China posts strongest export growth in seven years in 2018 despite trade war

Imports increased 15.8 percent last year, resulting in a trade surplus of $351.76 billion(273.64 billion pounds), the country’s lowest since 2013.The world’s largest trading nation got off to a strong…

Digital transformation strategy a priority for retailers

The Internet of Things (IoT), big data, robotics, and augmented reality are some of the ways CEOs reveal they are choosing to invest their capital in the coming year to…

Plastic particles from clothing are clogging oceans

Unlike the shocking images of country-sized garbage patches floating in the oceans, the microplastic particles that wash off textiles and roadways leave the waterways looking pristine.But they constitute a significant…

Spinning on empty stomachs in India’s textile hub

“There is rice and my younger sister will make some rasam (tamarind based soup),” she said from the cramped kitchen of her two-room home in Manjanaickenpatti village in Tamil Nadu.Back…

Textile Exchange launches Materials Impact Explorer tool

Introduced in collaboration with Google, the National Genomic Information System (NGIS) and World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), the free, publicly available tool assesses environmental risk across impact areas, providing risk…

UK luxe consumers are buying bags and sneakers online during crisis – report

Tech firm Emarsys said “shoppers all across the world are comfort-buying more luxury goods online to help them get them through the Covid-19 crisis”.Globally in recent weeks, they’ve spent 57%…

Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing pledges to donate 10 million surgical masks to fight Covid-19 globally

With full cooperation from the business’ factory in China, Fast Retailing has turned its activities towards the production of surgical masks. Through the Japanese government, Fast Retailing will provide approximately…

Pantone Color Institute introduces Viewpoint Colour

 Showcasing the lifestyle approach to colour that today’s consumers are demanding, Viewpoint Colour will provide creatives with colour information and insights across all design disciplines, including fashion, product, graphic and…

Whole Foods calls supplier summit amid Amazon angst

Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods last summer shook the grocery industry, spawning worries that the e-commerce giant would disrupt groceries the way it upended books, toys and electronics.In…