SAN FRANCISCO – Almost a year since launching its #PayUp campaign, workers’ rights NGO Remake has embarked on a ‘Week of Action’, focusing on educating consumers on the plights of garment workers and rallying more people around its cause.Image credit: RemakeIt was the 30thMarch 2020 that Remake kick-started its campaign, demanding that fashion brands commit to paying those in their supply chain for orders they’d retracted upon the global outbreak of COVID-19.Though it’s helped generate upwards o

LOS ANGELES - Denim manufacturer Saitex - which claims to operate the "cleanest denim factories in the world" - has opened its first factory outside Vietnam - in Los Angeles.The company says the factory is a "first-of-its-kind" facility featuring laser cutting, semi-automated sewing, robotic spraying, 3D laser detailing, and one-step wash machines connected to a state-of-the-art water recycling system.Saitex wanted to open a factory in Los Angeles - which it regards as the he

AMSTERDAM - The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which runs certification schemes for products - such as man-made cellulosic fibres - to promote responsible management of the world's forests, is under fire from Greenpeace.The environmental movement has launched a new campaign - entitled 'Destruction: Certified' - which accuses forestry certification schemes, including the FSC, of "greenwashing" the destruction of ecosystems.However, the FSC immediately responded by accusin

Yan Huiping was born in 1957 and majored in textile engineering at Donghua University. He is a teacher at Xuancai Textile Training Center now. Globaltextiles has known him for a long time and he has given 16 lectures on Globaltextiles. Yan Huipingteaches professional knowledge of fabrics and answers questions from audiences in the live stream chatting room.He is full of textile knowledge and experience and wants totrain talents of textile.

China Textile City will devote to serving existing business households well, attracting more textile merchants to settle in China Textile City and building digital smart market this year. QFC set up a popularization team to go to Zhili, Huzhou in early March with the aim ofpromoting the website and exploring resources of buyers. Thepopularization team went to 500merchants and 115merchants showed interest in thewebsite. 300 persons followed Wechat Public Account of Globaltextiles through this eve

Zhejiang China Textile City Group held the 2021 Economic Work Conference in early March. The theme of this conference was making every effort to build digital smart market and striving to play a promising role in "leading the race".The conference commended excellent staffs and summarized the achievements of 2020. China Textile City will devote to serving existing business households well, attracting more textile merchants to settle in China Textile City and building digital smart marke

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has welcomed the recent announcement by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), extending tariff exclusions for import of personal protective equipment (PPE) for six months. AAFA has long brought attention to the detrimental impacts of tariffs on US consumers, workers and businesses.Pic: Shutterstock"While we focus on COVID-19 relief and recovery, it is essential that these efforts not be undermined by production co

The ZDHC Leather Wastewater Guidelines Addendum were created to expand the scope to include the leather industry, and are an addition to the current ZDHC Wastewater Guidelines Version 1.1. These ZDHC Leather Wastewater Guidelines set a single unified expectation for sampling, testing and reporting of industrial wastewater and sludge resulting from leather processing. They were developed in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders from the leather industry including manufacturers, brands,

STOCKHOLM - Swedish fashion giant H&M says it will not be placing any further orders in Myanmar for the time being because of the uncertainty in the country following the military coup.H&M's country manager for Myanmar, Serkan Tanka, says the retailer has not yet decided whether to remain committed to Myanmar, where it works with 56 supplier factories, as a long term sourcing destination.Tanka said: "Although we refrain from taking any immediate action regarding our long-term pr

After falling by 20 per cent in underwear imports during 2020, USA has seen some positivity to start 2021 in this product category.According to OTEXA, USA imported US $ 312.32 million worth of underwear in Jan. ’21 – noting 18.34 per cent surge from Jan. ’20.All major shippers experienced a notable surge in their respective shipment of underwear to USA.China remained the top shipper with US $ 70.66 million worth of underwear exports to USA and rose 30 per cent in Jan. ’21 on Y-o-Y basis.Vietnam