Europe’s bid to build a sustainable textile economy hinges on hemp — a crop long celebrated for its low impact and high potential. But ambition alone cannot replace infrastructure or markets. Through three linked reports, texfash.com investigates hemp’s cultivation, technology, and commercial readiness, uncovering how policy, science and business collide in the making of a new bio-based industry.

Circular fashion has a problem--that of system challenges. Forum for the Future’s Enabling Systemic Circularity in Fashion project worked with 12 brands/retailers and manufacturers/suppliers across the fashion industry to understand why progress towards circularity has been so limited. This series gleans the learnings from participants.

In the first week of December, Myntra announced the launch of M-Now, a facility that would enable shoppers to receive their orders just in about half an hour. Myntra is the first big player to start the hyper-speed deliveries of fashion items, but comes in the backdrop of grocery apps already exploring this space. What do all this mean for Indian e-commerce? A mini-series of texfash analyses and reports.