Pantone 2024 Fashion Color Trend Report

September 22, 2023  |  Industry News, News

Pantone LLC, the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, announced the Fashion Color Trend Report Spring Summer 2024 edition for London Fashion Week (LFW). This season’s report features the top ten standout colors as well as the five new co…
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In memoriam: Galynn Nordstrom

September 19, 2023  |  Industry News, News

Galynn Nordstrom, a longtime editor of Specialty Fabrics Review magazine, died on July 14, 2023. She was at the helm of the Review for more than 15 years and used her deep knowledge of the specialty fabrics industry to create a publication of lasting significance. Nordstrom was quite active in the T…
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Accelerating Circularity, Goodwill Industries test textile feedstock hubs

September 8, 2023  |  Industry News

The Walmart Foundation has granted $1.2 million to support Goodwill Industries International Inc. and Accelerating Circularity to develop skills, systems, and infrastructure at participating Goodwill organizations to transform unsellable textile donations into recycling feedstock. This transformat…
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Kelheim Fibres, Magnolab join forces

September 7, 2023  |  Industry News

The viscose specialty fiber manufacturer Kelheim Fibres has entered into a collaboration with MagnoLab, an international network of companies in the textile industry based in the Biella region. This partnership highlights the importance of collaboration between different companies to drive innovatio…
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AATCC 2023 Future Leaders Award Recipients

August 29, 2023  |  Industry News, News

The AATCC Future Leaders Award recognizes promising young professionals in the fields of textiles, apparel, and related material sciences, provides acknowledgement and recognition to enhance their careers, engages these young professionals in the work of the Association, and brings their insights an…
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Columbia Sportswear Company names Tom Gyles SVP, global distribution network

August 21, 2023  |  Industry News

Columbia Sportswear Company, a global supplier of designing, sourcing, marketing, and distributing outdoor, active and everyday lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories, and equipment products, named Tom Gyles its new Senior Vice President, Global Distribution Network in Canada. Mr. Gyles oversees N…
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President Biden signs “Invent it here, make it here” executive order 

August 2, 2023  |  Industry News, News

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order while visiting Maine on Friday to encourage companies to manufacture new inventions in the United States. Biden landed in Maine for the first time since taking office, packaging his signing of the executive order with a speech at a textile factory …
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Circular footwear

July 25, 2023  |  Industry News

Fashion for Good launches new pilot with brand partners adidas, Inditex, Target and Zalando, and footwear recycling innovator FastFeetGrinded to test and validate the innovative footwear recycling process to support the uptake of recycled content in footwear, driving the change towards a more circul…
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