First Insight, a leading digital product testing and decision-making platform, and John Lewis & Partners, have announced an expansion of their partnership. The announcement follows a successful validation test programme that John Lewis, which operates John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners, conducted across its home and fashion categories.Pic: ShutterstockThe initial pilot enabled John Lewis to improve buy depths and optimise assortments in its womenswear and home categories.

SAN FRANCISCO – Fashion brand Gap has partnered with Textile Exchange for the public release of its Preferred Fiber Toolkit (PFT), an online resource that will detail the environmental and social impacts of various raw material, as to inform likeminded companies striving to meet their sustainability targets.Serving as a complement to the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s (SAC) Product Tools, the Toolkit will not only disclose the associated environmental effects of raw materials, but other factors

UK retailers are increasing their e-commerce staff to handle rising online sales in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to research by Barclays, which said the requirement for employees to handle digital sales is continuing to grow, with the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reporting that £3 in every £10 is now being spent online.Pic: ShutterstockAs a result, one in seven UK retailers has created roles.The Barclays Corporate Banking white paper reveals that over a quarter of

“I thought I was not going to last an hour. It was so uncomfortable. Hot, sweaty, the smell of your breath… just very unpleasant. But you get used to it. In any case, we have no choice,” says a Paris resident gesturing at his blue surgical masks. The new French law made it mandatory for almost all employees to wear face masks in the workplace.Figure 1: Mask wearing is likely to become the norm as experts predict a future with more pandemics, rising levels of air pollution.In some places where ma

Inclusion ofcoated fabricsin manufacturing processes significantly improves the value of textile materials by expanding their service life and preserving their aesthetic appeal. Coating techniques and technologies have evolved in tandem with rising strict requirements of manufacturers and engineers.Coated fabrics for protection are the product of wide array of talents, bringing together technical and scientific expertise from around the globe, to yield vital source of existing knowledge on texti

DHAKA - The Bangladesh government is to provide laid-off garment workers with 3,000 taka (US$35) a month for three months, in a relief programme backed by the European Union and Germany to the tune of €113 million (US$134m).Workers laid off from factories in the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exports Assocation (BGMEA), Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exports Assocation (BKMEA), Leathergoods And Footwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB) or Bangladesh Fin

MUNICH – At this year’s Performance Days trade show in Munich, scheduled to go ahead from 9-10 December, a theme of ‘Nothing to Waste – Closing the Loop’ will address the industry’s gargantuan waste issue, with expert talks and exhibits set to outline the scale of the issue and provide inspiration for action.Performance Days, which will celebrate its 25thshow having been forced to cancel its April affair, has developed from a straight-forward functional fabrics fair to one which puts sustainabil

NEW YORK - Sustainable bag brand Solo New York has won the Business Intelligence Group's 2020 Sustainability Initiative of the Year award.The brand's Re:cycled Collection was recognised for its innovative use of recycled materials and broader sustainability efforts.Launched in early 2020, Solo New York's Re:cycled Collection makes bags with polyester yarn recycled from discarded PET bottles.Source:Eco Textile

Egypt appears to be best placed to witness a growth in apparel production in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as the country boasts the largest regional working-age population, according to Fitch Solutions’ latest report. Egypt also has base labour costs comparable to its Asian competitors and has preferential market access to the United States and the European Union (EU), it said.Pic: ShutterstockThese advantages could outweigh the country’s relatively high labour taxes and social

Dollar Industries Limited,one of India’s leading brands in the hosiery segment, has joined hands with Australia based companyHealthGuard,and curated a new range of anti-viral products. The initial range consists of anti-viral masks and innerwear for men.The mask fabric is chemically treated by a HealthGuard chemical and provides 24x7 silent protection.Pic: Dollar Industries Ltd“We all want to protect ourselves and our loved ones as the pandemic is considered to be the most crucial global health