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Digital Product Passports: from pilot to permanent infrastructure in 2026

Sustainability
Digital Product Passports (DPPs) are no longer an experimental transparency tool. In 2026, they become core infrastructure for the...

Canada emerges as Vietnam’s most reliable growth market

Business
CPTPP preferences and quality positioning are helping Vietnamese textiles move up the value chain. Canada has become a rare bright...

Japan bets on a new kind of wearable Textile

Innovation
By moving sensing to the waist, apparel makers are redefining how health data is captured. In Nagoya, a city better...

Bangladesh’s apparel exporters face a tariff squeeze in Europe

Apparel
After LDC graduation, price cuts—not productivity—may bear much of the burden. Bangladesh’s garment exporters are likely to absorb as much...

Teijin develops a new multi-functional comfort textile

Apparel
Teijin Frontier has developed a new multi-functional comfort textile for sports and outdoor apparel that combines advanced moisture management...

Bangladesh textile mills face shutdown risk as BTMA calls for urgent structural rescue

Business
The Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) has warned that a growing number of textile mills are on the verge...

Hanky Panky acquired by Crown Brands Group and Rafar Group

Business
U.S. intimate apparel brand Hanky Panky has changed ownership after being acquired by Crown Brands Group, in partnership with...

Middle West Partners acquires American luxury menswear brand Paul Stuart

Apparel
Private investment firm Middle West Partners (MWP) has acquired Paul Stuart, partnering with Peerless Clothing Inc. to purchase the...

PTC calls for ‘Export Emergency’ to arrest textile export decline

Business
The Pakistan Textile Council (PTC) has urged Shehbaz Sharif to declare an “Export Emergency,” warning that Pakistan’s textile exporters...

Bangladesh sets a new global benchmark in green garment manufacturing

Sustainability
Record LEED certifications in 2025 underscore a strategic shift from cost leadership to sustainability leadership in apparel sourcing. Bangladesh’s ready-made...

Chinese Sunrise Group launches $140 million integrated textile complex in Fez-Meknes

Business
Sunrise Group has officially launched a $140 million integrated textile project in Fez, reinforcing Morocco’s ambition to position itself...

Mussel shells may bring sandblasting back to denim, without the dust

Denim
Waste from the seafood industry offers a safer, more sustainable route to distressed finishes once deemed too dangerous. Researchers in...

Digital time standards give China’s garment makers an edge

Apparel
Suzhou Tianyuan Garments, a major Chinese manufacturer supplying brands such as Adidas, FILA and The North Face, has delivered...

Pakistan’s textile exports lose momentum despite modest gains

Business
Value addition cushions the blow, but structural weaknesses are reasserting themselves. Pakistan’s textile and apparel exports delivered a mixed—and increasingly...

Spinnova welcomes TOMMY HILFIGER to accelerate sustainable textile innovation

Fibres
TOMMY HILFIGER, owned by PVH Corp., joins the Spinnova ecosystem (consortium) endorsed by Fashion For Good to secure access...

Chinese Investors Explore High-Value, Tech-Driven Expansion in Bangladesh’s Apparel Ecosystem

Apparel
A high-level delegation of Chinese investors has met with the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) to evaluate...

Arena debuts first Commercial Swimwear using Bio-Based LYCRA®, Blending Performance with Circular Design

Fibres
The launch signals growing maturity in renewable elastane as brands test scalable alternatives to fossil-based stretch fibres. Italian swimwear specialist...

Rotostitch Raises $1 Million to Accelerate Automation in Apparel Manufacturing

Apparel
Backed by investors with an eye on supply-chain transformation, the San Francisco startup is positioning its technology at the...

South Korea’s Fast-Fashion Addiction Is Creating a Textile Crisis the Country Can No Longer Outsource

Fashion
South Korea — one of the world’s largest exporters of used clothing — is facing an escalating textile waste...

UK Parents Face Rising Winter Clothing Costs as Children’s Style Preferences Shift

Apparel
Parents in the UK expect to spend an average of £117 per child on winter clothing this year, as...
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