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Euratex sounds the alarm and calls for an urgent industrial strategy

The European textile and apparel sector comprises 192,000 companies and 1.3 million employees, generating an annual turnover of 167 billion euros. The industry is now warning of an imminent loss of competitiveness. In a joint statement issued in Brussels on November 11, 2025, Euratex (the European Apparel and Textile Confederation) and...

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How can brands and retailers navigate EU textile and garment regulations?

In the European Union, a person consumes on average 19 kilograms of textiles per year according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). Of those, 8 kilograms are clothing, 7 kilograms are household textiles and 4 kilograms are shoes. “Nineteen kilograms basically compare to what can fit in a large travel suitcase,” compared EEA expert on...

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Unlock the potential of digital ID in fashion

If you work in the apparel sector, you might have heard the term Digital ID or Digital Passport be used. You might have been interested in learning more, but when you pick up an article to review it gets complex quickly. While we do have some of these more complex articles, we thought it might be helpful to also write a primer to break it down,...

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Tod's wins 2025 sustainable fashion award for craft and artisanship

Tod’s has won the 2025 Sustainable Fashion Award in the 'craft and artisanship' category. The award was organised by the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI). It recognises the brand's Tod’s Passport project, a digital product passport created for its two signature products: the iconic Di Bag and the Gommino loafer. "This project, created...

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Fashion's digital reckoning: Why the EU's Product Passport mandate will reshape the Industry

As the European Union tightens its grip on environmental regulation, fashion brands across the continent, and beyond, are bracing for a seismic shift. At the heart of the upcoming regulatory wave lies the Digital Product Passport (DPP), a central feature of the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), which becomes enforceable in...

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Positive Luxury partners with Buyerdock on digital product passports

Sustainability certification platform Positive Luxury is partnering with digital compliance and traceability platform Buyerdock to “boost trust” within the luxury industry through Digital Product Passports (DPPs). The collaboration will allow Positive Luxury’s Butterfly Mark accredited brands and its other luxury clients to seamlessly adopt...

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Reinventing the future of fashion: how Lectra’s offer is leading the Industry 4.0 shift

In 2025, the global fashion industry is at a critical juncture. Brands and manufacturers are under unprecedented pressure to accelerate time-to-market, personalize offerings, and ensure end-to-end traceability—while navigating complex and shifting sustainability regulations like the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Digital...

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The Strategic Approach to Digital Product Passport Implementation

How Certilogo is enabling leading fashion brands to transform DPP compliance into competitive advantage As the 2027 EU Digital Product Passport deadline approaches, fashion brands are evaluating different implementation strategies. While some focus primarily on compliance requirements, others are recognizing broader strategic opportunities...

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EU Green Week: What opportunities do repair and reuse offer for the textile sector?

The theme of this year’s EU Green Week was “Circular Solutions for a Competitive EU”. The event explored how circularity could become a new economic reality with a circular economy driving sustainable competitiveness, reducing waste and promoting innovation within the EU. The aim of the EU Green Week, which took place last week in Brussels, is...

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Recover and TextileGenesis pilot recycled cotton traceability

Spanish recycled cotton producer, Recover, launched a pilot with TextileGenesis, the French traceability platform owned by technology company Lectra. Together, they tested how recycled cotton and polycotton fibres from Recover could be digitally tracked from fibre to finished product. Thanks to Fibercoin technology, each kilogram of material...

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Fashion and technology sectors join forces for traceability in fashion

More and more fashion brands are joining forces with technology companies for the arrival of the Digital Product Passport (DPP). This digital passport should give consumers and producers insight into where a product comes from, how it is made and what the circular options are (how it can be reused or repaired). According to the latest...

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New Look onboards 100 percent of core suppliers to TrusTrace platform

British retailer New Look, one of the UK’s leading womenswear brands in the 18-44-year-old sector, has successfully onboarded 100 percent of its core supplier base onto digital traceability platform TrusTrace. In a statement, New Look said the move to utilise TrusTrace technology would allow it to "more effectively map and manage its supplier...