JUNIPERunltd is the new e-commerce platform with exclusive content and product for people with different abilities,healthconditions and for caregivers.Image Courtesy: s.abcnews.comThe website has been created in collaboration with Maura Horton, the inventor of MagnaReady, an adaptive apparel line created with patented magnetic closures for people with limited dexterity or mobility, and Sinead Burke, an activist for inclusive design. The platform serves as a content hub and online marketplace.The

G-Star, the Dutch denim label, has unveiled ‘Relz Black Denim’ fabric, what it claims to be the world’s most sustainable black denim fabric for eight styles of its winter ‘20 collection.Image Courtesy: fashionunited.inThe development has been done in collaboration with Artistic Milliners and Archroma and is made from pure organic cotton, dyed and treated without the use of any harmful chemical.The residual of the black liquid dye and the pigment coating level left behind is easy to clean and is

The much-awaited February 2021 physical edition of British trade fair Moda has been cancelled!Image Courtesy: cdn.asp.eventsWhile announcing the same, Hyve Group said that the event will now be held digitally owing to the ongoing pandemic menace.The event was originally planned to be held in September 2020, but – thanks to COVID-19 – it was pushed back to February 2021 to be held alongside Hyve’s retail show Spring Fair.However, witnessing the current situation of the pandemic, the company annou

COPENHAGEN – Copenhagen Fashion Week (CFW) has announced a three-year partnership with European retailer Zalando, through which the company’s say they’ll “accelerate sustainability in the fashion industry”.The pair deem their level of ambition comparable and say this tie up can “send a powerful signal to the fashion industry.” This is “that it is possible to drive positive change if we dare to demand a high level of sustainability as a prerequisite for working together,” the CEO of Copenhagen Fa

Faced with the health crisis, Messe Frankfurt France has come up with an innovative alternative solution for the fashion industry following the cancellation of its February 2021 trade fairs. The Messe Frankfurt group, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, is the world’s largest trade fair, congress, and event organiser with its own exhibition grounds.Pic: Messe Frankfurt FranceThe growing uncertainties linked to the COVID-19 crisis and the limitations imposed by the application of health regulatio

Eurazeo has announced the completion of the sale in the market in recent days of all its shares in Farfetch, a Eurazeo growth portfolio company. This disposal resulted in net proceeds of €90.4 million, corresponding to a multiple of 4.1x cash-on-cash and an IRR of around 38 per cent. Eurazeo is a leading global investment company headquartered in France.Pic: FarfetchEurazeo had been a shareholder in Farfetch, an online marketplace connecting fashion and luxury goods brands as well as multi-brand

Footwear and apparel firm Nike expects to cut 700 jobs at its Oregon headquarters near Beaverton by early January as part of a restructuring the company announced summer this year, it announced recently. Its earlier estimate of its Oregon layoffs was reportedly around 500. The recent cutbacks announced were part of a brief legal filing with state workforce officials.Pic: ShutterstockIn July, Nike said it will spend up to $250 million cutting jobs worldwide as new chief executive officer John Don

Japanese apparel brand, Uniqlo has launched e-commerce operations in the Indian market. Launched on its first year anniversary in India, the shop from home services can be availed by customers via online.uniqlo.in, the retailer said in a statement.Figure: Uniqlo India launches online store on its first year anniversary.“After a large number of requests from across the country about our products, we are happy to announce that now consumers can shop UNIQLO products from the comfort of their homes.

A talk with industry stakeholders about the kidswear trends that will direct the post-pandemic market in the upcoming seasons, ranging from cozy classics to technical textiles to suit the demographics that is now bound to become the new normal of home-schooling and virtual playtime.A segment that has recently been brought to the fore of fast fashion owing to the whopping numbers in profits and margins it garnered in the previous years as compared to its counterpart categories, the kidswear segme

LONDON - Leading brands and retailers including Boohoo, H&M, VF Corp and Nike will this week give evidence to MPs on the extent to which UK businesses are exploiting the forced labour of Uyghur Muslim prisoners in the Xinjiang region of China.Witnesses from the companies will give evidence on Thursday 5th November to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee's inquiry into the use of forced labour in UK value chains.They include Boohoo's group director of responsi