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Leather Talk / Apple Decision

5 March 2024

 3 minutes
The increasing importance of adopting sustainable practices and materials to meet evolving consumer preferences and environmental regulations should be the reason to choose leather, not the contrary.

The Apple Leather Lather — The Significance and the Takeaways

What say leather industry honchos on Apple Inc’s recent move to do away with leather in its phone cases, watchbands and more? texfash.com finds out.

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  • Special Correspondent
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Looking Back / Pittards

16 February 2024

 8 minutes
Established in 1826, Pittards specialised in performance leathers for gloving, footwear and interiors with tanneries in the UK and Ethiopia, together with the facility to manufacture finished products in both locations, including component cutting, leathergoods, footwear and gloves. It closed shop just a year or two before its 200-year anniversary.

Lessons from Another Day. Or Why Pittards Coudn't Save Its Own Hide

The death-knell of Somerset-based leather manufacturer, Pittards had been sounded much earlier but when it finally closed shop last September, the story of a worldwide brand known for producing gloves for the Royal Family, is one that has lessons for entrepreneurs of all hues.

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  • Richa Bansal
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Young India Fashion Survey 2025
Textile Recycling Expo
ITF Intertex Portugal 2025
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Product Impact / New Study Report
Understanding that the environmental crisis is more than just carbon emissions will ensure that as companies work to reduce their carbon footprint, they are aware of how their business impacts the environment on other fronts. Failure to do so risks shifting impact from one category to another unknowingly.

Raw Materials and Manufacturing Account for 90% of Fashion Product’s Environmental Footprint

  • Special Correspondent

25 April 2025
Circularity Narratives / Crystal International Interview
To support actions against climate crisis, Crystal International announced in March 2022 its commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. It is part of Forum for the Future's Enabling Systemic Circularity in Fashion project. Forum for the Future is a leading international sustainability organisation focused on enabling systemic and urgent action in three potentially game-changing areas.

Focus Should Be on Collective Responsibility that Foster Transparency and Shared Accountability

  • Subir Ghosh

17 April 2025