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Product Overview

Global Apparel Update is an executive briefing, supplied in electronic format. Each month, we include details of the latest developments and business news in the international apparel sector.

What's in it?
"Global Apparel Update" includes information on developments in the international apparel sector, such as developments in:

apparel manufacturing techniques
colour trends
denim fabric and collections
environmentally sustainable dyes, fibres, yarns and garments
environmentally sustainable processes
fabric cutting machinery
fair trade apparel collections
fasteners for apparel
garment finishing technologies
new fibres, fabrics and apparel collections
online retailing
performance denim collections
sportswear collections
sustainable denim
wearable technology

It also contains news of such companies and brands as Abercrombie & Fitch, Amazon, Archroma, Asos, Athleta, Banana Republic, Benetton Group, Best Pacific, Cotton Incorporated, Daiyin Textile (Malaysia), Donna Karan, Eastman Chemical Company, Fast Retailing, Galeries Lafayette, Gap, Garmon Chemicals, Gerber Technology, G-III Apparel Group, Gildan Activewear, H&M, Hollister, House of Fraser, Huntsman Textile Effects, Hyosung, Inditex, Invista, JC Penney, Lectra, Lenzing, Macy's, Marks and Spencer (M&S), Pantone, Peerless Clothing, Perry Ellis International, Primark, Royo Textile, Sewbo, ShangPin.com, Tanatex Chemicals, Target, Teijin, The TJX Companies, Tommy Hilfiger, Tonello, Topshop, VF Corporation, Victoria Beckham, Viyellatex Group, Weddington Way, Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP), Zalando, and Zhejiang Transfar (Transfar Chemicals).

Like all Textiles Intelligence publications, "Global Apparel Update" is a reliable source of independently sourced business information, and it does not carry advertising.

Table of Contents

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS AND INNOVATIONS

Microban International (Microban) has developed an antimicrobial additive for cotton
ALBINI_next and Vienna Textile Lab are collaborating in the development of microbial dyes
Lace manufacturer Noyon Lanka has developed a natural dyes collection called Planetones
Toray Industries (Toray) has developed 100% bio-based adipic acid for use in the manufacture of nylon 6.6 fibres

BUSINESS UPDATE

Euratex (European Apparel and Textile Confederation) has called for a cap on gas prices as the European textile and clothing industry buckles under mounting pressures caused by the energy crisis
Gap: net sales in the second quarter of 2022/23 were down by 8%
Inditex: net sales in the first half of 2022/23 were up by 24%
Circulose producer Renewcell has started up the world's first commercial-scale textile-to-textile recycling plant