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A new report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), US has recommended strategies to address problems of post-consumer textile waste. The report recommends other improvements that businesses and governments can undertake to increase reuse and recycling of textiles.

Utah-based Lions Not Sheep and its owner Sean Whalen have been fined $211,335 by the US Federal Trade Commission for replacing the original tags with 'Made in USA' labels.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the US Department of Commerce has updated its cybersecurity guidance for supply chain risk management as a response to an executive order. It addresses cybersecurity risks throughout the supply chain at all levels of an organisation.

A Washington State University project is in the works to create high tech fabrics by making conductive polymers ‘spinnable’ for manufacturing.

A number of industry groups have urged the US Congress to introduce legislations to protect the health and safety of American consumers by curbing the proliferation of counterfeit products promoted and sold online. The call, issued on World IP Day, comes in the backdrop of a number of reports that have highlighted the malaise of counterfeit goods.

The Department of Forest Biomaterials at the Wilson College of Textiles, US, has developed a process that uses nanocellulose to produce clothing items with iridescent features resembling the rainbow-hued shimmer seen on fish scales, bird feathers and insect bodies.

Annual report by Kearney on the extent of reshoring shows little change over the previous year but predicts that a redefinition of reshoring will soon create dramatic change, with companies combining reshoring and nearshoring to create a best cost—rather than a lowest cost—supply chain.

The US Federal Trade Commission used its Penalty Offense Authority last week to take action against retail giants Kohl’s, Inc and Walmart, Inc for falsely marketing dozens of rayon textile products as bamboo.

At the start of 2022, the biggest question was when the supply chain would return to normal. there is still no definitive answer. However, major retail container ports in the US have begun to catch up with the backlog of cargo seen over the past several months, and could experience another surge this summer.

A first-of-its kind scorecard ranking PFAS policy commitments from a swathe of leading retail and apparel brands has put Levi Strauss & Co at the top for already eliminating PFAS from its supply chain. However, global brands like Macy’s, Nordstrom, Costco, and others received low or failing marks.