Ecotextile News

The RealReal opens its largest store as second-hand soars

Fri, 23 October 2020

CHICAGO – Consignment company The RealReal has opened its largest ever brick-and-mortar store in Chicago, Illinois, in a telling sign of the increasing consumer engagement with second-hand apparel. The company, which has to date partnered with the likes of Gucci and ...

The RealReal opens its largest store as second-hand soars

Online platforms: the new textile industry police?

Fri, 23 October 2020

The big clothing retail platforms such as the likes of Amazon, Zalando, ASOS, Next, Ebay and Revolve, amongst others, could be a huge force for positive change in our industry – at a time when self-assessed ‘improvements’ may not be enough, argues John Mowbray. ...

Online platforms: the new textile industry police?

Survey: Bangladeshi worker finances crippled by COVID

Fri, 23 October 2020

DHAKA – New research on the impact of COVID-19 on Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) sector has highlighted a major drop in worker incomes, as a group of 115 workers surveyed said their wages had more than halved compared to 2019. Four factories, of which two ran ...

Survey: Bangladeshi worker finances crippled by COVID

BACK ISSUE ARCHIVE

- Ugg brand launches new sustainability platform
  
  Friday, 23 October 2020
  GOLETA - Deckers Brands-owned footwear company Ugg has unveiled new social and...
  
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- Garment manufacturer announces Fairtrade...

- Next accused of destroying evidence in worker dispute
  
  Friday, 23 October 2020
  LEICESTER – Lawyers representing staff of Next in a claim for equal pay have...
  
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- New EU chemicals strategy – what it mean...
- Jeans Redesign circularity project bears...

- Moncler launches new sustainability commitments
  
  Thursday, 22 October 2020
  MILAN - Luxury skiwear brand Moncler has launched a new sustainability plan...
  
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- Tangshan Sanyou places order with Renewc...
- Higg adds scoring to facility assessment...

Sponsored Content
- Beyond profit: value for society
  
  Friday, 02 October 2020
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- ThredUp set to go public as resale interest snowballs
  
  Thursday, 22 October 2020
  SAN FRANCISCO – Online resale platform ThredUp has submitted a draft registration...
  
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- Cambodian protests rumble on over missed...
- Better Cotton Initiative pulls out of Xi...

- David Jones ventures into fashion rental
  
  Thursday, 22 October 2020
  SYDNEY – Australian retailer David Jones will launch its own rental fashion...
  
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- C&A ranked top for supply chain oversigh...
- Packaging project to replant trees as or...

- Pandemic 'hits garment supply chain hard'
  
  Wednesday, 21 October 2020
  BANGKOK/DHAKA – Exports to major buying countries by garment supply chain countries...
  
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- COVID-19 influencing second-hand fashion...
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Features
- Wool Connect 2020 calls out elephants in the room
  
  Monday, 12 October 2020
  It might have been a little like letting loose a pack of wolves in a field of lambs. But the Wool Connect 2020 virtual conference – and to a lesser degree the Baltic Wool Conference – managed to call out the elephants in the room without breaking too much china....
  
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- Cleaning up the industry's act
- Could COVID-19 help cotton find a future

Editor's Pick
- The United States of Amazon
  
  Wednesday, 29 July 2020
  One of the few firms to have seen profits leap during the coronavirus crisis, Amazon has never been stronger. With even greater clout in multichannel retail – including an ever-growing stake in fashion – the question lingers on whether the online superpower will use...
  
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- Reporting mechanisms fail on apparel transparency
- The road to nowhere?