United States

Amazon is leading Walmart in both overall consumer and retail spend, according to the report 'The Battle for Consumer Retail Spend: Amazon Versus Walmart Q2 2022'.

Brands across spectrum are under fire. A research has now found that five popular tampon brands in the US — including two advertised as organic — have detectable levels of fluorine.

An environmental organisation in California, US has accused 11 major brands of using the hormone-disrupting chemical BPA in their products.

The world’s first invasive leather brand Inversa Leathers is also the first company to produce leather from the Everglades Burmese python, a certified harmful and destructive species. A conversation with Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Aarav Chavda.

An increasingly important material, recycled down now has a new traceability and circularity programme that abides by the Responsible Down Standard (RDS).

Reducing carbon emissions and developing environment-friendly paths to fertilizer production are increasingly urgent challenges facing our world. But, the ability to discover and quickly scale solutions will require innovative partnerships across public and private sectors. A new interdisciplinary research collaboration will be working towards new solutions.

Natural Fiber Welding— the name says much about NFW’s vision for a world that will be material-rich and plastic-free. The people behind it claim to be “obsessed with leaving the world better than we found it” and so they are on a mission to invent and “manufacture shockingly sustainable materials” from plants. The CEO & Founder of NFW Luke Haverhals tells texfash.com how he is leading his company “a moonshot systems-level shift away” from petroleum-derived products and toxic chemistries.

Consumers in the US and UK are increasingly having to prioritise price over sustainability as living costs continue to rise on both sides of the Ocean. Most believe that fashion needs to be sustainable, but are often confused by what sustainability claims really mean.

Retailers and merchants in the US have welcomed the Federal Reserve’s long-awaited approval of new rules making it clear that merchants’ right to choose which payment networks process trillions of dollars in debit card transactions each year applies the same online as it does in stores and must be honoured by banks and card companies.

Scientists in the US have developed a method to make silk-based materials that refuse to stick to water, or almost anything else containing water. One can imagine automotive windshields where rainwater just rolls off without using wipers, coatings on metals that help prevent rust, or on fabrics to make them easier to clean.