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"Bangladesh’s garment sector must modernise core production technologies to cut energy use, report says, as a gas shortage stops output at more than 100 factori...
"Südwesttextil warns that EU packaging rules risk increasing bureaucracy for textile companies." ...
"As global apparel sourcing adapts to shifting regulatory landscapes, rapid digital transformation, and rising sustainability mandates, Intertextile Shanghai Ap...
"Inside an unassuming hall at Kenyatta University, the occasional chatter of youthful fashion designers sitting behind electric sewing machines pierces the quie...
"London police apologised Saturday after email addresses of complainants alleging sexual abuse by the late Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed were accidentally shar...
"Akcanlar Tekstil, a textile company based in Gaziantep, will build a solar power plant in Bilecik to meet a portion of its electricity needs for production." [...
"In May 2026, two large garment factories in the Poipet-O'Neang Special Economic Zone, Poipet city, Banteay Meanchey province, announced their closure. Among th...
"The Dhaka divisional special judge court on Sunday deferred the verdict in a corruption case over the construction of the collapsed Rana Plaza, involving its o...
"Inconsistent tax structures, bureaucratic bottlenecks and inadequate access to financing are hindering efforts to decarbonise Bangladesh’s readymade garment se...
"Polyester dominates modern fashion for good commercial reasons. It is versatile, durable, easy to manufacture at scale and relatively inexpensive." ...
"In the heart of Suffolk, a vibrant community interest company, is making the case for hemp as one of the UK’s overlooked native fibres." ...
"Greenwashing in fashion is a claim of environmental or ethical responsibility made without evidence that substantiates it. The most reliable way to tell a genu...
"A fire that broke out in the chimney of a textile factory in the Çerkezköy Organized Industrial Zone (ÇOSB) caused alarm." ...
"The fire was still active late Saturday afternoon, and there was suspicion of flammable materials being present in the building." ...
"The United Trade Unions Union (STUM) announced on August 14 that it will pursue justice for a complaint that a union member was pressured to sign a resignation...
"A massive fire engulfed the PT Unitex factory on Jalan Tajur, South Bogor District, Bogor City, West Java, on Saturday afternoon (August 15, 2026). Firefighter...
"The global textile industry is entering a new phase of sustainability. For years, manufacturers viewed environmental performance as a matter of compliance—meet...
"Bangladesh’s textile and apparel industry has mastered scale. Its next global advantage must be the ability to convert knowledge, technology and collaboration ...
"Cambodia's garment industry needs a high-tech makeover to move beyond labour-intensive production and strengthen its competitiveness in the technology-driven g...
"Shoe factory damaged in overnight drone attack on Odesa regionphotos15.08.2026 10:08 Buildings at a shoe factory, an administrative building and a vehicle were...
"When you think of advanced futuristic clothing, what comes to mind?" ...
"The fashion industry is facing new expectations around circular design, lifestyle accountability, and compliance, meaning that the next generation of designers...
"Clarity Systems, an AI powered company that can detect retail fraud by seeing inside returned products without having to open them, said it has just closed a $...
"The industry’s underlying economics still make it difficult for more sustainable business models to compete. Brands that take responsibility for a garment’s fu...
"New analysis from Textile Exchange and SCS Consulting Services found that high transport-related emissions and coal-powered grids and factories are dampening t...
"For Cambodian girls and women, menstrual pain, stigma and inadequate support can mean missed school days, lost wages and fewer opportunities, highlighting the ...
"Africa grows plenty of cotton. It just does not make much of it into clothes. A new $5 billion plan aims to change that, turning a scattered collection of cott...
"The leaders said the current wages of garment workers were wholly inadequate to meet their basic living costs." ...
"Danish biotech company Novonesis has launched a new platform to bring enzymatic bleaching capabilities for denim with the aim of reducing the environmental imp...
"A fire broke out at a Ganesha Ecosphere subsidiary plant in Warangal, Telangana. Two workers tragically lost their lives due to smoke inhalation while trapped....
"White House report names Cambodian apparel finishing as a customs risk amid $75 billion tariff evasion claims." ...
"Syniform Inc., a developer of AI-powered automated apparel manufacturing systems, made its U.S. industry debut at Techtextil North America 2026, where the comp...
"For centuries, plants gave textiles their colour, long before synthetic dyes existed. At the Fashion Farm, we are exploring how to bring back this craft." ...
"Researchers assess if gelatin, starch-derived cyclodextrin and natural dyes can reduce reliance on conventional textile finishing chemicals." ...
"Bangladesh built its garment industry on scale, competitive labour costs, and the ability to supply large volumes of basic apparel. But this model is now under...
"A federal civil rights agency is dropping a subpoena enforcement action against Nike, saying the company has complied with requests for information as part of ...
"Voluntary commitments made by brands to tackle climate change have largely fallen by the wayside. What happens now?" ...
"“For a relatively small show, the breadth of exhibitors is rather remarkable. It's not often you see Kevlar recyclers, coating line manufacturers, hemp fiber p...
"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." ...