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Plastics Crisis / Bag Usage

20 April 2023

3 minutes
Together, the two pilots paint a potential future where complementary reuse approaches work in parallel to reduce single-use plastic bag waste, focusing on increasing the use of existing reusable bags in the market, as well as creating solutions for when customers forget their own reusable bag.

Consortium to Launch 2 Pilot Initiatives to Reduce Single-Use Plastic Bag Waste in US

A Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag, managed by Closed Loop Partners, has launched two reusable bag pilots in three US states, with multiple retailers. The pilot initiative hopes to reduce single-use plastic bag waste through ambitious in-market interventions.

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Going Circular / US Initiative

20 April 2023

2 minutes
Standardisation should extend to product labelling, digital or otherwise, on new products, with the aim of better informing consumers of care, origins, and material contents of new items.

Terms and Definitions for Circular Fashion Need to be Standarised, says American Circular Textiles Group

The American Circular Textiles has called for standardisation of terms and definitions for circular fashion which would inform consumers better on care, origins, and material contents of new items, which will in turn facilitate resale, repair, and recycling.

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Workwear / Circular Designs

20 April 2023

2 minutes
As a proactive collaborative, the USC will call upon innovation, collaboration, and expertise to uncover tangible ways to shift the industry towards uniform circularity in order to reduce textile waste’s devastating impact on the planet.

Uniform Sustainability Collaborative Launched to Promote Circular Uniform Design, Production and Consumption

A new initiative to promote sustainable, circular uniform design, production and consumption has been launched by the Network Association of Uniform Manufacturers & Distributors (NAUMD), in collaboration with top industry leaders.

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Supply Chains / Europe Trade

19 April 2023

4 minutes
The Orljava garment factory in eastern Croatia produced business shirts for German brand Olymp for over 50 years. When COVID-19 hit, Olymp began drastically cutting orders at the Orljava factory, forcing it to begin laying off some of its 300 workers. By April of 2021, Olymp—representing 80% of production at the factory—stopped making orders altogether. Orljava went bankrupt and laid off the remaining 172 workers. The Orljava workers are still owed more than €450,000 in severance pay.

Brands Using Lopsided Trading Practices to Throttle Small European Suppliers

A report on fast fashion purchasing practices in the European Union paints a grim picture of the tenuous trade relations between brands and manufacturers, with business-to-business power imbalances, giving buyers even more influence in defining terms and conditions than elsewhere. 

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Traceability / Indian Cotton

19 April 2023

4 minutes
There are over one million Better Cotton farmers in India, and it is one of the largest producers of Better Cotton globally. However, domestic supply chains are amongst the most complex in the world and are far more fragmented than in other regions.

Better Cotton's Traceability Technologies to Track Indian Cotton’s Journey from Field to Shelf

Better Cotton is piloting innovative traceability technologies through India’s cotton value chain to provide end-to-end visibility. The new traceability framework will allow greater flexibility and visibility of the physical flow of cotton through supply chains as the network grows.

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Footwear Innovation / Regenerative Rubber

19 April 2023

4 minutes
Vans is using regeneratively grown natural rubber in its Circle Vee silhouette, the cornerstone of the brand’s new Surf VR3 Collection, which was launched in March. All the rubber used to make the Circle Vee’s VR3Waffle outsole (60% of the compound) is regeneratively grown natural rubber.

VF Corp Takes Long Footwear Stride with First Regenerative Rubber Supply System

Fashion and lifestyle brand conglomerate VF Corporation is rolling out collections that take advantage of regeneratively-sourced natural rubber, made possible through its pilot programme in Thailand with regenerative design firm, Terra Genesis.

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Microfibre Pollution / Sound Solution

17 April 2023

2 minutes
Acousweep utilises sweeping acoustic waves in a specially shaped chamber to physically trap and separate microplastic fibres from wastewater effectively. No chemical, solvent or biological additives are needed.

HKRITA Taps into Sound Waves to Reduce Microplastic Pollution

The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) has tapped into high frequency ultrasound to remove polluting microplastics from textile-apparel manufacturing facilities, preventing them from going into the sea and further damaging marine life. 

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Workwear / Footwear Issues

17 April 2023

2 minutes
While the average American worker spends 56% of the day standing or walking, jobs in food service, retail, healthcare, and tourism require people to be on their feet for the majority of the day.

Improper Footwear Having Major Impact on American Workers, Says Survey

A new report provides insights into American professionals who spend the majority of the workday on their feet and what they are looking for in footwear.

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Textile Innovation / Wipes

17 April 2023

2 minutes
Photographs of raw and scoured/bleached cotton fibres before, during, and after the heat treatment in an aqueous solution of AgNO3 (from top to bottom). The color change of the fibres resulting from the surface plasmon resonance of silver nanoparticles indicates that raw cotton fibre can effectively produce silver nanoparticles, but scoured/bleached cotton fibre cannot.

Cotton as Antimicrobial Agent: US Researchers Develop Natural, Washable Cleaning Wipes

By developing reusable and washable antimicrobial wipes, scientists at the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are aiming to find sustainable alternatives to reduce environmental waste from the disposal of single-use antimicrobial wipes.

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Sizing Solutions / Virtual Fitting

15 April 2023

2 minutes
For their first study, the researchers compared customer purchase data four weeks before and four weeks after an online women’s apparel store in China launched virtual fitting rooms for some of its products. The software allowed customers to create an avatar  by uploading their body measurements and full-face photos. Findings from the recently published study indicate the technology could backfire on retailers if they assume consumer interactions are uniformly positive.

Brands & Retailers: Have You Measured Impact of Your Virtual Fitting Room on Overall Sales?

Virtual fitting rooms can sometimes be a bane, or so says a new research. Consumer behaviour through the lens of psychology reveals that VFR can hurt the self-esteem of certain customer segments, and also impact overall sales.

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