The new Brussels rulebook, every EU apparel order is now a balance-sheet ri…
The humble export order sheet is undergoing a transformation. What was once a straightforward commercial instrument: SKU, volume, FOB price, delivery window, is rapidly becoming a risk document shaped by regulatory pressure from Brussels. With the European Union’s Ecodesign for Sustainab... Read more
Why 2026-27 could be a defining cotton year for India’s farm-to-fashion eco…
The global cotton economy is entering a more constrained phase, and for India, the implications run far beyond the farm gate. The International Cotton Advisory Committee’s April 2026 outlook, which projects a 4 per cent decline in world production to 24.9 million tonnes, signals the emer... Read more
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
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