"The race is on for startups to crack the code on resale. Brands and service providers alike are looking to tap into the market’s scale and speed — projected to be worth $77 billion in the next five y ...
"Junk food advertising will be banned before 9pm on UK television, but fast fashion will still storm our screens. Why is fast food considered so much more damaging than fast fashion? Recently, the gov ...
"Steps to mitigate greenwashing in the U.S. are underway. With the news that the Federal Trade Commission will undertake a review of its “Green Guides” outlines for environmental marketing claims in 2 ...
"Listen in as The OR Foundation discusses the secondhand clothing trade in Accra, Ghana, and their mission to catalyze a justice-led circular-economy – plus, how it all fits into Remake’s shared missi ...
"Most people think that plastic items such as water bottles, plates, cups, glasses, dishes, bowls and containers used in homes, restaurants, events and schools would be responsible for the majority of ...
"The European Outdoor Group has published new eco plastic poly standards for product packaging and is urging businesses to adopt them to help the environment. The European Outdoor Group’s Single Use P ...
"As COVID-19 infections increase across Southeast Asia, footwear production in the region is being impacted — and Nike is feeling the burn, according to reports. Two Nike footwear suppliers in Vietnam ...
"This year, China is expected to become the first country in the world where more than half of total retail sales originate online. Jing Daily has partnered with Wunderman Thompson Intelligence to pro ...
"Firms in Tirupur, India’s largest garment hub, are operating with only about 60% of their usual workforce. In Surat, which houses some 6,000 diamond-cutting units, about 4,00,000 migrant workers and ...
"The textile, garment, shoe and leather sector (TGSL) has become a cluster for the spread of Covid-19 despite the Emergency Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM). According to the General Chairperson ...
"The Policy for the Implementation Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) will end on 20 July 20 2021. Currently, the government is evaluating whether to extend the policy or not. Workers and business ...
"The General Chair of the Federation of Indonesian Trade Unions (FSBPI), Dian Septi Trisnanti, has claimed the Emergency Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) did not apply to most workers in the tex ...
"Investing in a smart production model with 2 goals: responding to risks and running with the 4.0 trend. YKK is a company that manufactures and sells zippers with a turnover of more than 14 million US ...
"The closure of factories, which made 56% of Feng Tay shoes last year, follows a similar shutdown in India, the country's second-largest manufacturing base. Feng Tay Enterprises Co Ltd (豐泰), a supplie ...
"The unions began meeting last week to discuss a proposed minimum wage increase for garment and footwear workers for 2022. Ath Thorn, President of the Cambodian Labour Confederation, told RFI today th ...
"Sri Lanka’s Joint Apparel Export Forum, an industry body representing exporters said they were hopeful of an extension to duty free trade access to the European Union following a meeting with the Sta ...
"The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) called “on companies operating in Myanmar […] to assess without any further delay if their actions are financially supporting the Tatmadaw, directly o ...
"Illegal imports, especially from China, are threatening the revival of the textile and garment sector in Africa, said IndustriALL Global Union affiliates during an online meeting on 9 July. Other thr ...
"A growing number of brands are helping to pave the way for a more sustainable future. [...] The fashion industry overall accounts for around 32 million of the 57 million tons of polyester used annual ...
"What do you consider to be your company’s best ESG-related achievement? Our Common Thread Fabric Certification Program. The program has testing requirements to ensure that fabrics passing certificati ...
