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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 in:

Advance Denim is the first mill in China to launch a denim collection which is dyed using Archromas environmentally sustainable aniline-free Denisol Pure Indigo 30 liq dye

Denim brand Mustang and denim manufacturer ISKO have launched a collection of jeans called MoveOn

Kelheim Fibres has collaborated with M�rkische Faser in the development of a spin-dyeing process called Clean Color Concept

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BUSINESS UPDATE

Levi Strauss & Co has agreed to acquire all operating assets relating to its Levis and Dockers brands which are owned by The Jeans Company (TJC), a distributor of products in Bolivia, Chile and Peru
Online rental platform Le Tote has agreed to acquire luxury department store Lord + Taylor
32 industry-leading companies have signed an agreement called Fashion Pact in a bid to reduce the environmental impact of the fashion industry
Gildan Activewear has published its 2018 Genuine Responsibility Sustainability Report
Levi Strauss & Co has launched an ambitious water conservation strategy
Timberland has launched its largest ever campaign as part of its environmental sustainability strategy
Gap: net sales in the second quarter of 2019/20 were down by 2%
The TJX Companies: net sales in the second quarter of 2019/20 were up by 5%
Banana Republic has entered into a partnership with CaaStle to launch a rental service called Style Passport
Lenzing has presented the results of its first pilot project which explored the use of blockchain technology