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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.

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS AND INNOVATIONS in:

Cifra has developed a collection of seamless garments with antiviral properties

Lenzing has developed an indigo version of its Tencel Modal fibre for use in the manufacture of denim

Garmon Chemicals has developed enzymes for use in denim garment washing processes

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BUSINESS UPDATE

Gap: net sales in 2020/21 were down by 16%

Gildan Activewear: net sales in 2020 were down by 29.8%

Inditex: net sales in 2020/21 were down by 28%

Kontoor Brands: net sales in 2020 were down by 18%

The TJX Companies: net sales in 2020/21 were down by 23%

Alchemie Technology has received investment from At One Ventures and H&M CO:LAB for the commercialisation of its environmentally sustainable manufacturing technologies

TreeToTextile will invest Euro35 mn in the construction of a facility in Sweden which will manufacture a new, affordable and environmentally sustainable cellulosic fibre