Speakers at a seminar organised by the Bangladesh’s Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) in Rajshahi said there should be emphasis on promoting more silk export from the region for making its economy vibrant. They also said boosting ...
Tags: silk export, Silk
Dolls are a great gift for a new toddler and baby dolls are a treasured collectible all over the world. The earliest dolls were crafted from found materials like corn husks and red clay. Baby dolls from centuries past were created using ...
Tags: Dolls, baby dolls
As parts of its efforts to increase the percentage of sustainable products in its range, this spring, Swedish apparel retailer, Kappahl will have 24 per cent of its assortment with the sustainability label. For this spring, it also has ...
Tags: sustainable products, apparel
Cherokee Global Brands, a marketer of lifestyle brands said it has entered into a new license agreement with Sears Canada Inc. effective May 3, 2015. The multi-year agreement covers a wide range of Cherokee family lifestyle categories ...
Tags: Sears Canada, Cherokee, Apparel
A new research in England says that while the UK’s leading clothing retailer Marks and Spencer has encouraged more sustainable consumption of clothes, such successes are unlikely to be replicated on a larger scale without more ...
Women’s apparel retailer Ann Inc has partnered with ‘Give Back Box’, a social enterprise organisation dedicated to facilitating charitable donations and sustainability. Through the partnership, Ann gives clients the ...
Tags: Used Clothing, Used Boxes, Women's apparel
North Face, an apparel and footwear brand owned by VF Corporation said it has expanded its ‘Clothes The Loop’ recycling programme to all of its retail and outlet stores in the US. In tandem, it will also run an in-store and ...
Tags: North Face, Apparel Recycling Programme, apparel, footwear
In the days when people owned two or three outfits, laundering garments by hand may not have been a huge chore. In the modern world, people tend to own far too many clothes, and cleaning even the ones they wear regularly can be a formidable ...
Tags: washing machine, washers
Patagonia launched a cross-country mission with a message of reducing overall consumption. The Worn Wear Mobile Tour, kicking off April 2 in Ventura, CA, and ending May 12 in Boston, is the brand's attempt to encourage customers to make ...
Tags: Patagonia, Sporting Goods, Wagon
UK based Worn Again, with a vision to eradicate textile and clothing waste from the global apparel and textile industry has joined forces with apparel retailer H&M and lifestyle Group, Kering. Worn Again which wants to make continual ...
Tags: Clothing Waste, new technology, Apparel
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded that German apparel and footwear brands should promote workers’ rights in their global operations by publicly disclosing names of factories producing their products. “Supply chain ...
Iconic denim jeans maker Levi Strauss said it has saved 1 billion litres of water since 2011 through its ‘Water Less’ process, which reduces the water used in garment finishing by up to 96 per cent. Alongside, Levis also ...
Tags: jeans, Iconic denim jeans, Levis
At a time when Chinese sportswear and casual attire makers were busy clearing their inventories due to a less clear-cut brand orientation, China's domestic high-end designer brands seem to be enjoying better fortunes. Chinese high-end ...
Tags: Apparel Brands, sportswear, casual attire
HE Spring Festival holiday last week did not upset plans for the East China Fair which will open tomorrow as originally scheduled, although some small firms decided not to attend, the fair organizers said yesterday. The fair, the ...
Tags: Economy, East China Fair
Clothing is one of the most purchased products of the online retail European global market, according to a report by Hamburg-based business intelligence organisation YStats.com. According to the report, ‘Europe Clothing B2C ...
Tags: Clothing, global market