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Gap cuts sales outlook as Old Navy weakness signals softer U.S. apparel demand

Business
The retailer is still improving profitability, but slower discretionary spending is now testing the turnaround at its largest brand. Gap...

Hohenstein launches global size study to help brands fix fit and sizing gaps

Apparel
The initiative shifts body-data work from large surveys toward faster, actionable sizing intelligence for brands and retailers. Hohenstein Apparel Fit...

Clothing stores lead US retail growth as consumers keep spending despite inflation

Apparel
April sales show apparel demand remained resilient, but higher fuel costs and cautious sentiment are beginning to test discretionary...

Challenge Fashion eyes $500m Pakistan export hub as Chinese apparel investment expands

Apparel
The project could become a test case for whether Pakistan can convert Chinese industrial relocation into large-scale apparel exports...

Pakistan’s value-added textile exports rise to $11.3bn as garments cushion sector pressure

Apparel
Pakistan’s export resilience is coming less from raw cotton, yarn and fabric, and more from garments and made-up textile...

Waterproof socks market to reach $50.8 million as outdoor performance apparel gains ground

Apparel
Growth is being driven less by fashion novelty and more by functional demand from hikers, cyclists, anglers and winter-sport...

French textile-apparel sales fall 3.7% as store traffic weakens

Business
March confirmed that France’s fashion market remains under pressure, with online growth unable to offset falling physical-store sales and...

Australia’s fashion market heads for USD 55.2 billion as digital and sustainable retail reshape demand

Apparel
Australia’s apparel sector is no longer expanding only through consumption; growth is increasingly tied to e-commerce, circularity, AI-enabled retail...

FESPA’S new textile event set to debut in Barcelona this May 2026

BUSINESS / TRADE
In less than one month, the first edition of FESPA’s new Textile event will take place at the Gran...

Cambodia’s garment and textile exports rise in Q1, but growth still depends on trade diversification

Trade
The sector remains Cambodia’s biggest export engine, and its latest gains suggest that broader market access is helping sustain...

Vietnam overtakes Bangladesh again in global apparel exports, exposing a deeper competitiveness gap

Trade
Bangladesh still has scale and cost strength, but Vietnam is proving better positioned in value-added products, trade access and...

Outlast uses skinos data to strengthen thermoregulation claim in performance apparel

Apparel
New laboratory results aim to give textile brands a more measurable case for temperature-regulating garments, linking Outlast’s heat-management technology...

AAFA issues heat-stress guide as extreme heat becomes a supply-chain risk

Business
The new guidance signals that heat stress is no longer just a factory-floor welfare issue. It is becoming a...

Pakistan’s textile exports slip in 9MFY26 as garment growth fails to offset broader weakness

Trade
The sector remains broadly flat in cumulative terms, but March’s sharper annual decline shows Pakistan’s largest export industry is...

Naia makes Kingpins debut with recycled-content fiber pitch for softer, circular denim

Fibres
Eastman’s Naia platform is using Kingpins Amsterdam to argue that denim innovation no longer has to choose between authentic...

Naveena Denim bets on comfort, warmth and emotional relevance for Fall/Winter 2027–28

Denim
The Pakistani mill’s latest denim direction suggests that the next season will be shaped less by spectacle and more...

HSBC cuts Nike to hold as tariffs and competition darken sportswear outlook

Business
The downgrade reflects a wider sector problem: even where demand is still growing, margins are under pressure from tariffs,...

Uniqlo and Aritzia are winning in apparel by making value feel premium

Apparel
In a weak consumer market, both retailers are showing that a clear value proposition, disciplined product strategy and ambitious...

Pakistan textile exports edge up in march, but annual pressure persists

Trade
March brought a modest month-on-month recovery for Pakistan’s textile sector, but the broader export trend remains flat to weak. Pakistan’s...

Teijin Frontier targets all-polyester stretch gap in sportswear with new elastic yarn

Fibres
The Japanese materials maker is betting that mills and brands want stretch, moisture management and easier recyclability without relying...
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