Europe’s Textile Endgame: Why Project FAE is becoming fashion’s most critic…
Europe’s apparel majors are no longer treating circularity as a branding layer. With Project FAE or Feedstock Activation Europe, the industry has entered a harder phase of capital formation: building the missing industrial infrastructure that turns textile waste into usable raw material.... Read more
Engineering color at source, dye-free production is cutting cost, water, an…
For over a century, coloring has been anchored in wet processing, an energy-intensive, chemically saturated stage that happen post spinning. That architecture is now being dismantled. A new production logic, Dye-Free Operation (DFO), is relocating color from the dye bath to the fiber itself, c... Read more
The €11 bn deadlock, can Europe’s textile recycling catch up?
Europe is at a tipping point. Fast fashion consumption, led by rising incomes and a growing global middle class, has outpaced the continent’s ability to manage its textile waste. A landmark report by ReHubs and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) warns of a looming textile circularity gap,... Read more
From field to fiber, Bharat CottonNet is closing India’s cotton value gap
India’s cotton economy is entering a decisive phase of reform with the rollout of Bharat CottonNet 2026 along with the Mission for Cotton Productivity. Policymakers and industry stakeholders are looking to correct a long-standing inefficiency that is: the disconnect between cotton farms ... Read more
US apparel imports drop 13.5% as Vietnam gains and China’s grip breaks
The US apparel sourcing market has entered 2026 with a sharp demand decline but an equally important shift in supplier preference. Latest OTEXA data for January shows total apparel imports falling to $6.22 billion, down 13.51 per cent year-on-year from $7.19 billion, confirming that American r... Read more
H&M finds growth below revenue line as margin discipline pays off
H&M Group’s latest quarter signals a decisive shift in global fast fashion: scale is no longer the primary reason for success. In a quarter marked by cautious consumer demand, store rationalisation and currency headwinds, the Swedish retailer delivered a sharp earnings recovery by pr... Read more
Bangladeshi leader gains global recognition amidst sustainable apparel push
The selection of Syed Iqbal Akhter Rizvi for the 6th Global Changemaker Award i... Read more
RBI, Tiruppur stakeholders strategize to revitalize apparel investment
In a strategic move to de-clutter the financial bottlenecks stalling India&rsqu... Read more
Loro Piana transitions to more transparent procurement model as Milan Court…
The Court of Milan has officially lifted the judicial administration order prev... Read more
Geopolitical volatility triggers double-digit slump in Indian apparel expor…
The Indian textile and apparel sector faced a severe contraction in March 2026,... Read more
Textiles Ministry proposes tariff relief to counter West Asia logistics cri…
The Union Textiles Ministry has initiated high-level consultations with the fin... Read more
Farfetch accelerates luxury sportswear integration with debut Dolce & G…
Farfetch is intensifying its grip on the ‘high-luxury sportswear’ s... Read more