Chinese viscose producer Sateri’s mills in Jiujiang and Jiangxi have been verified to comply with the European Union Best Available Techniques (EU-BAT) standard, taking the company a step closer to its goal of having all its mills in the country meet the standard’s provisions by 2023. Read More
Applied DNA patent paves way for large-scale cotton tagging
Applied DNA Sciences is on track to be issued with a new US patent that protects its methods of DNA tagging cotton fibres during the ginning process. Read More
EU withdrawal of Cambodia’s duty benefits takes effect
Despite months of objections by Cambodia’s garment and footwear sectors, the European Union’s (EU) decision to partially withdraw the country’s preferential access to the EU market under the Everything But Arms (EBA) trade scheme is now in effect. Read More
Tapestry turnaround plans speed focus on digital growth
Coach brand owner Tapestry Inc has embarked on a new multi-year turnaround plan to cut costs and focus on digital growth as shoppers continue to shift from stores to e-commerce. Read More
The US has issued a new import detention order on garments produced by the Hero Vast Group that are suspected of being manufactured using prison labour in China. Read More
Top stories this week on just-style include an insight into new patterns of world textiles and apparel trade, and claims that garment workers might have been underpaid by almost US$6bn during the Covid-19 pandemic. Elsewhere, investors are being urged to mitigate risks regarding potential links to China’s Xinjiang region, and Cambodia’s benefits under the EU’s Everything But Arms (EBA) trade scheme have been partially withdrawn. Read More
Hong Kong based manufacturing giant Crystal International Group has been scaling up its use of 3D virtual sampling, and expects to use the technology in 80% of the products that it develops by next year. Read More
The Outdoor and Industrial Advertising Association (ARED) is preparing to organize ARED Awards for the 6th time to support creative work. $ 9 billion in size, with 125 thousand people employed in the sector allowing Turkey to provide new normal during the design of street furniture with young people from social contact.
ARED Awards, which took place for the first time in 2015, aims to increase the interest in the sector with the Best Industrial Advertising Award and Promising Designer Award . ARED, which started to receive applications from Aredodulleri.com as of June 1, will announce the winners at FESPA Eurasia 2020 , the biggest fair of the sector to be held on December 3-6, 2020 .
They will design city furniture
The theme of the year has been determined in the category of the Promising Designer Award. In the new normal period after COVID-19, it will be ensured that young people develop practices that protect and encourage public health against the density that may occur in public spaces. With this goal, students will participate in the competition with their industrial advertising product designs in the categories of social distance-themed city furniture, hygiene service devices or units at indoor entrances, shopping malls with advertising space, hotel, market-in-store hygiene warning products and hygiene service units applications.
Stating that young people’s interest in the industrial advertising sector has increased, ARED President Ahmet Özdemirel said , “We aim to create opportunities for students with the Promising Designer Award. This time, young people will design measures for the Covid-19 outbreak. “We will continue our support for the sector even in this difficult period we are in.”
UK fashion retailer New Look is seeking a buyer and is preparing to launch another company voluntary agreement (CVA) as it tries to restructure its business. Read More
Fashion retailers back UK government aid to shore up supply chains
The UK Government has launched a new programme to strengthen global supply chains by supporting workers in developing countries during the coronavirus pandemic in a move that is estimated to benefit nearly 120,000 people working in the global garment industry. Read More
A whole new section of designer dresses recently launched by ADASA in their “New Arrivals” section. The company is introducing its latest innovations to the fashion enthusiast in a refreshing way. Read More
US clothing retail sales rise at a slower rate in July
Sales at US clothing retailers continued to recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in July, albeit growing more slowly than the month before. Read More
Kontoor Brands project supports women garment workers
Wrangler and Lee brand owner Kontoor Brands has teamed up with the HERproject women’s empowerment programme to boost healthcare knowledge, critical health services and products for women in its supplier factories. Read More
