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UK fashion sales gain from heatwave, but retail growth slows in June

Business
Warm weather and World Cup demand supported summer clothing purchases, yet weak store traffic and subdued consumer confidence kept...

Uniqlo’s global growth powers ahead as weak yen hits Japan margins

Business
Uniqlo’s global growth remains strong, but currency pressure, climate disruption and higher sourcing costs are becoming harder to ignore. Fast...

Milan men’s shows put denim back into luxury’s core vocabulary

Events
Spring/Summer 2027 menswear shows suggest denim is moving beyond casual basics into tailoring, colour, surface treatment and premium storytelling. Denim...

Virtual fitting rooms move from retail gimmick to apparel data infrastructure

Apparel
The commercial value is not a digital mirror alone; it is better size confidence, stronger conversion and fewer avoidable...

Yarn Expo Shenzhen 2026 Highlights South China’s Shift Towards Functional and Sustainable Yarn Sourcing

Fibres
The fair’s commercial signal is clear: yarn suppliers are being assessed increasingly on functional performance, verified sustainability credentials and...

Resort 2027 denim trends push distressing, deconstruction and feminine shape

Denim
Denim’s next luxury phase is not about a single fit; it is about turning familiar fabric into a visibly...

Five EU states seek tougher curbs on ultra-fast fashion

Fashion
The policy debate is shifting from regulating textile products alone to regulating the commercial model that drives overproduction, short...

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...

Kingpins Amsterdam finds optimism in efficiency, not excess

Denim
The clearest message from the denim industry’s latest gathering was not exuberant growth, but disciplined innovation: mills, chemical suppliers...

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...

Textile circularity still breaks down at the end of life, even for ‘sustainable’ clothes

Sustainability
Organic cotton, recycled polyester and cellulose-based fibers may lower impact at production, but once garments are discarded, most still...

Fall/Winter 2027–28 denim trends: mills bet on softer textures, subtle authenticity and low-impact innovation

Denim
Denim suppliers are shifting from loud vintage effects to refined, commercial fabrics that combine comfort, texture and sustainability. Denim mills...

Apparel retail nears $1.35trn as digital and omnichannel models reshape growth

Business
Fashion retail is expanding not simply because consumers are buying more clothes, but because technology, convenience and channel integration...

Karl Mayer builds a textile prototyping hub to turn ideas into machines and fabrics

Machinery
The new Textile Innovation Center in Obertshausen is a bet that warp-knit innovation now needs faster collaboration between machinery,...

Sportswear outgrows fashion as consumers wear wellness as a status

Fashion
The market is not booming. It is polarising: consumers are buying fewer indiscriminate clothes and more items that signal...

Milan Fashion Week’s denim says the wash is back

Denim
For autumn/winter 2026–27, denim in Milan moved beyond basics: laundries, coatings and archival nostalgia turned jeans into statement pieces...

Bangladesh’s new government faces a simple test: can it keep garments competitive?

Apparel
The BNP’s election win has raised business hopes, but the apparel sector needs policy stability, cheaper energy and faster...

lululemon’s new “ShowZero” fabric treats sweat as an optical problem

Technical Textiles
By making wet patches stop “darkening” under light, lululemon is selling performance with a confidence benefit—useful in tennis, and...

AI-guided lasers try to make textile recycling less manual

Technology
RIT’s prototype strips zips, prints and trims from garments in about ten seconds—tackling the labour bottleneck that keeps most...

Over 1,500 exhibitors: Techtextil 2026 grows in key future sectors

Innovation
Techtextil 2026 continues to grow: more than 1,500 exhibitors from 49 countries present their products and innovations in Frankfurt...
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