Let’s consider for a moment the packaging journey of a garment prior to it arriving in one’s wardrobe. Most garments are packaged several times over before it reaches the customer, seeing multiple variants of discarded single-use packaging. More than 80 billion garments are produced annually across the world, many of which are shipped and packed...
15 Oct 2021
Everything from supermarkets to fuel to fashion seems to be getting more expensive. Footwear is the latest category to see an increase in prices, as inflation surges at the fastest rate in 20 years. In the U.S., consumer prices have risen 5.4 percent in September alone, with further increases expected throughout the remained of 2021 and the...
14 Oct 2021
Premium fashion house Ralph Lauren has released a detailed manual, in partnership with Dow, centred around the sustainable production of dyed cotton using the Ecofast Pure sustainable textile treatment. The open-sourced manual hopes to encourage the industry to implement the eco-friendly dyeing process into further supply chains, with a...
UK retailers are facing a worker shortage as the number of job vacancies in the UK has hit a record high. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed vacancies soared to 1.1 million between July and September, the highest level since records began in 2001. The largest increase in vacancies was in the retail sector and...
13 Oct 2021
The ongoing lockdown in Vietnam is currently delaying goods from ports of the Southeast Asian nation by an average of 25 days, while an interrupted power supply in Chinese factories is also affecting imports of products from the Far East. This will negatively impact the upcoming holiday season, as many importers have already been suffering from...
On Monday, September 27th, 2021, governor Gavin Newsom signed the Garment Worker Protection Act (SB62) into California law. This means that the more than 45,000 Californian garment workers will receive at least a minimum wage for their labor, currently 14 US dollars per hour. In comparison, garment workers have been struggling for decades under...
28 Sep 2021
Global professional services company Accenture will be partnering with British luxury house Vivienne Westwood on the implementation of the brand’s new retail product lifecycle management (PLM) platform, from technology developers PTC. The new platform will allow the brand to develop and launch new products quicker, improving the process using...
23 Sep 2021
In partnership with Infinited Fibre Company, American brand Wrangler has announced it will be incorporating the regenerated, recyclable fibre Infinna into its new autumn collection. Produced using textile waste, Infinna replaces the cotton used in denim, allowing clothing to be continuously recycled while using less water in the production...
21 Sep 2021
Any foreign visitor coming to Japan will notice how integral packaging is to its culture. The painstaking craftsmanship to wrap even the simplest of products is as much a gesture as it is quality assurance. But while individually wrapped items are pleasing aesthetically, they are a sustainability nightmare. Japan’s top paper manufacturers have...
16 Sep 2021
Kering, together with Conservation International, has announced the first seven grantees for its Regenerative Fund for Nature programme. Launching back in January 2021, the fund was set up to strive for the goal of using innovative projects to help transition one million hectares of land into regenerative practices in the luxury industry,...
3 Sep 2021
Popshowroom, a company that describes itself as the connection between e-commerce practitioners, boutique shop owners, designers, and professional apparel manufactures, is aiming to tailor the future of fashion industry by a tech-driven supply chain. It also aims to be a leader in fashion-on-demand. Pine You, Popshowroom Head of product and...
13 Aug 2021
The UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT) is working with technology companies IBM, Tech Data, and the Future Fashion Factory to design, prototype and pilot a new technology platform to help the fashion and textile industry drive sustainability and profitability through increased transparency within the supply chain. The Sustainable Supply...
4 Aug 2021
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