YANGON - Japanese fashion company Fast Retailing, owner of the Uniqlo brand, has confirmed that two of its supplier factories have been set on fire in Myanmar during ongoing disturbances since the military coup.The factories, both located in the country's biggest city of Yangon, were not operating at the time and nobody was injured in the fires, although production is expected to be disrupted.A Fast Retailing representative said the company was "deeply concerned" about the situatio

WILMINGTON – The Lycra Company has announced that its six manufacturing sites have all completed sustainability self-assessments using the Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM).The company first trialled the tool at a factory in Northern Ireland a year ago, and says that based on its initial findings it saw value in extending this across its units to establish an overall benchmark from which to progress.Gary Huffman, the company’s director of operations excellence, said:“Having all sites comp

LONDON — Some of Britain’s leading fashion designers are urging British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to make the UK the world's first country to ban the sale of products containing real animal fur.Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Katharine Hamnett, Christopher Raeburn, Erdem Moralioglu, Helen Moore and Hannah Weiland have written a joint letter calling on Johnson to act.They cite a "shared belief that fashion, driven by consumers and enabled by innovation, is evolving to make animal

MASSY – French conglomerate Carrefour has announced plans to trial blockchain technology on products in its own-brand textile product range.The company, which already uses the solution amongst its food supplies as part of blockchain provider IBM’s Food Trust, says an initial 450 products – such as bed linens and baby bodysuits – will be traced across France and Spain.It falls under Carrefour’s 2030 strategy of ensuring all its textile-based products are sustainable and traceable.Source:Eco Texti

MASSACHUSETTS - Researchers have produced a new textile from polyethylene (PE) which they say could make the fashion industry more sustainable and reduce the world’s plastic waste mountain.Scientists involved in the project say the easily-recyclable fabric offers superior cooling properties to cotton or linen, while being more stain resistant than polyester.Their study, published in the peer-reviewed Nature Sustainability journal, says PE - commonly used in plastic bags - has been overlooked by

MUNICH – The team behind the Performance Days trade fair has cancelled its May showcase over lingering travel concerns related to COVID-19.Organisers say the ongoing pandemic makes it “difficult or even impossible for many manufacturers and trade fair visitors to participate”. It will subsequently be replaced by a digital event to be held across the week starting May 17th.Marco Weichert, founder and general manager of Performance Days, says the elongated digital showcase will “provide the indust

FC Index of Keqiao’s textile on March 15th was 107.27, up 0.15% from the prior week, up 2.7% compared with the beginning of 2021, and up 2.51% compared with the same period last year.Marketing of spring market of China Textile City continues to rise slightly recently. Amount price of raw material market rises obviously, amount price of grey cloth market falls obviously, amount price of garment fabric market’s cloth rises slightly, transaction amount price of home textile products falls slightly,

IMA Spa, a leading Italian cutting room technology provider for fashion, textile, automotive and aligned industries, has announced to launch a webinar series from 26 March – “IMA Webinars 2021”.The webinars are aimed at focusing on Textile & Clothing Industry and beyond wherein the company will present its proposal for the various types of production models to its customers and collaborators.According to IMA spa, there will be at least one testimony/case study from its customers who are usin

OAKLAND - The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute has released the fourth version of its Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Standard which it claims is its most ambitious to date.The institute will begin accepting new applications to certify safe, circular and responsibly-made products to Cradle to Cradle Certified Version 4.0 in July this year.Institute president and CEO Peter Templeton said: “Cradle to Cradle Certified has long been regarded as the most trusted and advanced science-

Following the recent sale of Christopher & Banks’ e-commerce business to Hilco Merchant Resources, the company’s President and CEO Keri Jones has, reportedly, submitted her resignation.Also Read: Court approves Christopher & Banks’ sale of its online businessEver since Keri joined Christopher & Banks in 2018, the effort was to help the retailer consistently make profits and even during the start of 2020, the retailer was recording good sales numbers.However, as it happened with most