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Standard Textile releases 2024 Sustainability Impact Report, announces SBTi pledge
June 4th, 2025
Image: Standard Textile Standard Textile Co. Inc., a health care and hospitality textiles provider, has announced the release of its 2024 Sustainability Impact Report. The company also announced its commitment to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a global organization enabling businesses to set ambitious emissions reduction targets based on current climate research. Standard Textile registered with SBTi in […]
Glen Raven adds shift at Sunbrella specialty yarn plant
June 3rd, 2025
Image: Sunbrella® Glen Raven has announced that a new shift has been added to Sunbrella®'s specialty yarn plant in Burlington, N.C. The plant will now operate 24 hours a day, five days a week, with three daily production shifts to meet increased demand for Sunbrella's products. “We are committed to fulfilling orders quickly and reliably […]
U.S. Court of International Law tariff ruling put on hold
June 2nd, 2025
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal District granted the Donald Trump administration's request to put a temporary hold on the New York-based U.S. Court of International Trade's May 28 judgment. The judgement ruled in favor of six American-based companies, ruling that President Trump overstepped his authority when he invoked the 1977 International Emergency […]
A&E opens new manufacturing facility in Bangladesh
June 2nd, 2025
Image: A&E® American & Efird® (A&E), Mount Holly, N.C., has announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Chattogram, Bangladesh. The facility will create more than 350 job positions for local workers. The new facility will complement A&E’s existing operation in Gazipur, further solidifying the company’s commitment to the region. With this expansion, A&E […]
Consumer confidence partially rebounds in May
May 29th, 2025
Image: Dreamstime.com/ © Apartura The Conference Board released the May 2025 Consumer Confidence Index®, reporting that consumer confidence increased by 12.3 points in May to 98.0, up from 85.7 in April. The cut-off date for preliminary results was May 19, 2025, and about half of the responses were collected after the May 12 announcement of […]
The Mitchell Group EVP Ann Brunett shares thoughts on tariffs in Washington Post op-ed
May 28th, 2025
Ann Brunett, The Mitchell Group's EVP and COO. Image: The Mitchell Group Ann Brunett, the executive vice president and chief operating officer of The Mitchell Group, and her thoughts on the U.S.'s tariff policy were included in a Letter to the Editor published in The Washington Post May 5. The piece, entitled "Makers of clothes, […]