NEWS & EVENTS

  The retail and footwear industries are beginning to take stock of how a second Donald Trump administration could impact their businesses. In the wake of Donald Trump‘s win over Kamala Harris, trade groups and experts voiced their desire to work with the...

Under the Banyan Tree is designed and commissioned as a catalyst to articulate an alternative approach to the over-reliance on lowest-cost global sourcing. Under the Banyan Tree takes an ambitious stance, calling for substantial, transformative changes to create real...

  Jones Family of Companies Inc. and ECO Fiber Inc. are excited to announce the formation of a joint venture to expand their offerings in the sustainable cold chain packaging market. This new venture combines the strengths of ECO Fiber’s expertise in packaging...

Brian Hoxie, director of the forced labor division at U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Directorate, says this so much he isn’t sure if it’s even a joke anymore. “I like to say that everything seems to be forced labor,” he said at...

Vietnam’s garment industry is set for continued growth next year but is looking to diversify its key export markets as it waits to see what steps President-elect Donald Trump will take when it comes to tariffs.  ...

Listen in as Michael Woody, Rachal McCarthy and Bill Ackerley share about the challenges of training and recruitment in the textile product industry. They discuss attracting people to the industry while facing competition with the Instagram-worthy phenomenon and offer...

Here, we share our perspective on the great textile shift – our own developments, the progress across the textile industry, and what’s needed to drive a green transition with speed and at scale. In this issue, we open the doors to our just-announced textile-to-textile...

Although hard to predict, even in the best of times, the fashion industry is in for a particularly tumultuous and uncertain 2025. A long-feared cyclical slowdown has arrived. Consumers, affected by the recent period of high inflation, are increasingly price sensitive....

San Mater, California-based PatternFast has launched a first-of-its-kind platform, designed to transform the fashion industry by enabling instantly manufacturable apparel through advanced artificial intelligence, machine learning, and proprietary algorithms.  ...

When we buy things like clothes, toys, or even food, we don’t always think about how they got to us. But behind every item is a fascinating journey that makes up what’s called a “supply chain.” In this article, we’ll explore what a supply chain is, walk through the...