"Growing up in Ghana, Joshua Akom relied on second-hand clothing. Now, living in Canada, the entrepreneur says thrift shopping doesn't just make economic sense, but it can also help the planet survive ...
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"Brothers Paul and Maurice Marciano have been lambasted by the Legion Partners investment fund, which called on shareholders to vote against their reappointment to the group's board of directors. The ...
"Hong Kong-based fashion giant the Esquel Group confirms with Just Style it has cut production in Sri Lanka due to “the loss of many US customers”." ...
"Lenzing, a leading global producer of wood-based specialty fibers, has today launched the Tree Climate fabric collection by Tencel, curated by outdoor fabric innovators David Parkes and Marco Weicher ...
"As previously reported, the LVMH-owned label bumped up prices for the Capucines and Neverfull handbags online to $7,900 (52,000 RMB) and $2,200 (14,400 RMB): up 11.8 percent and 20 percent, respectiv ...
"Workers have staged a sit-in protest in Narayanganj's Siddhirganj demanding immediate reopening of Beka Garments and Textiles Limited's factory at Adamji EPZ and payment of bonuses along with three m ...
"As the country is moving forward to expedite economic growth and is getting more integrated with the global market, it is also bringing challenges along, which include—the need to adhere to internati ...
"The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) has urged fashion and textile industry stakeholders to better control microfibre emissions within their supply chains with a new publication outlining measures they ca ...
"The vision for production on-demand has been clear for some time, but making it achievable at scale is an area where disagreement remains on both the right approach and just how significant that scal ...
"The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has linked up with Fair Wear and the Ethical Trading Initiative to become a lead partner in The Industry We Want (TIWW) initiative." ...
"As the transition from cash to digital financial services accelerates around the world, greater understanding is developing on how to manage this shift, what is needed to deliver impact, and the impo ...
"Fed up with Africa being a ‘waste disposal system’ for donated clothes, Bobby Kolade decided to refashion items into unique designs and return to sender. [...] Buzigahill is all about “redesigning se ...
"A bid to create the world's first 100 per cent recyclable and chemical-free outdoor performance textile has been chosen as one of four to be awarded funding from Prince Charles’ Terra Carta Design La ...
"Over 1,400 workers from 23 factories are seeking the intervention of institutions, including the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training and the Prime Minister’s Cabinet, to order their former emp ...
"Washington-based startup Tidal Vision upcycles discarded crab shells to produce chitosan — a positively charged biopolymer with myriad applications in sustainable water treatment, textile production, ...
"Over the last few years, consumers and businesses have increasingly realised that the time to adapt and ditch their wasteful practices is now. In fact, research conducted by K3 last year, involving 2 ...
"Circular models allow us to rethink the systems that make products and services possible. Adoption through a human-centered design-lens is key. The need to change the systems that perpetuate climate ...
"According to figures from [packaging manufacturer and consultancy Duo] new report, 'The Recommerce Generation, How Gen Z will shape the future of packaging', 56% of 1,036 Gen Z consumers are less inc ...
"Today the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST) and its strategic partner Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) announced the launch of a multi-stakeholder partnership initiative to drive improvement ...
"The incidents of fire are increasing continuously during the summer season. Today again a major fire broke out in a garment factory in Meerut. This is the third major fire in Meerut in the last two d ...