Amid the COVID-19 pandemic a Bangladeshi readymade garment (RMG) manufacturers — battered by the pandemic and the unethical business practices of Western clothing giants—have safeguarded an exceptional victory against one of the biggest monopoly players in the apparel supply chain: Sears, reports Forbes.The decaying apparel retailer left its manufacturers with tons of its clothing and due bills last spring and has stiffed them numerous times before as it scrambled through horrible bankruptcy pro

GLOBAL - The International Consumer Protection Enforcement Network (ICPEN) says its annual sweep of corporate websites found that four in ten featured potentially misleading environmental information.ICPEN had focused on environmental claims for the first time in its yearly checks of corporate websites for potentially fraudulent, deceptive or unfair online conduct by businesses.Led by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (AC

NEW YORK - ECOfashion Corp has launched a new brand which aims to make available affordable sustainable fashion via the multiplatform ecommerce retailer QVC.Marci ZaroffSeed to Style's products are made from sustainable materials such as organic cotton, recycled polyester and Lenzing's Tencel lyocell and claim to be free of GM seeds and potentially harmful inputs.Certified by GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard), Seed to Style launched last week on the QVC shopping channel and QVC.com

The use of man-made fibre (MMF) import and the investment are increasing expressively in Bangladesh. Thanks to the growing acceptance of clothes made of artificial fibres amongst the end consumers internationally, which now observing more and more readymade garment (RMG) manufacturers in the country is turning to MMF to rise profitability and market share.Figure: The use of man-made fibre (MMF) import and the investment are increasing expressively in Bangladesh. Courtesy: CollectedAccording to d

Arket, owned by Swedish fast fashion retailer H&M, is set to open its maiden physical store in China. And it’s going to happen this autumn!Image Courtesy: tofutasha.comThe store, which will be located in the capital city of Beijing, will not only exhibit the best of Arket’s wardrobe staples, but also the exquisite seasonal fashion drops for men and women.Delighted over the upcoming store launch, Pernilla Wohlfahrt, MD, Arket, said that the brand is eagerly looking forward to finally meeting

COPENHAGEN – The organisers of Copenhagen Fashion Week (CFW) have published their first annual review of the three-year ‘Sustainability Action Plan’ they launched in January 2020.The organisation states that it reached “significant milestones” in what it describes an “extraordinarily eventful and challenging year”.“We believe that the status of our Sustainability Action Plan shows the potential of our strategy and three-year targets to inspire and push fashion companies to embrace more sustainab

Mimaki USA – a wide-format inkjet printer’s provider – recently introduced two textile and apparel inkjet printers named TS100-1600sublimation transfer inkjet printer andTiger-1800B Mk III which isa high-speed textile inkjet printer with a belt conveying system.TheTS100-1600is an entry-level, high-performance sublimation printer that meets a diverse range of on-demand production.As claimed by Mimaki USA, it’s able to produce highly detailed, photographic quality prints with a wide array of colou

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The, a global cotton research and advisory body, recently promoted Keshav R Kranthi, former director of Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) in Nagpur, as its chief scientist. Kranthi had moved to Washington, DC, after ICAC appointed him as the head of its technical services division in March 2017.Pic: ShutterstockHis elevation reflects recent changes both in his work and in the direction of the organisation, an ICAC statement said.“The ICAC’s emphasis has changed in recent years from ju

Man-made yarn prices have been trekking northward amid supply shortage of cotton yarn and rebound in demand from the textile sector post covid-lockdown era. Prices of man-made yarn have surged sharply not just recently, but also as compared with the price regime in pre-covid times, mainly due to removal of anti-dumping duty by the Centre.Pic: ShutterstockIn February last year, the Indian government removed anti-dumping duty on purified terephthalic acid (PTA), imported from South Korea, Thailand