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A worker sorts incoming clothing items at Artikel2’s sorting center in Stockholm on April 10, 2025. Sweden's recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take responsibility (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)

Textile Recycling Needs Billions. Investors Want Guarantees.

Europe’s recyclers need brands to move beyond targets and make the long-term purchasing commitments required to finance new plants.

By Alexandra Harrell

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The storm has shuttered Ningbo-Zhoushan (seen here) and suspended operations at Shanghai’s Yangshan and Waigaoqiao terminals, compounding days-long vessel berthing delays that have lasted since July.
Logistics

Typhoon Saudel Piles More Pressure on China’s Congested Ports

Glenn Taylor
The facilities will add more than 500,000 square feet of air cargo space as India looks to more than double its national handling capacity by 2030.
Logistics

FedEx Commits $400 Million to Indian Air Cargo Growth With Delhi, Mumbai Hubs

Glenn Taylor
Canada and the U.S. hit each other with tit-for-tat trade actions impacting apparel products.
Trade

An Eye for an Eye: Canada Retaliates With Duties of Its Own, Hitting American Apparel Products

Kate Nishimura

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Dominic LeBlanc, Canada's minister in charge of U.S.-Canada trade, seen leaving a meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer at the headquarters of the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 20.
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Canada Talks Crumble and 50% Tariffs Take Effect

Novonesis launches DeniBrite
SJ Denim

Novonesis Targets More Sustainable Denim Bleaching With DeniBrite

An LPG cylinder dealer serves customers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 17, 2026. Disruptions in the natural gas supply have led many households to use LPG cylinders, increasing sales and workload for local dealers and distributors. (Photo by Sony Ramani/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Industry News

Bangladesh Gas Crisis Exposes RMG's Decarbonization Catch-22

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a family photo with leaders of the G7 and leaders of some African countries that have been invited for the two-day talks, on the second day of the G7 summit of Heads of State and of Government, on May 27, 2017 in Taormina, Sicily. (Photo by JONATHAN ERNST / POOL / AFP)
Trade

US Seeks EU Due Diligence Carveout for American Firms

Amazon is bringing back binding arbitration, according to its updated terms of use.
Industry News

Got Complaints? Amazon Says 'Talk To Customer Service, Not The Courts'

The Interoceanic Corridor has moved over 514,000 tons of freight so far in 2026, a fraction of what Mexico hopes to eventually pull from Panama Canal traffic.
Logistics

Mexico's Land-Based Panama Canal Alternative Seeks to Court Cargo

People look for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Pereira, Colombia on August 10, 2026.
Trade

Colombian Suppliers Face Earthquake Impacts, Tariff Woes

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UN Fashion & Lifestyle Network Brings Sustainability Agenda to NYFW

UN Fashion & Lifestyle Network
Trade

Centric Software Expands Its Transparency Compliance Capabilities

Creating more sustainability-related information is not the challenge, but rather how to put together fragmented data into trusted public records, the Silicon Valley-based company said.
Logistics

Ocean Carriers Could Face Renewed US-China Port Fees as November Deadline Nears

The one-year suspension of punitive port fees on Chinese and U.S. vessels expires Nov. 9, raising the prospect of billions of dollars in charges and another shakeup of trans-Pacific networks.
Logistics

Textile Recycling Needs Billions. Investors Want Guarantees.

A worker sorts incoming clothing items at Artikel2’s sorting center in Stockholm on April 10, 2025. Sweden's recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take responsibility (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
Sneaker News

New Balance Previews Fall Slate of Made in USA Sneakers Dropping Through the Rest of 2026

New Balance Made in USA Fall 2026
Industry News

In Fashion Apparel, AI Matures and Requires Governance

Stylish woman looking at digital screen at fashion goods.
Industry News

Shuffle Board: Old Navy Names CEO; Kohl’s Creates Customer Role

Old Navy in Novato, Calif., photographed in September 2025.
SJ Denim

What Fall 2026 Denim Campaigns Say About the State of Denim

Tate McRae stars in Calvin Klein's “Feel the Fit” denim campaign.
Industry News

Arc’teryx’s ‘System 0’ Advances the Brand’s Circularity Goals

The company said in a statement that System 0 represents the next evolution “for sustainability in the outdoor industry.
Trade

Outerwear Sticker Shock Likely Amid US-Canada Trade War

Canada Goose jackets.
Logistics

Typhoon Saudel Piles More Pressure on China’s Congested Ports

The storm has shuttered Ningbo-Zhoushan (seen here) and suspended operations at Shanghai’s Yangshan and Waigaoqiao terminals, compounding days-long vessel berthing delays that have lasted since July.
Industry News

Accenture To Acquire McCoy To Beef Up Its Mid-market Business

The deal comes at a time when the global market has been seeing a sustained push to adopt AI and integrate it well within company operations.
Industry News

With Digital Twins and AI Vision, It’s Now All Eyes On the Factory Line

AI in fashion and retail
Sustainability

Better Cotton, Avalo Bring AI-Assisted Breeding to Texas Farms

Jerry Gannaway looks over a field in which he planted cotton July 27, 2011 near Hermleigh, Texas. Gannaway is among the majority of dry-land (non-irrigated fields) cotton growers in Texas whose crops have failed because of a severe drought in the region. The cotton in his filed should be about knee-high by now, yet most has not broken through the soil. The past nine months have been the driest in Texas since record keeping began in 1895, with 75% of the state classified as "exceptional drought," the highest classification.
Logistics

Hormuz Shipping Traffic Barely Budges as Tanker Attacks, Mine Risks Persist

Vessel transits on Wednesday stayed below the 10-day average as Qatar mediates talks in Tehran and Iran's IRGC claims a revenue-sharing pact with Oman over the strait.

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How Fashion Can Overcome Overproduction While Preserving Profitability

Source Fashion’s Suzanne Ellingham explained an alternative path available for companies to scale back production and better support the value chain.

Source Fashion director Suzanne Ellingham with Jasmin Malik Chua, climate and labor editor at Sourcing Journal
Fireside chat between Vadiraj Kulkarni, business head of Birla Cellulose, and Sarah Jones, senior editor, strategic content at Sourcing Journal

How Birla Cellulose is Greening the Value Chain with Next-Gen Fiber and Traceability Tech

Eileen Fisher's Business Case Sustainability

Eileen Fisher’s Business Case for Sustainability

Mitigating retail cybersecurity risk

Balancing Retail Growth and Cybersecurity Risk

SGS Fireside chat Material Innovation in Circular Fashion

Material Innovation and Verification in Circular Fashion

In conversation with Henry Wong, vice president of product development and marketing at AGI Denim.

AGI Denim Scales Clean Tech Across Operations to Maximize Impact and Efficiency

Retail Rx tariffs brand case study with Lafayette 148 co-founder and CEO Deirdre Quinn

The Tariff Effect: A Luxury Brand Case Study

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SJ Denim

Recycled Cotton Holds Strong

One area that mills hope will remain resilient is the denim industry’s commitment to circularity and recycled cotton.

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SJ Denim

What’s Next for Kojima Jeans Street

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