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Eric Trachtenberg

Executive Director International Cotton Advisory Committee
Eric Trachtenberg

Eric Trachtenberg is Executive Director, International Cotton Advisory Committee.

 
 
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Event Roundup / IILF 2026 Analysis
The fair's expansion into newly constructed exhibition halls at Chennai Trade Centre failed to address fundamental organisational issues, with similar product categories scattered across disparate locations forcing extended navigation.

IILF 2026 Exposes Gap Between Boardroom Sustainability and Tannery Floor Reality

  • Vasan Suri

11 February 2026
Conservation / Wildlife Fashion Report
Burmese python leather sits at the centre of sustainability claims, yet the study finds regulators could not supply independent, non-trade data showing that commercial use improves outcomes for wild populations.

Regulators Failing to Substantiate Conservation Benefits of Wildlife Fashion Trade, Argues Study

  • Special Correspondent

12 February 2026
 
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Forest Resources / MMCF Pressures Analysis
The promise of renewable fibres rests on a forest economy now tightening under climate pressure, land competition, and regulatory scrutiny across multiple jurisdictions.

Textile Brands Underestimating Wood-Fibre Exposure as Climate and Regulation Converge

  • Subir Ghosh

19 February 2026
Consumer Returns / Fast Fashion Analysis
Free returns reshaped digital fashion by lowering purchasing risk, but they also embedded hidden environmental costs within everyday shopping routines.

Charging for Returns Won’t Fix Fast Fashion’s Structural Waste and Overproduction Model

  • Anastasia Vayona

18 February 2026
 
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Event Roundup / FTSC 2025 Report
The International Conference on Fashion as a Tool for Social Change explored how fashion systems can move beyond extraction towards models that prioritise human relationships, epistemic justice and equitable value creation across global supply chains.

Participatory Design and Ethical Labour Dominate Discourse at FTSC 2025 Gathering

  • Special Correspondent

17 November 2025
Sector Scanner / Denim Futures / III Report
Denim companies—from fabric manufacturers to garment exporters and accessory producers—had to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic on two fronts. They had to look at the denim ecosystem and pre-empt how to fit into the new scheme of things once the virus had been eradicated, and—like all other businesses in the fashion industry—manage both ends of the value chain.

That’s How Denim Companies Came out of the Pandemic

  • Subir Ghosh

18 May 2022