While 2024-2025 financial results show a slowdown in consumption in several Asian countries – particularly for luxury groups like LVMH – the global textile sector continues to rely on the region. Several indicators from the first half of 2025 confirm Asia’s central role in global value chains. Between export growth, structural adjustments,...
Jul 24, 2025
Dhaka, July 8, 2025 – Bangladesh, the world's second-largest textile manufacturer, still hopes to reach an agreement with the US to avoid the sharp rise in customs duties threatened by Donald Trump. A senior official told AFP on Tuesday. The textile industry contributes 80 percent of the South Asian country's total exports. One-fifth of its...
Jul 8, 2025
Africa has become a critical player in the global secondhand clothing market, offering a fast-growing outlet for pre-owned apparel exports while highlighting tensions between economic necessity and industrial ambition. Driven by affordability, style diversity, and sustainability concerns, the continent’s demand for secondhand garments—often...
May 8, 2025
In an era where the fashion industry’s sustainability rhetoric often outpaces its results, Kering, the luxury conglomerate behind Gucci, Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta, has unveiled what it calls a “Water-Positive Strategy.” The initiative marks the latest chapter in the group’s climate response, this time addressing water scarcity and...
Apr 30, 2025
Taiwan’s textile manufacturing industry has long been prevalent. The sector is the second largest in the country, only surpassed by technology, yet the combination of the two makes Taiwan an attractive destination for global brands seeking specialised materials and technical textiles. It was therefore apt that for this season of Taipei Fashion...
Mar 31, 2025
Turkey is a strong export country. Foreign sales of textiles, raw materials and clothing play a crucial role in the national economy. In 2024, the sector generated around 7 percent of the country's total employment. Exports of textiles and ready-made clothing were worth 32.1 billion dollars (29.41 billion euros). On the world market, Turkey...
Mar 11, 2025
Women's lifestyle and shapewear brand Spanx has launched its first shapewear collection made from Supima cotton. Created in response to customer demand, the collection includes a curated assortment of Spanx's best-selling shapewear styles made from Supima cotton. Characterized by its extra-long fibers, which create softer, smoother, and more...
Feb 20, 2025
Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli has signed a new multi-year, exclusive licensing agreement with New York-based home textile solutions company Designer’s Linen Inc. Through the new partnership, Designer’s Linen Inc. will be in charge of developing, manufacturing, and distributing home textiles, beach, bath, and tabletop collections for the...
Jan 28, 2025
The surge in textile waste across the United States, driven in part by the rapid expansion of the "fast fashion" industry, has emerged as a significant environmental issue over the past two decades. From discarded clothing to household items such as carpets, towels, and footwear, the proliferation of textile waste contributes to greenhouse gas...
Dec 27, 2024
The luxury fashion industry's gradual embrace of sustainable business practices has gained momentum with Slowear's B Corp certification, marking a notable shift in how premium apparel brands approach environmental and social governance. The Italian company's four-year journey to certification crystallizes a fundamental tension in contemporary...
Oct 28, 2024
The sixth edition of sourcing fair Texhibition Istanbul took place from 11th to 13th September 2024 at the city's exhibition centre near Atatürk Airport. All three days were well attended - according to official figures, almost 24,600 trade visitors attended; about the same number as at the March edition. A good 25 percent of (6,488) came from...
Sep 25, 2024
High performance fibre producer Teijin Frontier has announced that its European subsidiary, Teijin Frontier Europe GmbH, has opened a new showroom in Paris as part of the firm’s plans to expand its fashion business in the region. The showroom houses and displays Teijin Frontier’s fabric collection and products, including its Ecopet polyester...
Aug 13, 2024