The Hidden Cost of Carrying On
Holiday forecasts point to rising sales but falling sentiment. If demand softens, fashion and beauty keep producing, and the cost of waste is finally coming due.
Putting Cotton’s Value Chain In Focus
From innovation to sustainability to digital design, cotton’s journey connects the entire industry. A new content channel from CottonWorks highlights how those connections are defining the fabric of fashion today.
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Does Fashion’s Continued Reliance On Fossil Fuels Make It More Fragile?
New investigations into the industry’s upstream energy mix - in synthetic fibres and production - remind us that fossil fuels are not just a blindspot in disclosure, but also a potential point of failure.
The New Arms Race in Lab Testing And Compliance
Navigating Regulatory Compliance with Digital Tools.
The Fork In The Road To Fashion’s Future Impact
Sustainability is finding measurable momentum, culturally and commercially, but fast fashion, as a business model and a mindset, is still accelerating at the same time.
Fast Fashion Fines Arrive, But Circularity Infrastructure Is Showing Cracks
Governments are taking more punitive steps in what they see as a fightback against ultra fast fashion - even if they’re coming from unexpected angles. But this new pressure point is getting squeezed just as the physical systems required to make fashion more circular are under heightened strain.
Webinar: Why Fashion’s Future Is Being Decided Today
A live event on 3rd July 2025, examining how leading brands are transforming the way they create, manufacture, and market – starting now.
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France Targets Fast Fashion As Shein Discloses An Emissions Surge
France’s new fast fashion legislation, Shein’s emissions disclosure, and Chanel’s supply chain investment spotlight different sides of fashion’s systemic impact.
Under The Hood Of The Real Engine For Resale
France’s top clothing retailer doesn’t design, make, or hold stock. What Vinted’s rise teaches us about how fashion might look when the friction around resale has been eased, and the bigger questions remain.
Pioneering EU funded T-REX Project Celebrates Completion and Reveals Blueprint for Scaling Textile-to-Textile Recycling in Europe
the T-REX Project launched June 2022 with the aim of bringing together 13 leading stakeholders from across the value chain to develop a harmonised blueprint for closed-loop recycling of post-consumer household textile waste in the EU.
Fenix Group chooses TextileGenesis to ensure Fiber-to-Retail Traceability of their Products
By leveraging TextileGenesis’s advanced digital token-based traceability technology, Fenix Group will establish a fully traceable supply chain with unparalleled accuracy.
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SOURCING at MAGIC x The Interline – Fashion Technology Foundations: Regulations, Compliance, and Disclosure
As legislation tightens across fashion’s global supply chains, a new joint report from The Interline and SOURCING at MAGIC redefines compliance, not as a box to tick, but as a foundation for long-term resilience.
Meeting The Moment – Why Fashion’s Long-Term Future Is Being Decided Today
Fashion’s most lasting stories have been forged by a combination of adversity, foresight, and innovation. But now the industry faces a historic mix of external disruption and internal inertia - and the companies willing to transform will be the ones that thrive.
Rising Tariffs, Falling Imports, and the Push for Manufacturing Innovation
As U.S. tariffs disrupt global supply chains, companies are being forced to rethink their strategies. From rising costs to dwindling imports, we explore how innovations like Vivobarefoot's 3D-printed sandals might offer a glimpse into the future of localised production.