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Sustainability

Exclusive: Textile Recycler Circulose Is Restarting Its Recycling Plant

The sustainable materials company, which closed its Swedish factory in 2024, is opening it again after a year of restructuring.

Sustainability

Exclusive: Textile Recycler Circulose Is Restarting Its Recycling Plant

The sustainable materials company, which closed its Swedish factory in 2024, is opening it again after a year of restructuring.


Global Markets

Ralph Lauren, Walmart Suppliers Among Winners in India-US Deal

Footwear manufacturers and apparel exporters emerged as major winners in the joint framework for an interim trade deal between the US and India.

Global Markets

Ralph Lauren, Walmart Suppliers Among Winners in India-US Deal

Footwear manufacturers and apparel exporters emerged as major winners in the joint framework for an interim trade deal between the US and India.


Partner Content

At Ecoalf, Designing for the Future of Circular Fashion

Ecoalf is sharpening its circularity-first approach while expanding its global footprint. BoF sits down with its founder Javier Goyeneche to discuss the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the mission-driven brand that puts sustainability at the core of its business.

Partner Content

At Ecoalf, Designing for the Future of Circular Fashion

Ecoalf is sharpening its circularity-first approach while expanding its global footprint. BoF sits down with its founder Javier Goyeneche to discuss the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the mission-driven brand that puts sustainability at the core of its business.


Technology

Explainer: How Fashion Brands Should Prepare for Mandatory Digital Product Passports

The deadline for every fashion item sold in the EU to have its own digital identity is inching closer. Brands need to get ready.

Technology

Explainer: How Fashion Brands Should Prepare for Mandatory Digital Product Passports

The deadline for every fashion item sold in the EU to have its own digital identity is inching closer. Brands need to get ready.


Global Markets

Africa’s Fashion Factories Pay for US Trade Limbo Over AGOA

Even if Washington moves to extend the duty-free trade deal for 32 African countries, letting it lapse in September has put factory jobs at risk and forced manufacturers to absorb new costs, weakening US sourcing ties across the region from Kenya to Madagascar.

Global Markets

Africa’s Fashion Factories Pay for US Trade Limbo Over AGOA

Even if Washington moves to extend the duty-free trade deal for 32 African countries, letting it lapse in September has put factory jobs at risk and forced manufacturers to absorb new costs, weakening US sourcing ties across the region from Kenya to Madagascar.


Global Markets

Worldview | Venezuela’s Fashion Retailers Return to ‘Business as Usual’

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features China’s plummeting footwear exports, Indonesian textiles and Chile’s department store giant.

Global Markets

Worldview | Venezuela’s Fashion Retailers Return to ‘Business as Usual’

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features China’s plummeting footwear exports, Indonesian textiles and Chile’s department store giant.


Sustainability

Exclusive: PETA Investigation Challenges ‘Responsible Mohair’ Certification

The animal-rights group claims certification is failing to prevent cruelty at farms producing mohair and implicated a supplier to brands such as Paul Smith in a new report.

Sustainability

Exclusive: PETA Investigation Challenges ‘Responsible Mohair’ Certification

The animal-rights group claims certification is failing to prevent cruelty at farms producing mohair and implicated a supplier to brands such as Paul Smith in a new report.


Beauty

Exclusive: Sephora Partners with Olive Young

The LVMH-owned retailer will stock a selection of skincare online and in stores worldwide curated by the Korean beauty giant from autumn 2026.

Beauty

Exclusive: Sephora Partners with Olive Young

The LVMH-owned retailer will stock a selection of skincare online and in stores worldwide curated by the Korean beauty giant from autumn 2026.


Retail

This Week: Waiting on Tariffs, Saks and More

The fate of Trump’s tariffs and Saks’ bankruptcy in the coming days, weeks and months will define how fashion’s year plays out.

Retail

This Week: Waiting on Tariffs, Saks and More

The fate of Trump’s tariffs and Saks’ bankruptcy in the coming days, weeks and months will define how fashion’s year plays out.


Sustainability

An Innovative Factory Runs Into Sustainability’s Scalability Problem

Heat pumps similar to those widely used in homes and buildings offer a glimpse of how fashion manufacturers might slash their emissions, if only there were a one-size-fits-all solution.

Sustainability

An Innovative Factory Runs Into Sustainability’s Scalability Problem

Heat pumps similar to those widely used in homes and buildings offer a glimpse of how fashion manufacturers might slash their emissions, if only there were a one-size-fits-all solution.


Sustainability

Fashion’s Climate Reckoning Is Just Getting Started

From dangerous heat on factory floors to flooding across sourcing hubs, climate risks are catching up with fashion’s supply chains. While new recycling initiatives attempt to scale to address the industry’s waste and emissions problem, easing regulation in Europe raises questions about the path forward heading into 2026.

Sustainability

Fashion’s Climate Reckoning Is Just Getting Started

From dangerous heat on factory floors to flooding across sourcing hubs, climate risks are catching up with fashion’s supply chains. While new recycling initiatives attempt to scale to address the industry’s waste and emissions problem, easing regulation in Europe raises questions about the path forward heading into 2026.


Sustainability

Fashion Is Failing to Protect Garment Workers From Extreme Heat

The International Accord is adding heat-stress protocols to its binding mandate for brands after a watchdog group documented severe heat-related harm to garment workers in Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Sustainability

Fashion Is Failing to Protect Garment Workers From Extreme Heat

The International Accord is adding heat-stress protocols to its binding mandate for brands after a watchdog group documented severe heat-related harm to garment workers in Bangladesh and Pakistan.