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Consumers Still Love Ecommerce – Here’s How U.S. Can Compete
Online shopping has been the stuff of wardrobe inspiration, late night impulse buys and time saving purchases for consumers around the world. While it stands to grow exponentially in the…
Articles | Fashion & Apparel Trends
The Blue Jean Birthday Story: How It Started, How It’s Going Globally
It’s funny watching movies or TV shows that don’t really seem that old but then a character makes a call from a phone booth, checks their home answering machine or…
Articles | Consumer Research
A Celebration, So Spread the Word: World Cotton Day & the 50th Anniversary of the Seal of Cotton
As World Cotton Day took place October 7, it’s an opportune time for brands and designers to note the celebration of another cotton event: the 50th anniversary of the Seal…
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Heading to World Cotton Day, Here’s What Consumers Really Think of Cotton
In a matter of days, countries around the globe will be recognizing World Cotton Day, an event held annually on October 7 as both a celebration of cotton and an…
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Don’t Miss These Opportunities Presented by Clothing Labels
New York Fashion Week just wrapped, and with it and all the crowds, glamour, and fabulous apparel. But one of the most important parts of any garment – something that’s…
Articles | Fashion & Apparel Trends
Why Fashion Needs to Make a Bigger Effort to Be “Plastic Free”
During the pandemic, the fashion industry waxed poetic about taking a look at itself and the amount of clothing and number of deliveries it was pumping out. A few short…
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How Blue Jeans Pair Perfectly with Circular Fashion
In a circularity panel discussion held earlier this year, moderator Robert Langkjaer-Bain of Imagine5 media informed the audience that in the time it took for them to watch a 6-minute…
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International Day Explains Why Cotton is More than Just a Commodity
This October 7 will mark the official United Nations (U.N.) World Cotton Day, when this humble plant and fiber is acknowledged not just for the fabric it brings to the…
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These are the Top Global Denim Trends for 2023
If there’s one thing that sustained its popularity over the long course of the pandemic, it’s that fashion stalwart: denim jeans. The bottom continues to be a go-to not just…
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Celebrating the Blue Jean
It’s been nearly a century and a half since the humble blue jean was born. Back on May 20, 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented the process of putting…