Blackouts Cut Bangladesh Garment Output by 30%
Bangladesh's ready-made garment industry, the backbone of the country's export economy, is buckling under a combination of chronic power and gas shortages, climbing fuel costs and a depreciating currency, raising…
American Denim’s Fragile Comeback
The American denim industry, once the engine that supplied jeans to the world, is grappling with a string of setbacks and small victories that together illustrate how difficult domestic textile…
FILTECH 2026: World’s Biggest Filtration Show Opens in Cologne
FILTECH 2026, billed as the world's largest filtration trade event, opened its doors at Koelnmesse on Tuesday, bringing together hundreds of exhibitors, researchers and industrial buyers for three days of…
BUFT to Lead Advanced Skills Development for Bangladesh’s RMG Industry Under EPB Initiative
In a major move to strengthen the competitiveness of Bangladesh's readymade garment (RMG) industry, the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has signed separate agreements with the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters…
Philippines Eyes ₱17.8B Textile Boost From Uniform Law
The Philippines' state textile research body is pressing government agencies and local administrations to enforce a two-decade-old law requiring locally made tropical fabrics in official uniforms, arguing that full compliance…
Nomagic Cracks Shoebox Picking, Wins 2026 IFOY Award
Nomagic, a Warsaw and Atlanta-based Physical AI company, has won a 2026 IFOY Award in the Robot Warehouse System category for its Shoebox Picker, a robotic system designed to automate…
UNIQLO Pilots China Garment Recycling With Feimayi
UNIQLO has launched a garment collection pilot at four flagship stores in mainland China, partnering with textile recycling platform Feimayi to test a new circular-economy model for unwanted clothing. The…
The U.S. Apparel Market Is Growing, But It Feels Worse Than the Numbers Say
The U.S. apparel market is not falling apart. That would be the easy headline, and it would be wrong. Consumers are still buying clothes. Retail sales are still positive. Clothing…
QatarEnergy Cuts LNG Lifeline, Leaving Bangladesh Scrambling for Gas
Bangladesh's largest supplier of liquefied natural gas has warned it may deliver only half of its contracted cargoes in 2026, deepening an energy crunch that has already tripled the country's…
Fashion for Good’s Black Dye Problem Meets Its Waste-Based Fix
Fashion for Good's multi-year effort to replace fossil-fuel-derived carbon black with waste-based pigments in textile dyeing is approaching its conclusion, with final pilot trials and a screening life cycle assessment…