Apricot, the British clothing brand, has got approval from creditors for its company voluntary arrangement (CVA). The CVA was approved late last week.Image Courtesy: franchising-today.comFollowing the approval, the fashion brand has shifted most of its UK stores to turnover-based rent model.The brand will now be moving 13 of its 14 standalone stores in the UK to turnover-based rental agreements. However, there is no information regarding any store closures.Apricot had launched CVA at the end of

MELBOURNE – A new national survey out of Australia has questioned wool industry stakeholders on their thoughts about mulesing.Although the team at the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, which is conducting the survey, will collate data until April, they say patterns are already emerging, which suggest that a wool grower’s environment and their flocks’ susceptibility to flystrike is a huge influence.In areas ravaged by flystrike – a parasitic infection that

The American Apparel & Footwear Association, the National Retail Federation, the Retail Industry Leaders Association and the United States Fashion Industry Association have praised welcomed the recent blanket government withhold release order (WRO) affecting all cotton and cotton products from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).Pic: Shutterstock“The companies we represent remain outraged by the reports of forced labor in the XUAR—and reports that Uyghurs are being trafficked to oth

DHAKA - The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has been criticised after requesting 10,000 priority COVID-19 vaccinations for factory owners and their families - but none for their 4.1 million workers.The BGMEA has reportedly written to Beximco Pharmaceuticals appealing for priority vaccines, saying that factory owners are risking their lives by keeping open their factories which are vital to the country's economy.Many factory owners in the garment industry ha

A roadmap setting out the European Union (EU) strategy for sustainable textiles was published early this month. The initiative, launched by the European Commission, notes that the strategy is aimed at shifting the EU to a climate-neutral, circular economy where products are designed to be more durable, reusable, repairable, recyclable and energy-efficient.Pic: ShutterstockThe strategy’s focus is the textile industry and its recovery from the pandemic-induced crisis in a sustainable way, and also

AMSTERDAM - Dutch retailer Hema has reportedly cancelled all orders with its suppliers with immediate effect and extended its payment terms for orders which have already been delivered.The move led to the company being added to the Worker Rights Consortium's (WRC) tracker of companies which it accuses of acting irresponsibly to garment suppliers and their workers during the pandemic.Source:Eco Textile

NEW YORK – Accelerating Circularity has bagged a US$1.2 million research grant from the Walmart Foundation to explore circular textile-to-textile systems generated from fabric waste on the East Coast of the USA.The award follows on from theon spent textiles, collectors, sorters, pre-processors and recyclers which identified various opportunities and gaps to create improved circular business models.Source:Eco Textile

Karl Mayer has launched the new HKS 3-M ON tricot machine with a new patterning concept and even greater output. The innovative model works with data loaded directly from KM.ON’s secure cloud rather than pattern disks. The HKS 3-M ON offers the simple, fast pattern change of EL gears, while doing so at the speed of machines with N pattern drives.Pic: Karl Mayer“The new HKS 3-M ON 280” is even faster than its predecessor, up to 15 per cent, and with a completely new multi-model concept, it offers

Yanhuiping majored intextile engineering at Donghua University. He is a teacher at Xuancai Textile Training Center now, and will give a lecturefrom15:30 to 16:30 on January 20th. He will teach professional knowledge of fabric and answer questions fromaudiences in the live stream chatting room.

KeqiaoShaoxingLight Textile Industrial CityAssociationFor Promotion Of Overseas Markets held its first offline exchange conference on the afternoon of January 15th at Yinan Center.Association For Promotion Of Overseas Markets will set up a number of overseas branches in the countries along theBelt and Road. It isexpected to cover global mainstream textile markets in 3 years, and help textile enterprises in Keqiao expand overseas markets.