Retail/Brands
Retail/Brands
Data and analyses of the cotton textile retail sector, including fiber share by category.
Articles | Fashion & Apparel Trends
Microplastics Are a Problem, but Fashion Can Help
During Plastic Free July, brands and retailers should also consider that, nearly two-fifths of consumers (37 percent) say sustainability or environmental friendliness is important to them when they’re looking at…
Articles | Retail Market Analysis
Here’s How Switching to Natural Fibers Can Combat Microplastic Pollution
The hazy, hot and humid month of July is here, and that means Plastic Free July is upon us. Begun in 2011, the movement is a key initiative of the…
Articles | Fashion & Apparel Trends
Here’s How to Reach Business & Sustainability Goals With Digital Design
If there’s one word coming out of fashion in 2024, it’s “sustainable.” And while there are many thoughts on what the word means and how to achieve sustainability, one area…
Articles | Retail Market Analysis
These New Passports Will Emphasize a Brand’s Sustainability
A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme says greenhouse gas emissions reached a new high in 2022 and by September 2023, global average temperatures were 1.8°C above pre-industrial…
Articles | Fashion & Apparel Trends
This One Program Helps the Planet AND Brings Consumers to Your Store
America Recycles Day is coming up on Nov. 15 and it gives both consumers and businesses a chance to pitch in when it comes to renewing, reusing, and recycling. Fashion…
Articles | Fashion & Apparel Trends
Here’s How Fashion Brands Can Go Plastic Free Beyond July
Now that we’re fully involved in the hazy days of summer, it means pool time, barbecues and, more recently, Plastic Free July. This initiative by the Plastic Free Foundation aims…
Articles | Fashion & Apparel Trends
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…
Articles | Fashion & Apparel Trends
Here’s Why Brands Are Leaning into Natural Fibers
When it comes to sustainability, apparently there is a disconnect between what shoppers want and what retailers offer. In a survey from First Insight, the predictive analytics firm found consumers…
Articles | Fashion & Apparel Trends
The Tricks to Tracking Fashion Trends Through Social Media
If you’re like many and wonder why certain trends like “Y2K fashion” or “power bohemian florals” seem to blow up out of nowhere, you can thank social media. While it’s…
Articles | Fashion & Apparel Trends
Invest in Our Planet
It’s been more than half a century since the world’s first Earth Day, when 20 million Americans called for greater protections for the planet. The Earth Day movement continues tomorrow,…