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"If history serves as an indicator, one might naturally assume that social and environmental initiatives would be the first programs on the chopping block durin...
"Urmi Group has taken the initiative to supply surplus fabrics and textiles from ready-made garment factories to small, micro and medium (CMSME) and women entre...
"Due to the severe gas crisis, more than a hundred factories in Narayanganj are on the verge of closing. In many garment factories, if they produce for one day,...
"Workers at a garment factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh, have staged a massive protest by stopping work due to fear of ghosts." ...
"Workers at the Spring Moon Garment Factory in Industrial Zone (4), Hlaingtharyar Township, Yangon Region, have reached agreement on four of their collective de...
"Cross-border crime networks are using unauthorised routes and shared logistics channels to distribute secondhand garments, says industry watchdog." ...
"The United States faces a growing challenge from the illegal transshipment of goods through third countries to evade applicable tariffs and other trade remedie...
"Scientists test plant and waste‑based dye‑fixing agents for cotton in Bangladesh in push to cut hazardous metals from textile effluent." ...
"Prosecutors compared the founder of the fashion-rental and technology company CaaStle Inc. to Elizabeth Holmes as they sought a 12 1/2 year prison sentence in ...
"Craft is not simply cultural spectacle. It is a referendum on the kind of nation India is becoming." ...
"Metsä Group is shifting capital to fibre packaging after scrapping its Kuura textile fibre mill plans in Finland." ...
"Firefighters have contained a three-alarm fire that engulfed a shoe factory Wednesday afternoon, sending a massive plume of smoke into the air and prompting th...
"As the United Arab Emirates (UAE) accelerates its shift towards a circular economy, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation is working to co-design and deliver a nation...
"Cambodia has launched the second phase of the FABRIC Cambodia programme to support its textile, garment, footwear, and travel goods (TGFT) sector adapt to sust...
"A vital wave of sustainability takes form in L.A.'s local fashion up-cycling and secondhand sellers." ...
"A 38-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday in Ghaziabad for allegedly stabbing his 45-year-old manager to death with a pair of scissors at the garment factory i...
"After the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh, two multi-stakeholders’ initiatives—‘The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh” and “Alliance”—were tak...
"London event will feature 17 companies developing recycling, bio-based materials, colour and waste-reduction technologies." ...
"The Materialist is building a business around turning a structural problem across fashion manufacturing – surplus fabric – into a scalable sourcing channel for...
"The online retailer is switching from a voluntary 30-day return guarantee to the statutory cancellation period. All details." ...
"The retailer logged 754 cases in fiscal 2026, down 35% year over year, according to its latest ESG report." ...
"The Asia Floor Wage Alliance Bangladesh Committee on Tuesday demanded immediate formation of a new minimum wage board to revise the wages of garment workers." ...
"In the 2025 financial year, the CHT Group further embedded sustainability as an integral part of corporate management. The 2025 Sustainability Report sets out ...
"Keratin extracted from sheep’s wool helped damaged bone regenerate in animals, producing tissue that was more organized and structurally similar to healthy bon...
"New research examines how ownership, repair and industrial laundering can boost circularity by keeping workwear in use longer." ...
"Untreated industrial wastewater, blocked drainage canals and rapid expansion of factories at random increasingly pose challenge to agricultural activities at S...
"A fire that broke out in a textile factory operating in the Gaziantep Organized Industrial Zone (OSB) was brought under control and extinguished after approxim...
"The United Trade Unions Union of Myanmar (STUM), which works to help local workers who have suffered labor rights violations, announced on July 25 that it has ...
"Exporters say they are now seeking a share of the refunds or, at the very least, some form of compensation through their continued business relationships with ...
"World Collective, Denim Deal, and Green Story have announced the launch of their Digital Product Passport (DPP) pilot together, now live with three denim fabri...
"In 1988, an academic paper questioned why more people had died from bladder cancer in a certain coastal city in Spain compared to the rest of the country." ...
"Pacsun continues to support the Rare Impact Fund, the youth mental health organization founded by Selena Gomez, through its Rare DNM Edit." ...
"As global restrictions on PFAS accelerate, Niber Technologies is expanding its PFAS-free membrane platform to help apparel brands comply with new environmental...
"The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and Poland-based apparel brand LPP SA have issued a joint position regarding the ongoing...
"A fire broke out at a textile manufacturing plant in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, at around 5:20 a.m. today (August 11), and was extinguished in about 50 minute...
"New EU rules force clothing retailers to disclose legal guarantee rights at checkout from September, with a voluntary durability label for some garments." ...
"Vietnam’s growing upstream textile exports underline a push for stronger traceability as overseas buyers tighten sustainability expectations." ...
"Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman was 5 weeks old on Oct. 10, 1996, when John Galliano showed his spring-summer 1997 “Circus” collection at the Musée des Arts For...
"The world’s largest spandex manufacturer by market share, based in South Korea, has created a drop-in bio-alternative ready for large-scale production. BoF sit...
"Worker-led mapping documents confinement, health risks and grievance failures in Jordan’s garment industry." ...
"Walmart was built on a simple idea: Help people save money and live better. That purpose still guides us today as a people-led, tech-powered omnichannel retail...
"For the CHT Group, sustainability is no longer just a programmatic goal – it is now measurable, operationalized, and increasingly critical to the business. Des...
"As a business and employers' association, Südwesttextil warns of the considerable burden caused by the implementation of the European Packaging Regulation." .....
"Many people have chosen to start charity shopping to have a more positive impact on the environment or to save money on clothing." ...
"FESITEX, Nicaragua's national federation of textile, clothing, leather and footwear trade unions, has won an agreement with BTF, securing outstanding benefits ...
"Popular clothing retailers are offering in-store repairs and hosting sewing workshops as they try to appeal to young consumers looking to save money and the pl...
"A worker-centred methodology Through ethnographic and participatory counter-mapping in Al-Hassan and Ad-Dhulayl, the report examines Jordan’s garment industry ...
"Textile Exchange has released its 2025 Annual Report, showcasing significant progress and key developments throughout last year." ...
"Lyocell has succeeded, but a wave of European factory closures and Asian expansion shows that industrial costs, geography and bankable demand –not fibre innova...
"PT Namnam Fashion Industries in Cimahi laid off 178 employees and deactivated two of its three production facilities. The Minister of Industry stated that the ...