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Australian Fashion Week a Boost for Economy
An Australian Fashion Council report found the industry contributes more than $27.2 billion to the nation’s economy as Australian Fashion Week returns.
Global Fashion Houses Face Mexican Ire
Mexico's Culture Minister Alejandra Frausto sent letters to three global companies, Zara, Anthropologie and Patowl, asking each for a “public explanation on what basis it could...
Employee Support Fund Set Up by LVMH
French multinational corporation and luxury conglomerate, LVMH has launched a global emergency and support fund for its 150,000 employees, with an initial endowment of €30m.
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Pakistan Sees Double-Digit Export Growth
Data compiled by the Ministry of Commerce made available last week, showed that Pakistan’s exports in 13 sectors, including value-added textiles, posted double-digit growth in the...
Etsy Purchasing Depop for $1.6b
Fashion resale marketplace Depop will be acquired by Etsy for $1.6 billion, the two companies announced on last week. The cash deal, which is expected to close by the third quarter...
Stahl launches blockchain-based collaborations with external partners to drive supply chain transparency
Waalwijk, The Netherlands, 3 June 2021 – Stahl, an active proponent of responsible chemistry, has taken an important step toward enabling end-to-end supply chain visibility by...
New CEO for Natuzzi
Italian furniture group Natuzzi saw sales grow by +23.1% in Q1, thanks to a robust order backlog. The Italian business' positive momentum has continued through the first 18 weeks of...
Moncler CEO Quashes Talk of Italian Market Consolidation
The chief executive of Moncler said last week that he did not expect consolidation in the Italian fashion market due to the deep history of company family ownership, but indicated that...
Meat Imports Preventing Bangladesh Industry From Flourishing
As domestic livestock production has multiplied manifold in the last decade, meat and dairy are now in surplus in Bangladesh. However, imports are preventing the local industry...
Chinese Construction Giant Begins Work on New Ethiopian Industrial Park
Chinese construction giant - China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) launched the construction of the CCECC Dire Dawa Industrial Park in eastern Ethiopia last week....
H&M’s Sellpy Launches in 20 More Countries
Swedish online second-hand shop Sellpy, which is majority-owned by fashion giant H&M, announced it was opening in 20 more European countries, banking on demand for sustainable fashion...
LA Pompa Carniccio P22 Dynamic E P27
At the “Simac Tanning Tech” 2021 in Milan, the Italian company Costruzioni Meccaniche Persico will show the two new models of its famous fleshing pump, the P22 Dynamic and the...
Fashion CEOs Set Sustainability Targets
Leaders from fashion companies including Nike, H&M and Kering outlined priorities for a sustainable industry at this year’s Fashion CEO Agenda, while suppliers urged for the bridging...
Turkish Textile Industry Seeks Post-Covid Partnerships
The Turkish textile industry hopes forge lucrative partnerships with globally recognised brands in a bid to hit the ground running in the post-Covid era.
China Blocks H&M
In March, Beijing all but erased H&M’s internet presence in the country after the company and BCI raised concerns about allegations of slave labor in the cotton-rich Chinese region...
Tanzania Waives Leather Processing Machines’ Import
The government of Tanzania announced this weekend that it had waived import duty for leather processing machines, in a bid to attract more investments in the leather industry....
Footwear from Mexico launches a sales platform
The Chamber of the Footwear Industry of Guanajuato (CICEG), Mexico, presented the digital platform called “Guanajuato Offer”, which aims to speed up contact with its local...
Brazil continues to recover its footwear exports
Footwear exports from Brazil managed to round in the first four months a rise of 10.1% in volume but a decrease of 4.6% in revenue (due to the depreciation of the local...
