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French Connection teams up with Thrift+ for takeback service

French Connection has teamed up with second-hand clothing platform Thrift+ to offer its customers a takeback service. Customers can now add a Thrift+ bag to their basket while shopping online and use it to return any of their unwanted clothes. Shoppers will receive the bag when their online purchase arrives, which they can then fill up with...

30 Apr 2021

Fashion

Wrap launches sustainability initiative 'Textiles 2030', major retailers sign up

UK non-profit Wrap has launched Textiles 2030, a new initiative aiming to transform the fashion and textiles sector into “a climate-neutral and profitable industry that is fit for the future”. Thirty-five organisations have so far signed up to the initiative, including Ted Baker, Next, Marks & Spencer, John Lewis & Partners, Oxfam, Primark,...

26 Apr 2021

Business

32 Sustainability efforts of the fashion industry in March 2021

In March, sustainability continues to be the new ‘must have’ of the fashion industry with brands collaborating with each other, retailers and tech or environmental companies. With products made from recycled materials, new sustainable innovations and ecological retail or resale concepts, they are hoping to stay ahead of the competition. This...

5 Apr 2021

Retail

Menswear rental platform Garmentry launches in UK

Menswear fashion rental marketplace Garmentry has launched in the UK. The London-based platform allows users to rent a range of ready-to-wear, occasionwear and accessories, or list their own clothing on the site at their own price point and availability. The company operates on a commission based model, charging 15 percent on each rental,...

29 Mar 2021

Fashion

Circle Economy to launch guide on how brands can start rental, resale businesses

Impact-driven organisation Circle Economy is launching a free, online, step-by-step guide teaching apparel brands how to launch a rental or resale business in under a year. Launching on April 1, The Circular Toolbox will guide brands of all sizes through a five-step circular innovation process, from getting sign-off from the top and putting a...

23 Mar 2021

Business

Retailers “reap rewards” by embracing circular business models

Fashion brands and retailers can reap financial, environmental and customer loyalty rewards from embracing circular business models, designed to reduce waste and keep garments and accessories in use for longer, according to a new report from ReLondon and QSA. The report, ‘Fashion that doesn’t cost the earth’ reveals that embracing...

17 Mar 2021

Fashion

Sustainable fashion platform Renoon launches new site and app

Renoon, a platform that helps customers discover sustainable and ethical fashion companies, has launched a new website and app today. The Amsterdam-based fashion-tech company lets shoppers search for sustainable fashion using a range of parameters, such as materials used, carbon-neutral, vegan, blockchain traced, second-hand, and rental as well...

16 Feb 2021

Fashion

Big fashion brands back Bangladesh recycling scheme

Over 30 fashion brands and manufacturers have joined a new initiative to collaborate on cutting down textile waste and reusing materials to create new products in Bangladesh’s garments factories. The Circular Fashion Partnership announced this week that it is bringing brands such as H&M, OVS, Marks & Spencer, Berska, Pull & Bear, C&A, Kmart...

12 Feb 2021

Business

13 Sustainability efforts of the fashion industry in January 2021

With biodegradable and other more sustainable denim innovations, products and collections, the fashion industry’s efforts towards more circularity and a cleaner footprint continue in 2021. Young brands, such as Qwstion, the Swiss company making premium bags, forego traditional materials altogether and make the unusual work for them, in this case...

12 Feb 2021

Fashion

Weekday launches jeans made from 100 percent post-consumer waste

H&M Group-owned brand Weekday has launched a limited-edition pair of its popular Rowe Jeans made of 100 percent post-consumer waste. Weekday teamed up with Infinited Fiber Company (IFC) to create the jeans made from a material comprising 50 percent organic cotton and 50 percent Infinna, which comes from 100 percent reborn textile waste. The...

5 Feb 2021

Business

These were the sustainability efforts of the fashion industry in 2020

The year 2020 started harmless enough with several good sustainability initiatives, but they were soon overshadowed by the global Corona pandemic. From March onwards, with lockdowns and restrictions for brick and mortar stores selling non-essentials like clothing, accessories and shoes, it was more about the survival of many brands and retailers...

31 Dec 2020

Business

20 Sustainability efforts of the fashion industry in December 2020

In December too, the fashion industry sought to advance its efforts towards more sustainability, recycling and a generally more circular economy. Particularly encouraging: collaborations between brands and tech hubs such as H&M with HKRITA, Bestseller and Cyclo, or Fashion for Good and Biofabricate to accelerate innovations. The last month of...

29 Dec 2020