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2026-05-27 05:28:13 -

Vietnam Exporters Align with EU Sustainability Measures
Vietnam's textile and footwear sector is entering a new phase in its relationship with Europe: growth still matters, but compliance is quickly becoming the price of admission. As the European Union tightens environmental and product requirements, Vietnamese exporters are rethinking how they produce and deliver, moving toward greener, more circular models that cut waste, emissions, and resource...

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2026-05-26 05:20:14 -

The New Sustainability Paradox: When Shoppers Won’t Pay More, but Supply Chains Must Change
Walk through any major shopping district today or scroll the home page of a fashion marketplace, and sustainability messaging is everywhere. Garments are framed as "circular," fibres are described as "recycled," and climate language has become routine in product storytelling. Yet the commercial reality is more complicated. Many shoppers, still navigating stubborn cost-of-living pressure,...

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2026-05-12 10:53:29 -

How Fashion Is Redefining Fabric Innovation in 2026
The global fashion industry is entering a decisive phase where aesthetics alone no longer dictate material development. In 2026, fashion's influence on textile innovation is becoming deeper, faster, and more technologically integrated than ever before. Designers are no longer merely selecting fabrics from seasonal catalogs; they are actively shaping fiber engineering. material science, and...

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2026-04-10 05:26:54 -

Reju Expands Circular Textile Plans With €135m Dutch Support
Reju, a French specialist in textile circularity, has secured €135 million in public support from the Netherlands to accelerate an industrial-scale facility designed to turn post-consumer clothing back into new polyester feedstock. The funding was awarded through the Dutch Nationale Investeringsregeling Klimaatprojecten Industrie (NIKI) scheme and will underpin Reju’s planned...

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2026-04-07 07:22:33 -

Reju Expands Circular Textile Plans With €135m Dutch Support
Reju, a French specialist in textile circularity, has secured €135 million in public support from the Netherlands to accelerate an industrial-scale facility designed to turn post-consumer clothing back into new polyester feedstock. The funding was awarded through the Dutch Nationale Investeringsregeling Klimaatprojecten Industrie (NIKI) scheme and will underpin Reju’s planned...

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2026-04-01 09:31:33 -

Sorting Technologies Revolutionizing Pre - Consumer and Post - Consumer Textile Recycling
Advanced sorting technologies—near-infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, RFID tagging, digital identification systems, and AI-powered computer vision—are revolutionizing textile material classification and enabling automated processing at previously impossible scale and accuracy. These technologies simultaneously address the sorting bottleneck that has constrained recycling...

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2026-04-01 09:10:45 -

Mechanical vs Chemical Textile Recycling - Which Method Shapes the Future
The textile recycling industry faces a critical fork in technological development: mechanical versus chemical recycling. These approaches represent not merely different processing techniques but rather fundamentally different philosophies toward material recovery, each with cascading implications for fiber quality, economic viability, environmental impact, and long-term circular economy...

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2026-03-28 07:03:02 -

MIT And Adobe Unveil Refashion for Modular Clothing Design
New US software designs resizable, repairable, restylable garments US researchers have developed a software called ‘Refashion’ that breaks down fashion design into modules by allowing users to draw, plan and visualise each element of a clothing item. The tool, developed by a team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory...

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2026-03-26 09:57:33 -

Loop Industries’ India Joint Venture Reaches Agreement to Acquire Strategic Site in Gujarat, India, for Infinite Loop Manufacturing Facility
Agreement reached to acquire site in the Gujarat state in India with strategic access to textile waste for feedstock, renewable clean energy, industrial infrastructure. Sufficient land on site for both initial 70,000 metric ton facility and further 100,000 metric ton capacity expansion. Total cost of the land is $10.5M which represents $5M reduction in the amount included in project cost...

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2026-03-26 06:23:37 -

Indian Apparel And Textile Industry Hit by 25 Percent US Tariffs
The Indian apparel industry is bracing for significant challenges as the U.S. government implements a steep 25% tariff on textile and clothing imports starting in the coming months. This announcement comes amidst ongoing trade tensions and is expected to have far-reaching repercussions for Indian manufacturers, particularly those heavily reliant on exports to the U.S. market. The new tariff...

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2026-03-25 11:07:17 -

California Forms Independent Textile PRO for Sustainability
In a significant move towards sustainability, the California Retailers Association, the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA), and the National Retail Federation (NRF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an independent Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO). This initiative aims to divert textile and apparel waste from landfills by focusing on the...

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2026-03-25 10:46:36 -

Fashion Industry Faces Shift Toward Non-Luxury Growth
A recent study conducted by industry solutions provider Lectra reveals that non-luxury brands are expected to take the lead in the fashion market by 2025, marking the first time in over ten years that this segment will outpace luxury counterparts. This shift points toward a broader transformation in brand strategies, with growth anticipated to be driven more by volume than by value. Amidst a...

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