compliance |
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| Suspend Higg Index Immediately, Demands Natural Fibers Alliance |
Under Cloud |
Higg MSI |
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| Higg MSI Stands Discredited; Norway Rules Against Norrøna, Warns H&M, Hauls up SAC |
Under Cloud |
Higg MSI |
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| H&M Short Shrifts Its Tall Promise as Treadler Project is Spiked |
Supply Chains |
Treadler |
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| Better Uniforms Make Employees Happier, University Research Finds |
Workwear |
Research |
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| Back-to-Back News Reports Put Sustainability Archangels on the Back Foot |
Under Cloud |
Higg MSI |
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