Textile

China's manufacturing activity grew for a third straight month in December but barely, an official factory survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting the effects of policy stimulus may take more time to lend support as fresh trade risks loom.

​It may not be headline news, but Zalando has commissioned new research to highlight the impact it makes on Europe’s economy and the numbers it has come up with are impressive.

​Accounts for the companies that own and operate the David Beckham brands and businesses showed another successful year in 2023.

Yves Hanania of Lighthouse, a luxury industry expert specialised in growth strategy, has analysed the latest sector trends for FashionNetwork.com, and the new challenges and paradigms in a crisis-ridden market.

​The UK fashion sector has to a certain extent begun bouncing ack after a challenging 2023 and this should continue in 2025, according to new figures from data specialist CACI.

Mexico has increased tariffs by as much as 35% on products that could impact its domestic textile industry, the Economy Minister said. 

Indonesia’s Supreme Court has upheld the bankruptcy ruling on distressed textile company PT Sri Rejeki Isman, according to people familiar with the decision, risking layoffs for tens of thousands of its employees.

​Zalando has looked back at 2024 based on the data generated by its platform and come up with Trend Rewind, a look at what’s been trending this year.

The Campaign for Wool has announced that Peter Ackroyd has succeeded Sir Nicholas Coleridge at its chairman with immediate effect.

​Debenhams has named insider Patrick Duggan as its new creative director. It's clearly an endorsement of the work he's done already as he's been the senior head of creative at the online marketplace for almost two years.

Indonesia’s apparel maker PT Pan Brothers avoided bankruptcy after it secured creditors’ approval to restructure 8.6 trillion rupiah ($537 million of debt).

Textile giant PT Pan Brothers is closing in on its debt restructuring after seven months of negotiation with creditors, as it works to avoid becoming the second Indonesian clothesmaker to be declared bankrupt this year.

​All Saints founder Stuart Trevor, Nobody’s Child founder Andrew Xeni and social entrepreneur Safia Minney are among the “leading visionaries” lined up as key-note speakers for February's Source Fashion event in London. 

Australian Fashion Week will go ahead next year in Sydney, thanks to the Australian Fashion Council which on Sunday said it has secured funding from the NSW Government to deliver the nation's principal fashion event. 

Isak Andic, the founder of Spanish clothing retailer Mango, one of Europe's largest fashion groups, with nearly 2,800 stores worldwide, died Saturday in an accident, the company said.

John Lewis’s latest trend report shows that soggy weather, retro 80s trends, preppy and Brat Girl fashion, and travel returning to pre-covid levels “were among the biggest influences on our shopping habits” this year.