Congestion at European ports has been a common theme throughout the first half of the year, and there’s very little sign that it will letting up any time soon.

Exporting apparel and other goods out of Bangladesh is about to get more expensive.

Functional Fabric Fair and Future Fibers Expo (FFE) are leading by example. The respective trade shows strategically collaborated for the former’s powered-by-Performance Day’s New York City session, held July 21-23 at Manhattan’s Jacob K. Javits Center, to spotlight innovation.

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Advance Denim, a global leader in high-performance, sustainable denim, has expanded its global footprint with Advance Sico Vietnam, a fully vertical mill in Nha Trang, purpose built to serve the evolving needs of the European market.

While lots of technology lives in the cloud, hardware and heavy machinery still remain a huge part of the equation. How will tariffs on machinery imports affect American manufacturing and reshoring efforts? Download SJ’s Tech Report:

NEW VIDEO! Bridging the gap between leather-loving brands and their upstream leather supply chains has proven challenging. Learn about the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) recently established Deforestation-Free Leather Fund.

Some of @Arvind_Limited's latest denim solutions center on stretch, rich black denim and ultra-soft fabrics. At Kingpins Show this week, the mill will be showcasing these innovations and its collection with Doctor Denim:

The next shoe has fallen for Christine Hunsicker—who built CaaStle up to be the future of fashion rental only to have it all disappear into scandal, a Chapter 7 liquidation, a host of lawsuits and, now, a $300 million federal indictment for fraud.

Can denim be domestic again? Arguably the most quintessential American garment, jeans have been manufactured primarily overseas for decades. But while denim is no more affected by tariff and economic disruptions than other apparel categories, blue jeans have emerged as a symbolic

The marriage of the PVH Corp.’s brand power and G-III Apparel Group’s production prowess has been crumbling since 2022, when PVH moved to take back its Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein licenses over five years.

Support continues to blossom for the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025 (CORCA), which a slew of bipartisan legislators have joined together to co-sponsor.

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Kkarma and Poshmark on Tuesday revealed a strategic partnership in the Klarna app—created to empower consumers to resell and earn money from their wardrobes.

David Steiner started his tenure as Postmaster General with an attempt to clear the air about the future of the United States Postal Service (USPS), indicating his lack of desire for the national courier to be privatized.

Brightplus is taking a big leap. The Finnish biomaterials firm has raised over $2 million in funding to take its flagship textile coating technology, BrightBio, from pilot scale to full production.

Another state’s attorney general has turned on Temu. Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed a lawsuit setting forth a host of claims against the China-founded e-commerce company Thursday. The state alleges that Temu illegally captures unnecessary consumer data, allows.

The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) wants the Trump administration to crack down on counterfeit risks posed by domestic entities.

Spanish denim mill Tejidos Royo is taking steps to mitigate effects from the adverse economic environment. The family-owned Valencian textile company is relocating two of its factories in Picassent to Alcudia de Crespins, where it was founded in 1903.

How are brands leveraging CGS’ BlueCherry solution to manage tariffs, sourcing shifts and nearshoring strategies? Find out here: