Chinese authorities tell H&M to change the ‘problematic map’

The company, based in Sweden, has faced a backlash in China in recent days after it voiced concerns last year about alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang province.ABC…

Earth Day- Initiatives shaping a more sustainable future for fashion

If upcycling, clothing repair and buying second-hand currently stand out as essential alternatives for making fashion more responsible, many in the sector are working on new solutions to…

Fast fashion firms prepare for EU crackdown on waste mountain

“This is just the beginning,” said Albert Alberich, director of Moda Re, which is a part of Spanish charity Caritas and runs Spain’s biggest second-hand clothing chain.”Increasingly we…

Lenzing keen to compete with synthetic stretch fibres with cellulose-based Tencel

Lenzing made the announcement on the eve of the Salon international de la lingerie (SIL) and Interfilière trade shows in Paris, where the Austrian company will exhibit on…

Italian fashion starts e-tail recovery, but sales are still down says data

The figures come from Emarsys and its ccinsight.org platform that showed just how much of a hit Italian fashion has taken. In the past two months of the…

Mango to offer regenerative cotton items by 2024

In pursuit of this, the Spanish fashion group has partnered with Materra, a British-Indian company specializing in regenerative cotton cultivation and supply solutions. Fibers from regenerative agriculture are…

Japan Oct household spending seen falling after sales tax hike

Household spending likely fell 3.0% in October from a year earlier, the poll of 15 economists found, the fastest pace of decline since May 2018 when it fell…

Official UK retail stats show clothing sold well in clearance-focused January

However, whether the performance translates into higher profits is open to question as it looks like much of the growth was driven by higher volumes, rather than higher…

Ralph Lauren unveils gender parity roadmap for the fashion industry

 As explained in a paper entitled “Unlocking Gender Parity in Fashion,” the new roadmap outlines step-by-step methods that can be implemented  by companies to make measurable progress in…

No sudden moves – Canada sticks to measured tack in U.S. trade row

While the European Union immediately drew up a list of U.S. products from bourbon to blue jeans to hit if Trump follows through on a plan to impose…