Luxury resale’s next big battle is no longer digital, it is about who contr…
For nearly a decade, the luxury resale story was written in the language of platforms. Market leadership was measured by app downloads, user acquisition costs, seller retention and the ability to move premium inventory faster than rivals. That era is now giving way to something deeper an... Read more
Digital Arms Race: Indian apparel giants deploy AI to neutralize tariff cri…
The Indian textile and apparel sector is in a digital survival phase in 2026, shifting from traditional labor-intensive models to high-tech, AI-driven operations. Faced with a daunting tariff disadvantage in export markets like the US, experts are no longer viewing technology as an upgrade, but as a... Read more
Europe’s Textile Endgame: Why Project FAE is becoming fashion’s most critic…
Europe’s apparel majors are no longer treating circularity as a branding layer. With Project FAE or Feedstock Activation Europe, the industry has entered a harder phase of capital formation: building the missing industrial infrastructure that turns textile waste into usable raw material.... Read more
Engineering color at source, dye-free production is cutting cost, water, an…
For over a century, coloring has been anchored in wet processing, an energy-intensive, chemically saturated stage that happen post spinning. That architecture is now being dismantled. A new production logic, Dye-Free Operation (DFO), is relocating color from the dye bath to the fiber itself, c... Read more
The €11 bn deadlock, can Europe’s textile recycling catch up?
Europe is at a tipping point. Fast fashion consumption, led by rising incomes and a growing global middle class, has outpaced the continent’s ability to manage its textile waste. A landmark report by ReHubs and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) warns of a looming textile circularity gap,... Read more
From field to fiber, Bharat CottonNet is closing India’s cotton value gap
India’s cotton economy is entering a decisive phase of reform with the rollout of Bharat CottonNet 2026 along with the Mission for Cotton Productivity. Policymakers and industry stakeholders are looking to correct a long-standing inefficiency that is: the disconnect between cotton farms ... Read more
Shima Seiki eyes Bangladesh’s manufacturing shift with automated seamless t…
As the global apparel supply chain faces increasing pressure to reduce lead tim... Read more
New advisory firm aims to de-risk home textile sourcing through upstream st…
The launch of Studio Heritage Living (SHL) in Mumbai marks a calculated shift i... Read more
Global acquisition reboots Mayer & cie with focus on agile premium manu…
The historic German circular knitting machine manufacturer Mayer & Cie has ... Read more
Barbour, Farm Rio: A strategic fusion of heritage and maximalism
The resurgence of high-low and heritage-meets-maximalism partnerships continues... Read more
Gap bets on Victoria Beckham to reclaim style edge
A long standard-bearer for classic American casual wear, Gap Inc has revealed a... Read more
Puma poaches Adidas talent to dominate lifestyle market
As the fashion industry grapples with changing consumer preferences, Puma is st... Read more