PHILADELPHIA – Animal rights organisation PETA says it’s “pointing the finger” at fashion retailer URBN – owner of Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People – after footage from a PETA Asia investigation showed violence against sheep in Australia’s wool industry.“Every wool sweater or scarf for sale at Urban Outfitters represents a gentle sheep who was kicked, punched, or left in a pool of her own blood on a shearing shed floor,” commented PETA executive vice president Tracy Reiman.“This h

rue21 has come a long way from where it was 3 years ago!Image Courtesy: promopony.comYes, 3 years since emerging from bankruptcy, US-based rue21 has announced that it will open 15 physical stores starting January 2021.The American retailer for women’s casual apparels has been increasing its comparable sales every year – surpassing all the expectations and predictions.In fact, rue21 has been one of those few brands that experienced upward trend ever since it emerged from store closures and lockdo

Japan’s apparel import values have plunged by 16.80 per cent in Jan.-Oct. ’20 period, according to the latest data.The country imported 2,151.41 billion yen (US $ 20.81 billion) worth of apparels in the period as against 2,585.74 billion yen (US $ 25 billion) in the same period of 2019.Particularly in October ’20, Japan fell both on Y-o-Y basis and M-o-M basis by 20 per cent and 11 per cent.Japan’s import valued 238.74 billion yen (US $ 2.31 billion) in October ’20 as compared to 266.25 billion

MACAU - Leather manufacturer ISA TanTec has launched its own sourcing programme as part of its LITE (Low Impact To the Environment) concept.The company says its LITE programme goes beyond the sourcing requirements of the Leather Working Group (LWG) multi-stakeholder initiative which it already meets.LITE focuses on the sustainable use of natural resources, accountability in the supply chain, and the fair and ethical treatment of animals.Source:Eco Textile

GENEVA - The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has recognised Greek cotton that is grown to the country's AGRO-2 Integrated Management Standards certification as equivalent to its 'Better Cotton'.The decision is a boost to the sustainability credentials of cotton farming in Greece which is the largest producer in Europe with more than 45,000 registered cotton farmers.Farmers certified under the AGRO-2 standards, who elect to participate in the BCI Programme, will now be eligible to sell

The latest episode of "PreferredFabric fromTextile City -- Live Stream Series ofSuppliers"isgoing to be carried out from9:30-11:00a.m.on December 19th, 2020 (This Saturday).At that time, Globaltextiles will go to Youlian Cloth,Jinbuniao Textile and Mykonos in NorthMarketand show you fabric for curtains andwindow screens, home textile fabric and solidcloth inthe live stream chatting room.

The global export of babywear knits which was $6,459.44 million in 2017, dropped 5.98 per cent to $6,073.31 million in 2019. Total exports declined 8.23 per cent in 2019 over the previous year, according to data from TexPro. Further, the exports are expected to decrease to $5,582.42 million in 2022 with a rate of 8.08 per cent from 2019.Pic: ShutterstockThe global import value of babywear knits was $6,102.12 million in 2017 and it rose 6.57 per cent to $7,762.71 million in 2019, according toFibr

Lecture Series of Basic Knowledge of Live Stream Online which issponsored byTextile City Group andundertaked by Globaltextiles and QFC will be held in the E-commerce Service Center of China Textile CityinEast Marketon December 18th in order toenhance the effect of expanding markets online, lead enterprises of Light Textile City to carry out live stream online and improve their live stream skills and effects.

H&M Group is excited to announce that it has reached a multi-year agreement with the innovative Swedish textile recycling company to supply it with thousands of tonnes of its pioneering virgin quality Circulose® fibers made from unusable textile waste.This landmark agreement takes H&M Group an important step closer in achieving its goal of becoming fully circular whilst helping drive the sustainability agenda across the entire industry. One of the biggest barriers to replacing virgin fib

TETTNANG – Outdoor apparel brand Vaude has revealed that it has succeeded in removing seven of 11 chemicals of concern - including controversial fluorocarbons (PFCs) - from its manufacturing processes by a deadline of the end of this year.And the company, which signed up voluntarily to the Greenpeace Detox Commitment to systematically eliminate chemicals of concern by 2020, said it had made "great strides" towards removing the other four.The company suffered a setback when it had to re