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AAFA welcomes notorious markets report echoing concerns raised by clothing and footwear brands

The American Apparel & Footwear Association thanks the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for the consideration of the association’s comments and commitment to issuing the annual Notorious Markets report. “Today’s Notorious Markets Report by USTR echoes our concerns and reemphasizes the administration’s commitment to...

1 Feb 2023

Business

Fashion for Good sorting for circularity advances into the US market

Today, Fashion for Good launches the Sorting for Circularity USA Project, a new initiative focused on the North-American textile-to-textile recycling market that will provide the most representative snapshot of textile waste composition generated in the United States. This effort is crucial to understanding and evaluating the business case for...

31 Jan 2023

Business

SCAYLE wins new customers with a total contract volume of around EUR 100 million in 2022

Brands as Deichmann Group, Fielmann, s.Oliver Group, DefShop, and FC Bayern to migrate their online shops to the commerce platform SCAYLE The e-commerce platform SCAYLE has been recording large increases in the segment of enterprise customers in the current calendar year 2022, including Deichmann Group, Fielmann as the market leader in optics,...

19 Jan 2023

Business

TEXHIBITION Istanbul Fabric, Yarn and Textile Accessories Fair - March 8.-10. 2023

Third edition of Texhibition Istanbul will take place from 8-10 March 2023 at the Istanbul Expo Center Organizers focus on growth: more than 25,000 international visitors are targeted for March 2023 More than 400 exhibitors show fabrics, yarns and accessories at the Istanbul Expo Center Trend seminars and trend area with special focus on...

16 Jan 2023

Business

EU Energy Council: EURATEX welcomes progress on the energy market reform

On Monday, the European energy ministers reached an agreement on a price cap for natural gas wholesale prices. Despite welcoming the adoption of the instrument and the prospect to limit gas price speculations on the stock market, EURATEX considers the cap at 180 €/MWh to be still too high. Also, the complexity of the conditionalities triggering...

20 Dec 2022

Business

Call for proposals: Fashion, Textiles and Technology partnership with British Council

Following a successful pilot programme in 2022, applications for the next round of New Landscapes: Catalyst Research & Development Grant Scheme are now open. The pilot programme was launched in October 2021 as a collaboration between UAL Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (UAL FTTI), British Council and five Official Development...

19 Dec 2022

Business

Ganni installs its first solar panels as part of its carbon insetting scheme

Earlier this year, affordable luxury brand GANNI announced the move from carbon offsetting to insetting, with an aim to take progressive action on reducing their carbon footprint in line with the brand’s 50% absolute carbon reduction target by 2023. Moving from carbon offsetting to carbon insetting will see GANNI directly investing in...

6 Dec 2022

Business

German trade fairs recover slowly

First recovery in sight for trade fairs in Germany: At least 340 trade fairs are planned between Husum and Friedrichshafen in 2023. Thus, almost 25 percent more trade fairs will take place in the new year than were possible in Germany this year. In the first quarter of 2023 alone, a good 120 trade fairs are scheduled - in 2022, only 18 trade...

30 Nov 2022

Business

The growing conscience of the fashion-conscious

Sustainability and authenticity have in a few short years moved from being a conversation to becoming key considerations in the purchase decision for UK fashion shoppers. Brands will need to meet their needs without raising costs dramatically, says Martin Jensen, CEO and Co-Founder of Centra. 10 years ago sustainability was little more than a...

24 Nov 2022

Business

The European Commission proposes a price cap on wholesale gas at 275€/MWh that is disappointing for European textiles and clothing manufacturers

On Tuesday, EURATEX stated in a letter to EC President, Ursula von der Leyen, that any price cap above the level of 80€euro/MWh would not help the EU industry – the textile sector in particular – to survive the current crisis. Indeed as early as July 2021, the wholesale gas price in the EU was below 30€/MWh. Now, the EU industry is facing gas...

23 Nov 2022

Business

37th IAF World Fashion Convention Dhaka successful!

IAF successfully held its 37th World Fashion Convention in Dhaka from Saturday November 12 up to Wednesday November 16. It brought together close to 300 delegates from 15 countries and was organized together with the Bangladeshi apparel industry associations BGMEA and BKMEA. The IAF Convention was held intertwined with the BGMEA’s Made in...

22 Nov 2022

Business

Australian Fashion Council Launches World-First Campaign - Down Under In Front

Today as part of Melbourne Fashion Week, the Australian Fashion Council (AFC) launched its world-first Australian FashionTM campaign, Down Under In Front at ACMI. To celebrate the launch in Australia’s cosmopolitan fashion capital, Melbourne, the first select cohort of certified Australian FashionTM brands were announced including renowned...

10 Nov 2022